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Ambassador Reid writes to Edith Roosevelt about several events in Great Britain, including a Thanksgiving dinner he attended in spite of personal mourning for the death of Mary Harrison, a weekend house party featuring a wild bird shooting, and a wedding.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-06
Whitelaw Reid congratulates President Roosevelt on successfully scheduling the peace conference between Russia and Japan in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Reid claims that Japan shows “a shining example of moderation” in their willingness to negotiate peace when they, militarily, had defeated Russia. He also discusses his hesitance to relay his true feelings to the British newspapers due to the effect on his Russian friends in Great Britain. Reid mentions that Sir Francis Bertie was skeptical of the possibility of peace until Reid read him the telegram. He includes a handwritten note, presumably added after the signing of the treaty, congratulating Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-31