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Secretary of War Taft notifies President Roosevelt that James Speyer suggests Roosevelt appoint someone to Santo Domingo as an agent authorized to adjust outstanding claims through new loans. Speyer recommends Greison and Taft suggests George R. Colton as an alternative.
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1905-06-20
Theodore Roosevelt wishes to send the letter of Rabbi Wise to Professor Hollander, whom he believes has not “done anything out of the way.” He also wishes Wise could have been present at the meeting of Protestant and Catholic clergymen at which a Jewish rabbi led them in prayer.
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1911-05-30
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of War Taft of his discussion with Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon concerning Speyer and Company. Bacon reviewed the matter with Charles H. Tweed and Jacob H. Hollander. His action cannot be reversed and even if it could, Bacon believes it improper. Roosevelt is fond of James Speyer and wishes he did not have to relay this information to Taft.
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1906-09-18
President Roosevelt requests President of Johns Hopkins University Ira Remsen grant Jacob H. Hollander a leave of absence to “complete [the] mission in the public interest.”
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1906-09-18
President Roosevelt informs Henry W. Taft that Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon believes James Speyer has been treated well and that Bacon backs Jacob H. Hollander. He sent Taft and Tweed’s letters to Bacon for comment. Roosevelt is reluctant to influence negotiations of Santo Domingo with the bankers.
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1906-09-07
President Roosevelt asks Acting Secretary of State Bacon to meet with Charles H. Tweed, of Speyer and Company, and additionally ask him to meet with Jacob H. Hollander in order to discuss the Santo Domingo debt matter. Speyer and Company understood that the matter would not be addressed without their bankers being given an equal opportunity to make proposals. Roosevelt additionally asks Bacon to arrange for Willard Dickerman Straight to go through Siberia on his way to assume his post as Consul-General at Mukden, Manchuria.
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1906-08-13
President Roosevelt explains to Senator Gorman the situation regarding Jacob H. Hollander. Last year, at the request of Dominican president Carlos Felipe Morales Languasco, Secretary of State John Hay asked Hollander to go to Santo Domingo to help the government “straighten out their finances,” but Hollander was unable to go.
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1905-03-28
President Roosevelt instructs Acting Secretary of State Adee to take the actions outlined in a cablegram by Thomas Cleland Dawson regarding actions in the Dominican Republic. United States citizens should be nominated as receivers of the ports in the Dominican Republic, and the nation’s creditors should not take any further steps at this time. This would temporarily maintain the status quo in the Dominican Republic until a formal treaty is ratified in the Senate.
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1905-03-28
President Roosevelt thanks Charles J. Bonaparte for his vote and explains his plans for the postmastership in Baltimore, Maryland. He wants to get the best man possible and would like to discuss the situation with Bonaparte in December if he cannot suggest someone offhand. The president also asks Bonaparte for his opinion on an enclosed letter, and inquires if Bonaparte can get Jacob H. Hollander’s opinions as well.
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1904-11-23
President Roosevelt informs Charles J. Bonaparte that he will send Jacob H. Hollander as requested. He also updates Bonaparte on a matter relating to Tams Bixby, Thomas B. Needles, and Joseph Cabell Breckenridge and notes his plans to consult Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock about it.
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1904-04-04
Rabbi Stephan S. Wise thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his response regarding Professor Jacob H. Hollander, and remarks that it will be better for him to make further inquiry with the Chairman for the House Committee on Expenditures, among others. Regardless of the verdict of the committee, he will write to Hollander before taking any action regarding Hollander’s position in any Jewish organizations.
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1911-06-01
Stephen S. Wise has read about Jacob H. Hollander in the newspapers and is curious whether or not what the media has said about his corruption is true. If it is true, and Hollander received funds from the federal government, Wise is concerned that he is not worthy to be a representative of the country or of Jewish Americans.
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1911-05-23
Robert Bacon has asked Alvey A. Adee to send President Roosevelt a copy of the letter Jacob H. Hollander is sending out to the press on Wednesday. Bacon and Professor Scott have added their edits in red.
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1906-09-16
Acting Secretary of State Bacon has spoken with Jacob H. Hollander, who assures him that neither he nor Secretary of State for Treasury and Commerce Federico Velásquez y Hernández of the Dominican Republic were aware of a conversation occurring with Speyer & Company, although they have had ample opportunities. Bacon believes that Speyer & Company were not disadvantaged in any way, and that the plan they proposed was simply not as advantageous as that presented by Kuhn, Loeb, and Company and the Morton Trust company. He promises nevertheless to meet with Charles H. Tweed, as Roosevelt directs.
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1906-08-14
Acting Secretary of State Bacon encloses copies of a letter from Kuhn, Loeb & Company to Jacob H. Hollander and the reply of Federico Velásquez y Hernández accepting the company’s proposal to refinance the debt of Santo Domingo. The contract will be put into a more formal shape and will be important to Santo Domingo and the prospects of treaty ratification.
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1906-07-19
Professor Barnett informs Benjamin F. Barnes that he received the letter for Jacob H. Hollander. Barnett explains that Hollander planned to leave Bremen on July 25 and arrive in New York on August 1 or 2. If a response is needed urgently, a cable may reach him if he has not already sailed.
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1905-07-26
Acting Secretary of State Bacon issues a memorandum stating that he has mentioned an inconsistency in the wording regarding the purchasing of some bonds to Jacob H. Hollander and Federico Velásquez y Hernández. Hollander has assured Bacon that the passage is understood by purchasers to be slightly inaccurate, but that the terms of the treaty with Santo Domingo are satisfactory.
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1906-07-19
Secretary of State Hay asks President Roosevelt if he has a man in mind for an unnamed position. Hay suggests the appointment of Jacob H. Hollander.
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1904-04-20
Before leaving New York, Federico Velásquez y Hernández, Minister of Finance and Commerce of Santo Domingo gave a statement about the results of his inquiries concerning the financial affairs of his country.
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1906-09-13
John A. Dix, the acting treasurer of Puerto Rico, has appendicitis. Jacob H. Hollander may need to be recalled to assume his duties until a new treasurer can take office.
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1901-11-05