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Letter from August F. Herrmann to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from August F. Herrmann to Theodore Roosevelt

August F. Herrmann encloses a copy of an article recently published in the St. Louis Daily Globe about the proposed reciprocity agreement with Canada and an article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. Herrmann copies a portion of a letter sent to a member of the cabinet, related to the reciprocity agreement and the number of Japanese, Indian, and Chinese immigrants in the Canadian workforce.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-22

Letter from Lloyd Carpenter Griscom to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Lloyd Carpenter Griscom to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Griscom has researched the Japanese law and customs in reference to foreigners living in Japan. The only important restriction on foreigners living in Japan is that they are denied the “right to own land in fee simple.” Foreigners are well treated and as far as Griscom is aware, there has not been a case where a foreigner has been denied justice in the Japanese Courts. While there is some amount of anti-foreign sentiment, the Japanese Government is quick to suppress such feelings when it is within their power to do so.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about recent guests at the White House and taking walks. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt needed a break and took Ethel Roosevelt away for forty-eight hours on the Sylph. He says his hands are full with California trying to keep Japanese out of their schools. Congress is refusing to provide fortifications for the Philippines and Hawaii or allow Roosevelt to build up the navy. Kermit has taken notes on the envelope.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-02-04

The southern European immigrant

The southern European immigrant

In an article titled “The Southern European Immigrant,” Bela Tokaji writes to the editor about the misrepresentation of Southern European immigrants. Tokaji states immigrants are beneficial to the country and have turned thousands of acres of abandoned farmland into “fertile and productive gardens.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-16