India

The governments of the United Kingdom and Japan agree to maintain peace in East Asia and India, ensure independence of and equal trade opportunities in China, and maintain each party’s rights within that region. Great Britain recognizes Japan’s influence over Korea, and Japan recognizes Great Britain’s influence in India. The parties agree to discuss any encroachment on these terms and defend them if threatened. This agreement will remain in force for ten years.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-12

An extension and renewal of the Treaty of Anglo-Japanese Alliance signed in 1902. This Treaty states that England will remain neutral with respect to the Russo-Japanese War, unless another nation attacks Japan.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08

President Roosevelt found the letter that Cecil Spring Rice sent to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt about safari dangers to be quite hilarious, as did she, in a morose way. Roosevelt felt it would not be right to stay on as President, and he is glad the Africa trip is ahead. Roosevelt expresses his interest in the complex political situation unfolding in Turkey and the surrounding countries. He hopes Spring Rice can come to England and discuss politics in person.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-17

President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador Reid for the interesting letter, especially for the insight on Newfoundland. He is interested in what Secretary of State of India John Morley says about India, and discusses the intricacies surrounding “the control of thickly peopled tropical regions by self-governing northern democracies.” Roosevelt hopes to speak with Morley after presenting the Romanes lecture at Oxford. He asks Reid to inquire of the British statesman, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, about conditional hunting on the reserves. The Vermont elections went well.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-03

President Roosevelt enjoyed reading John St. Loe Strachey’s letter and reacted with a hearty laugh to the ‘ghastly donkey’ anecdote. He agrees with Strachey on the Indian matter and believes Strachey should be able to meet with General Leonard Wood in the fall.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-14

Sam White writes to Theodore Roosevelt explaining his current situation, where he is employed in a government department with slow prospects and caring for his elderly parents and younger sisters. White wants to get married, but needs a house first and does not come from wealth. He appeals to Roosevelt’s generosity and asks him to send £300 required to build a small house and emphasizes his own character qualities.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-11

Thomas T. Wright expresses to Oscar W. Underwood that the U.S. needs more American ships in foreign trade and urges Congress to pass a ship subsidy bill to support the merchant marine and boost the southern economy.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-11

Andrew Carnegie sends President Roosevelt clippings from the London Times and Scotsman that “show how the crisis develops.” Carnegie believes that Great Britain is “helpless to meet the question” because it has to deal with India as well as Japan and thinks the United States can do better with the Japanese than Great Britain.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-11

President Roosevelt handled the Bellamy Storer affair exactly as John St. Loe Strachey expected. Strachey hopes that the Americans are able to make a model treaty with the Japanese, as he believes that England may confront similar issues soon. Strachey and his wife are traveling to Berlin to visit friends and he asks for a letter of introduction to Ambassador Charlemagne Tower. Strachey also asks Roosevelt what he thought about his recent article in the Spectator about the proposal to create representative government in India. In a handwritten postscript, Strachey mentions that he received a “capital letter” from General Leonard Wood, and he hopes to meet Wood in the United States.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-31

Elbert F. Baldwin recommends that President Roosevelt appoint F. Marion Crawford to the Constantinople legation because Crawford has a good understanding of customs and culture in the region and because he is a Roman Catholic. Baldwin discusses Crawford’s qualifications in detail, including mentioning his time in Turkey and India. Baldwin is acquainted with the other men suggested for this mission, but he does not believe they measure up to the same standard as Crawford does.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-25

President Roosevelt tours Asia with tracts in his hand and his bag labeled, “T. Roosevelt U. S. A.” and a “big stick” under his arm. He is followed by men holding hymnals as foreigners run away. Minarets and Mount Fuji can be seen in the distance. Caption: “Is this to be President Roosevelt’s future? To tour the Orient with the big stick and blaze the way for American missionaries.”

comments and context

Comments and Context

The background of this cartoon has to do with more than President Roosevelt’s declaration, made on election night of 1904, that he would not seek a consecutive term after the one to which he had just been elected, but his agreement to be a regular post-presidency contributor to The Outlook, a weekly Christian magazine of opinion and news, was generally known.

President Roosevelt wears a “I have done the pike” button and holds an “address to the nations of the Earth,” which he addresses to a number of people from Paris and Cairo to Japan and India.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-26

Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s great-uncle, Henry M. Sanders, rides an elephant while traveling in India.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

Unknown

Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s step-great-grandmother, Mrs. Theron R. Butler, sitting with a friend, rides an elephant in India.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

Unknown

Typed transcript of an article from the Bismarck Tribune. The Marquis de Morès is traveling to India for a year-long hunting trip but will not be removing his business interests from Dakota, which he still believes will be successful. His travels may be an effort not to appear in defense at his wife’s divorce proceedings.

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Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1887-10-04

Typed transcript of an article from the Bismarck Tribune. James W. Foley, business representative for the Marquis de Morès, denies that divorce proceedings have commenced between the Marquis and his wife. He adds that the couple will be wintering in India together.

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Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1887-10-08

Transcripts of two letters endorsing William M. Babbott’s ideas for economic questions in America. Babbott would enclose these in a letter to Theodore Roosevelt many years after these letters were received.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks R. W. Lawton for his letter and tells him that Theodore Roosevelt is happy to hear from an American who lives in India.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-26

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Noble L. Rockey for his letter. Roosevelt shares his opinion on the political situation in India but asks Rockey not to publish or share it with anyone.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-25

Theodore Roosevelt expresses to Frederick Courteney Selous his sympathy for the poor treatment Selous received during a scientific expedition, including health issues and bureaucratic obstacles. Roosevelt defends Selous’s integrity and scientific value, criticizes British officials for their lack of support, and reflects on his own African experiences. He praises Selous’s field observations and urges him to continue his contributions to natural history despite age and physical limitations.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-11