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Rear Admiral Coghlan reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody about Colombian troop levels in Cartegena. Coghlin also reports unease in the populace due to the contested election between Rafael Reyes and Joaquin Vélez for the Colombian presidency, and explains who supports which side.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-05
Rear Admiral Coghlan reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody on growing tensions between leadership in Bolivar and the Colombian government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-29
Translation of a report to Rear Admiral Coghlan by Agent number one, and then sent to Secretary of the Navy Moody. The report recounts troop movements from Bogota, Colombia, to Cartagena, ostensibly to another area. Agent number one thinks that the troops will stay in Cartagena because of internal politics in Colombia. Agent number one details which ships are controlled by which general and which political figures are backing each other.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-30
Clair A. Orr reports that Colombian government forces have left to remove the Governor of the State of Bolivar and the General in command of the coast forces. There is talk of revolution, and several have asked whether the United States would assist them. In the postscript, Joseph Bullock Coghlan notes that as of yet, there has been no fighting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-23
Rear Admiral Coghlan describes the positive reception he received from Governor Insignares and other locals when he brought the USS Olympia to Cartagena, Colombia. Coghlan also notes that he picked up United States Minister Arthur M. Beaupre and his wife. He regrets that he was unable to speak with Vice Consul Thomas C. Stevenson since Stevenson was violently ill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-28
Minister to Argentina Beaupre informs Secretary of State Hay that to assure the election of Rafael Reyes as President of Colombia, new Governors have been appointed for Bolivar, Magdalena, and Panama who are pledged to the treaty and to Reyes’s election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-12