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Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about his and Edith’s continuing honeymoon through Italy. They are enjoying the sights, especially Milan and its cathedral, and artwork. They plan to sail home on March 19 and he longs to see Sagamore Hill again.
1887-02-12
This document contains translated excerpts from eleven French and one Italian newspapers commenting on President Roosevelt’s letter to the French poet, Frédéric Mistral, and Roosevelt’s published speech, “The Strenuous Life.” The excerpts compare the different situations of the “young” United States establishing their own traditions, while “old” France is breaking down their traditions. Roosevelt is also compared to President Emile Loubet of France. The translated articles range in date from January 31, 1905, to February 9, 1905, and were compiled on February 13, 1905.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-13
Theodore Roosevelt does not understand C. Grant La Farge’s question, but suggests that Henry Adams’s History of the United States During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson and History of the United States During the Administrations of James Madison will give the most detailed account of the matter. Concerning Napoleon’s account, Roosevelt urges La Farge to “discriminate between the real and make-believe facts.” Roosevelt believes that Great Britain was worse to the United States than France.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-03-05
President Roosevelt explains the complex reasons he cannot appoint Senator Hale’s nominee, James Edmund Dunning, to the American Consulate in Milan, Italy, after all.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-06
President Roosevelt did not realize how interested Senator Platt was in the career of Aaron Homer Byington, United States Consul in Naples when he acted to assign Senator Matthew Stanley Quay’s brother to that post. Roosevelt offers to assign Byington to a choice of other Mediterranean posts. In a postscript, Roosevelt asks Platt to “let up on that delegate bill,” allowing Alaska a delegate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-28
President Roosevelt tells Senator Hale that he will check with Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis to be sure, but he believes James E. Dunning is to be appointed Consul to Milan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-20
Third Assistant Secretary of State Wilson sends a dispatch from the Consul at Milan, Italy, acknowledging the message of President Roosevelt to the Peace Conference.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-03
United States Consul Dunning describes receiving a coded cablegram on September 13, 1906, that contained President Roosevelt’s speech for the Fifteenth Peace Conference to Assistant Secretary of State Bacon. After the opening of the Conference in Milan, Italy, Dunning read Roosevelt’s speech, which was received appropriately. The mayor of Milan asked Dunning to present his respects to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-19
Acting Secretary of State Adee informs William Loeb that he is returning to Loeb the letter from Consul James Edmund Dunning as well as its enclosures.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-15
Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon seeks approval of the content of a message he intends to telegraph to James Edmund Dunning, American Consul in Milan, on President Roosevelt’s behalf. The message would congratulate the International Peace Conference on its efforts to maintain peace among nations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-11
William Loeb approves a draft of a cable Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon is sending to Dunning, Scotland, and Milan, Italy, but instructs Bacon to make a couple of wording changes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-12
James Edmund Dunning encloses a circular with details about the upcoming International Peace Congress scheduled from September 15 to September 22 in Milan, Italy. Dunning suggests that President Roosevelt cable a message to the Congress, which he feels would “have an effect in several right ways.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-29
James E. Dunning writes to William Loeb out of concern over William Jennings Bryan. Dunning is the consul at Milan and met with Bryan while he was traveling around Europe. He reports that Bryan is more popular in Europe than he is in America, but that his ego and image are becoming increasingly concerning. Bryan is attempting to imitate Theodore Roosevelt and has taken on Roosevelt’s “popularity” in the way that he meets with the people. Dunning would like his concerns and observations to be anonymously reported to Roosevelt, so that Roosevelt perhaps might reconsider his decision not to run for office again. Bryan is “doing everything in his power to imitate the President,” and Dunning is concerned that without Roosevelt’s intervention, he may be successfully elected.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-20
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt between January 1879 to December 1883. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, his appointment to the New York State Legislature, and his first visit and buffalo hunt in North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
First Assistant Secretary of State Loomis summarizes for William Loeb the situation regarding the removal of Aaron Homer Byington from the Consulship at Naples, Italy, and how Jerome A. Quay came to be appointed there, including the influence of Senator Orville Hitchcock Platt and friends of the late Senator Matthew Stanley Quay in the matter. Loomis suggests alternate posts for Byington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-28