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Ambassador White would like President Roosevelt to know that he was not aware of the alleged law providing for the compulsory combination of Sicilian sulfurs, although he had heard of another threatened combination. White will find out more on his return to Rome and will send relevant documents to the President.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-10
President Roosevelt sent William Hooper’s letter about Belknap to Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry. Roosevelt states that they wanted to send the Italian government money, but they preferred timber.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-30
President Roosevelt thanks German Emperor William II for the letter and book, which were presented to him by the new German ambassador Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff. Roosevelt praises the previous German ambassador, Hermann Speck von Sternburg, but says that the new ambassador appears to be a very able man. He would be pleased to accept the invitation to speak at the University of Berlin after his African safari, and hopes to meet with William II when he is there. Roosevelt additionally comments on other major events around the world, including the recent Sicilian earthquake, the progress of the Great White Fleet on its journey, and the state of affairs in China.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-02
President Roosevelt thanks Henry Fairfield Osborn for the efforts he took to help Roosevelt edit his Romanes lecture. He comments on the topic of races and racial mixing, raised by several prominent anthropologists, as well as Osborn himself. Roosevelt is somewhat intimidated by the importance that Osborn has said that his lecture will carry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-21
Huntington Wilson informs Theodore Roosevelt he has received a gold medal from the King of Italy in recognition of services rendered to citizens who suffered damages from an earthquake in Calabria and Sicily in 1908.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-10
Whitelaw Reid has heard that white rhinoceros have become extremely rare, and that President Roosevelt may have trouble finding one on his safari. Reid is pleased to send the rifle from Edward North Buxton to President Roosevelt for testing, but did not think that he could send clothes to Roosevelt in the same pouch under the current State Department rules. London is currently getting a few inches of snow, which Reid says “seems to block transportation here as much as a real [blizzard] with us.” He is concerned by the news of the recent natural disaster in Sicily.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-30
German Ambassador Sternburg informs President Roosevelt that the telegraphic address of German Emperor William II is Syracuse, Sicily.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-03
Senator Lodge explains to President Roosevelt why he got the dates wrong for Hieron II. He had been thinking of Hieron I, but knew he was wrong when Roosevelt, who typically gets dates correct, thought Hiero II had lived a century after Alexander the Great. Lodge also discusses Philistis, the wife of Hieron II, and the coinage on which her head appears. He promises to show it to Roosevelt some time.
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1907-12-14
Emma Brace explains to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson her concerns about possible upcoming restrictions to immigration. She read in the newspaper that President Roosevelt is considering a change in policy that would require immigrants to pay a $25 tax in order to come, or limit immigration with national quotas. Brace feels this is a mistake because it is unfair to peasants and their families, especially Italians, who cannot afford the tax, and unfair to American companies who need good laborers. Brace tells Robinson about an idea she read in a book called Imported Americans, in which representatives from American companies would go abroad to villages and select the workers they want, thereby giving a certificate to those who meet the criteria and thus the “undesirable may not even leave their own commune.” Brace believes this idea is approved by Commissioner of Immigration Robert Watchorn and hopes Robinson will communicate this idea to her “active-minded brother,” meaning President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-25
The President of the Italian Delegation, Marquis Antonio di San Giuliano, would like to meet with President Roosevelt in private after the 12th Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-03
Edward A. Freeman thanks Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt for his recent letter and for the books. Freeman comments at length on Roosevelt’s analysis of English and Spanish colonization in America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1891-01-14