Jamaica--Kingston

Rear Admiral Evans informs Rear Admiral Davis that he is sending the USS Yankton to Kingston, Jamaica, with two press agents, to communicate with Davis and to deliver bandages and other supplies. Evans directs Davis to send back as soon as possible any communications for Evans and anything the public should know. Any medical officers not required in Kingston should be sent back on the Yankton, as well, so they may return to their ships. Davis should return with the two battleships as soon as they are no longer needed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-17

Creator(s)

Evans, Robley D. (Robley Dunglison), 1846-1912

Commander Anderson of the USS Whipple reports to Rear Admiral Davis of the USS Missouri that the channel has changed, the marks are down, the pilot brought the Whipple in using private lights, no landing force was necessary, and no medical assistance was needed. Anderson also notes that there is a food shortage ashore, and they have no food to give.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-17

Creator(s)

Anderson, Edwin Alexander, 1860-1933

In an unsent draft of a letter to Senators Elkins and Scott, President Roosevelt explains his reasons for removing Thomas W. Cridler as Assistant Secretary of State and replacing him with Herbert H. D. Peirce. Roosevelt, and McKinley before him, believed that although he could be an able consul or representative at the St. Louis Exposition, Cridler does not have the qualities to be a good assistant secretary of state. Cridler was too involved in politics in his current position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt informs Senator Scott that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge did not have anything to do with Thomas W. Cridler being transferred from the State Department to the consulship of Kingston, nor with his being replaced by Herbert H. D. Peirce. The decision was made by Secretary of State John Hay and was made in the interest of public service.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

Language

English

President Roosevelt confides to Sir George Otto Trevelyan the contents of several letters and reports regarding the diplomatic aftermath of the earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica. Trouble has arisen after Governor of Jamaica James Alexander Swettenham asked Rear-Admiral C. H. Davis to remove the marines he had ordered to assist with the relief effort. Roosevelt compares Swettenham to American diplomates Herbert Wolcott Bowen, B. Storer, and Maria Longworth Storer who had caused him trouble in the past.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has read Secretary of the Navy Metcalf’s report on Admiral C. H. Davis’s response to the earthquake near Kingston, Jamaica, and wishes Metcalf to commend Davis on Roosevelt’s behalf. To Roosevelt, they represent the “best traditions of our navy in thus rendering distinguished service to humanity.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

In response to Poultney Bigelow’s article on the conditions in Panama, the author denounces him as a “false witness,” asserting that official records testify contrary to Poultney’s twenty-one claims against the Canal Commission as further detailed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-30

Creator(s)

Unknown

Francis H. Delano, commander of the Dixie, explains to Secretary of the Navy Moody the sequence of events that took place November 2-9, 1903, in Colon, Panama.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-10

Creator(s)

Delano, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1867-1930