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Kermit Roosevelt describes his recent visit to Oyster Bay, New York. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is recovering after an accident and will be visiting Panama and Jamaica with Ethel Roosevelt. Roosevelt met with David Goodrich about potential employment after graduation.
1912-02-08
John S. Elliott is working in Cuba for American mining interests. He is concerned that Congress is about to pass a law that will limit immigration, which would be unfortunate for Cuban mining because the workforce is dependent on immigrants from the Galicia region of Spain. Elliott’s opinion of Cuban and Jamaican workers is negative and he believes that the immigrants are necessary. Elliott emphasizes the damage to American business interests in if the mining industry in Cuba is harmed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-12