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Herbert M. Leland hopes Theodore Roosevelt can attend the Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’s banquet in January; the banquet is also on the anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens. Leland hopes J. J. Jusserand can attend as well.
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1911-10-16
George Haven Putnam assures President Roosevelt that William Bayard Hale’s book on his working life makes clear that the opinions expressed are his own, and not Roosevelt’s. He also asks if Roosevelt or William Loeb could look over paragraphs relating to Roosevelt’s athletic endeavors, as well as potential title suggestions.
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1908-04-28
William Allen White sends President Roosevelt two copies of a little book containing an address he gave at Oberlin College, one of which he hopes can be sent to French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand. Jusserand spoke highly of White’s book Stratagems and Spoils, the writing of which has kept him quite busy. He trusts Roosevelt will like the novel.
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1907-12-20
Ambassador White updates President Roosevelt on his recent activities. White was supposed to have gone on a trip with French President Armand Fallières and Admiral Charles H. Stockton to review the United States naval squadron in Bordeaux, but due to potential protests in southern France, the trip was cancelled and Stockton and his officers were hosted at the President’s Palace and Ministry of the Navy instead. The Japanese Navy will meet the American squadron at Cherbourg, and Stockton will entertain the Japanese admiral and officers there. The French press has been trying to push the idea of war between the United States and Japan. J. J. Jusserand, French Ambassador to the United States, is visiting and is very eager about the new French embassy in the United States, a “sore subject” for White, as he has had trouble finding a suitable house in Paris. White says he will write a separate letter concerning American embassy buildings in the “leading capitals.”
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1907-07-19
Senator Lodge describes the commencement activities at Harvard University, where Secretary of State Elihu Root, French ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand, and British ambassador James Bryce received honorary degrees. Lodge’s son John has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
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1907-06-28
Silas McBee encloses a letter from the Executive Committee of the Laymen’s Missionary Movement of the United States and Canada. McBee asks President Roosevelt if he would write a reference letter for the Movement that McBee could use in England. The French Ambassador told McBee about the conversation President Roosevelt had with the ambassador about the Peace Congress. The ambassador begged McBee to tell Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau what McBee had told Roosevelt.
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1907-05-11
Ambassador O’Brien informs Secretary of State Root that the early change to the British Ambassador in Washington has stirred much conversation in the British press and among its officials. An editorial in the London Telegraph stated that whomever succeeded H. Mortimer Durand would have to be “as popular and effective as” German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg and French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand. The Foreign Office thinks the new appointee should come from outside present diplomatic service members but O’Brien supposes it will be someone from within the current service and describes Sir Alan Johnstone’s qualifications. Johnstone was British Ambassador to Denmark.
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1906-11-27
Bellamy Storer writes to President Roosevelt asking him to consider the facts, which Storer has enclosed as a statement of points, regarding his dismissal from diplomatic service. The dismissal was based on the grounds that both Storer’s conduct, in his capacity as an American ambassador, and his wife Maria Longworth Storer’s conduct in Rome, blurred the lines of public office and personal opinion regarding the promotion of Archbishop John Ireland to Cardinal. Storer defends his actions, including full and partial correspondence between those chiefly involved, to prove that he was acting in his public capacity at the request of President Roosevelt, which Roosevelt now denies. Storer is aggrieved that he was dismissed before his letter of resignation could have reached Washington since he was on leave in Egypt at the time he received Roosevelt’s request for his resignation.
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1906-11-18
The “To-day” section of The Daily telegraph details several goings on in world news, with the largest section focused on the upcoming British diplomatic vacancy in Washington, D. C. Many prominent British politicians and noblemen are named as possibilities for the vacancy.
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1906-11-23
Elise Richards Jusserand will not be there today when her husband, French Ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand, sees President Roosevelt, but she sends “good wishes on this anniversary,” likely referring to his birthday. She wishes him personal prosperity, which she does not separate from national prosperity. Jusserand thanks Roosevelt for his sympathy at the loss of her mother, Lucy Ellen Kelleran Richards, and is thankful for the friendship of Roosevelt and his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. The Roosevelts’ friendship made Washington, D.C., feel like home to the Jusserands.
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1906-10-27
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte has sought the advice of Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee whether to accept the honorary committee position. Adee advises against contacting J. J. Jusserand and recommends declining the offer altogether. Bonaparte asks for President Roosevelt’s input. Bonaparte also updates Roosevelt that the Indiana and Kentucky battleships are headed to Cuba, with others following. Bonaparte mentions an Associated Press article about General Taft’s growing impatience with the Cuban government in controlling the rebels.
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1906-09-25
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte writes to President Roosevelt regarding an offer for Bonaparte to serve on an honorary committee in France. Bonaparte does not want his involvement to be construed as support to the French. He wonders if he should consult French Ambassador Jusserand. Bonaparte also mentions that the spelling of naval titles has been in the news.
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1906-09-20
Ambassador Des Portes de la Fosse responds to Secretary of State Root’s inquiry as to whether or not Theodore Roosevelt can become an honorary member of the French Academy of Sports.
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1906-08-15
Ambassador White informs President Roosevelt about American relations with the Vatican, including a controversial dinner White had with four cardinals in honor of Archbishop John Ireland. He says that some in the Vatican, including Pope Pius X, approved of the meeting, while others did not, given that the United States and the Vatican did not officially have relations at that time. White makes a number of other short remarks on various diplomats and the relationship between the Italian Government and the Vatican. White tells Roosevelt that Cardinal Merry del Val and the Pope both appreciated the signed photographs Roosevelt sent them.
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1906-05-27
Ambassador McCormick writes to Secretary of State Root regarding a conversation with the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Minister had already sent a telegram to Ambassador J. J. Jusserand, directing him to extend gratitude to President Roosevelt, on behalf of the French Government, for his role in resolving the Moroccan crisis. The Minister noted that this event proves the high regard in which the United States and its President are held in the world.
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1906-04-06
Ambassador Des Portes de la Fosse writes to William Loeb to say that he has cabled the letter from President Roosevelt to Ambassador Jusserand to Paris.
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1905-09-01
Counselor Des Portes de la Fosse acknowledges receipt of President Roosevelt’s letter forwarded by Benjamin F. Barnes. Des Portes de la Fosse “hastens” to encode it and forward it to Ambassador J. J. Jusserand.
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1905-08-28
Counselor Des Portes de la Fosse indicates that the letter of President Roosevelt forwarded by Benjamin F. Barnes has been encoded and sent to Paris. It is now in the possession of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador J. J. Jusserand will return to Paris that day.
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1905-08-24
Counselor Des Portes de la Fosse encloses Ambassador Jusserand’s response to President Roosevelt’s message.
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1905-08-25
As instructed by Ambassador Jusserand, Counselor Des Portes de la Fosse sends a cablegram.
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1905-07-30