Leishman, John George Alexander, 1857-1924

President Roosevelt has heard that Secretary of State Elihu Root and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S. Straus believe that the actions of Mary Mills Patrick and her associates in Constantinople are wrong. He has cabled Ambassador John George Alexander Leishman about the matter. The United States will not interfere in internal Turkish matters and will not threaten force unless it intends to use it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt denies that there was any danger in the “crazy man incident.” He encloses a letter from Albert Shaw and asks if Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody and Mr. Leishman should be consulted.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

William Loeb informs Gardiner Martin Lane that his letter has been received and encloses a letter written by President Theodore Roosevelt to Ambassador John George Alexander Leishman.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-21

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

President Roosevelt has received the cables Secretary of State Root sent from Ambassador to Turkey John George Alexander Leishman regarding the American College for Girls in Constantinople. He suggests that Root try to show the missionaries “the folly of which they have been guilty.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt instructs the State Department to submit a telegram instructing Ambassador John George Alexander Leishman to personally thank the Sultan for the rug.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt asks Lucian B. Swift if the enclosed was satisfactory. Roosevelt inquires if Swift’s wife Ella Lyon Swift would like to receive personal letters Roosevelt has written to various United States ambassadors.  

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Rudolph Forster responds to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson’s letter and forwards the message to her brother, President Roosevelt. Forster encloses a letter introducing architect Samuel B. P. Trowbridge to Ambassador John George Alexander Leishman.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-09

Creator(s)

Forster, Rudolph, 1872-1943

President Roosevelt directs Clara Louise Stone Hay to have her husband, Secretary of State John Hay, rest for the summer. He is concerned by the information Hay shares about the Leishmans. Senator Philander C. Knox is his great friend and wants Ambassador John George Alexander Leishman kept on. Roosevelt asks if Hay’s informant will write a statement.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Although he does not intend to go to war, President Roosevelt believes that some action must be taken against the opposition in Turkey to the “just protests of our missionaries.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Charles S. Francis writes to Theodore Roosevelt to ask for advice concerning John George Alexander Leishman’s retirement from his ambassador position in Rome and the potential for Francis to take his place.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-06

Creator(s)

Francis, Charles S. (Charles Spencer), 1853-1911

John W. Carter reports that King of Italy Victor Emmanuel III received Theodore Roosevelt’s book and found it “very interesting” and was “particularly struck” by Kermit’s photographs.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-24

Creator(s)

Carter, John W.

Charge d’Affaires John N. Carnett interprets Ambassador John George Alexander Leishman’s comment to mean that Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, has not received his copy of Theodore Roosevelt’s African Game Trails.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-03

Creator(s)

Carrett, John N.

Cleary shares with Keely what he learned regarding Catholic support of Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-02

Creator(s)

Cleary

William Sturgis Bigelow thanks President Roosevelt for his help securing archaeological dig permission for Oric Bates and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Bigelow will put a bust of Roosevelt in the Museum with a smaller one of Maecenas beside it. Baroness Lillian May Speck von Sternberg was heartbroken over the result of her auction. After a visit to the theater in Times Square, John called a faint star “futile,” which Bigelow says is “the way stars look from hell.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-22

Creator(s)

Bigelow, William Sturgis, 1850-1926

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson writes to William Loeb on behalf of her friend Samuel Beck Parkman Trowbridge, a prominent architect in New York, who wants to study the decorations in the Turkish palace. Because the palace is not always open to the public, Robinson wonders if William Loeb could ask President Roosevelt to write her friend a letter of introduction to Ambassador John George Alexander Leishman, who is stationed in Turkey.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-07

Creator(s)

Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933

Alvey A. Adee encloses a copy of a dispatch and its enclosure from John George Alexander Leishman, relating to Leishman’s delayed reception by the Sultan of Turkey.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-20

Creator(s)

Adee, Alvey A. (Alvey Augustus), 1842-1924

Secretary of State Root updates President Roosevelt on several topics, including the Chinese boycott of American products, the change from legation to embassy in Turkey, the customs administration bill’s effect in Germany, issues between Great Britain and Canada, problems with Newfoundland fisheries harassing American fishermen, and issues in Central America.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-03

Creator(s)

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

Theodore Roosevelt continues his journey to Africa, having been welcomed at several stops throughout the trip. Messina was a disaster in the wake of the recent earthquake, and Roosevelt was extremely proud of the small group of United States Navy men who were performing their jobs admirably and efficiently. Kermit Roosevelt is proving to be an ideal traveling companion.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1909-04-13

Acting Secretary of State Adee forwards a telegram from U.S. Minister to Turkey John George Alexander Leishman.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-08

Creator(s)

Adee, Alvey A. (Alvey Augustus), 1842-1924