Morgan, Edwin V. (Edwin Vernon), 1865-1934

Secretary of State Hay sends President Roosevelt an interesting letter from Edwin V. Morgan.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-03

President Roosevelt thanks Edward Brandegee, a family friend, for alerting him to the Walla Walla matter in a previous letter. Roosevelt regrets that Brandegee and his wife, Mary Brandegee, will be unable to attend the reception. Roosevelt is grateful for the Brandegees’ kindness to his son, Kermit Roosevelt, and expresses concern that the upcoming African safari will disrupt Kermit’s time at Harvard. Roosevelt appreciates Brandegee’s kind words regarding the end of his presidency and also attaches letters of introduction to Thomas Henry Barry, U.S. Army General, and Edwin V. Morgan, Minister to Cuba. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-17

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

President Roosevelt wishes he felt more easy about Edwin V. Morgan and Herbert G. Squiers, and he asks what they decided to do with Morgan. He asks Secretary of State Root to inquire if Madame C. de la Rosa has made a claim for an unpaid bill from Harriette Bard Woodcock Squiers.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-14

President Roosevelt is disappointed in the professional conduct of Minister to Cuba Edwin V. Morgan and tells Secretary of State Root that he “has been absolutely useless in the crises that has just occurred.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-03

President Roosevelt informs Acting Secretary of State Bacon that he must take time to consider issuing such a manifesto and does not foresee trouble in waiting several days. He asks Bacon to come Friday alongside Secretary of War William H. Taft. Roosevelt has a rough draft but wants to review it carefully. He wishes there were “some big men” at Havana, Cuba, and considers sending Charles E. Magoon.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-12

President Roosevelt is impressed by Acting Secretary of State Bacon’s suggestion about Secretary of State Elihu Root and regrets being unable to talk to Root before his departure to Cuba. During Bacon’s upcoming visit, Roosevelt wants to consider the benefit of sending a formal letter to Cuba regarding American intervention. He directs Bacon to work with American Consul General Maximilian Steinhart, as he finds Chargé d’affaires Jacob Sleeper and Minister to Cuba Edwin V. Morgan lacking in their diplomatic posts.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-10

Acting Secretary of State Adee acknowledges receipt of President Roosevelt’s letter to Robert Bacon dated September 14, which included Roosevelt’s letter to the Cuban minister to the United States about tensions in Cuba and the need for the people and government to “come to terms with each other.” Adee notes that the letter to Gonzalo de Quesada has been made of record in the Department of State.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-20

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee informs William Loeb that, following the request of First Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon, he has telegraphed Minister to Cuba Edwin V. Morgan that President Roosevelt feels he should return to his post. Adee asks whether he should tell Morgan to visit Roosevelt at Oyster Bay on his return journey.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-1909

Kermit Roosevelt expresses his worry over the recent assassination attempt on Theodore Roosevelt and wishes he could be with him. He also discusses the work he is doing in Brazil and two wild mammals he saw while taking a break.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-10-15

Anna Roosevelt Cowles says the news about Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker validates President Roosevelt’s feelings, and Justice William H. Moody thinks the situation will help William H. Taft. Ambassador to Brazil Edwin V. Morgan has commented on the recent political involvement of the wealthy. Cowles thinks Seth Low Pierrepont is qualified to enter the diplomatic service and she hopes Roosevelt will speak to him. Joe Alsop’s senate nomination and hard work have pleased Cowles. Mabel Boardman, who Cowles is visiting, is going to Washington for the tuberculosis congress in her usual hardworking spirit. She invites Ted Roosevelt to visit Farmington, though he might find it boring.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-19

Secretary of War Taft is doubtful about keeping Tomás Estrada Palma in the presidency. Estrada Palma is honest and well-liked by property holders and conservatives. Assistant Secretary of State Bacon believes Estrada Palma should stay for continuity of the government that the United States created four years prior. Taft agrees with Bacon only because there is no suitable Liberal presidential candidate. Removing those House and Senate officials who were elected by fraud would impress upon people the importance of fair elections and stamping out abuses of power. Taft wants the insurgents to lay down their arms and is meeting with their generals today but is doubtful, since some insurgents prefer conflict as they are “lawless persons of no particular standing in times of peace.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-22

Acting Secretary of State Adee asks William Loeb to tell President Roosevelt that Minister Edwin V. Morgan arrived on the Cedric yesterday and is today on his way to Tampa to join William H. Taft, Robert Bacon, and others.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-16

This memo presents the instructions George Albert Converse, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation of the U.S. Navy, has issued to all vessels in Cuban waters. The ships are not to take part in any troubles in Cuba except to protect American interests and will not land except in case of necessity or if ordered by Edwin V. Morgan, the American Minister in Cuba.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-12

This is explanatory text and accounting disputing a bill from Doña Pilar and her husband, Guillermo del Toro, proprietor of the Hotel Telegrafo in Marianao, Cuba. The charges concern furnishings, meals, and transportation during a stay by Ambassador Edwin V. Morgan, for whom the creator of this document worked, and Nicholas and Alice Longworth.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-08

Guillermo del Toro, proprietor of a Cuban hotel, importunes President Roosevelt to help settle the matter of an invoice sent to the American Minister in Cuba for the bridal tour of Alice and Nicholas Longworth. The original invoice is for $1565.50 and Minister Morgan paid only $365.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-08

Assistant Secretary of State Adee summarizes two meetings he had with the Korean charge d’affaires. Teh Moo Sin presented a telegram from the Korean Emperor asking that Horace Newton Allen (named Mr. Adams in the letter) remain the Minister at Seoul rather than his proposed replacement, Edwin V. Morgan, until the situation in the Far East is resolved. Adee explained that the American Minister acts on behalf of the President, and therefore it is immaterial whether Allen or Morgan serves in that role. In addition, Morgan’s appointment has already been confirmed by the Senate.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-22

Secretary of State Hay congratulates President Roosevelt on his successful rally. Hay then briefly responds to correspondence from Roosevelt and Elihu Root. He also discusses finding a suitable location for Edwin V. Morgan, former consul to Dalian, and writes that Lord Lansdowne copied Roosevelt’s advice to Japan.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-05

Secretary of State Hay encloses a letter from Edwin V. Morgan. He laments what “a dotard” Carl Schurz has become and gives his opinion about the type of person who would vote for William Jennings Bryan.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-27

Film consists of three sequences: 1) Theodore Roosevelt poses on the deck of the ship Guiana in New York Harbor prior to sailing to the West Indies on February 11, 1916. 2) Roosevelt and members of his party stand on the deck of the Vandyck some time after picking up Kermit Roosevelt at Bahia, Brazil, on October 17, 1913. This is filmed during Roosevelt’s journey to South America to combine a lecture tour with a scientific expedition to the Amazon Valley of Brazil in October 1913. Left to right are: Anthony Fiala, former Arctic explorer; George Kruck Cherrie, ornithologist; Father J. A. Zahm, scientist; Theodore Roosevelt; Kermit Roosevelt; Frank Harper, Roosevelt’s secretary; and at the edge of the picture, Leo E. Miller, mammalogist. 3) A side view of Roosevelt with American and Brazilian officials on the steps of the Guanabara Palace in Rio de Janeiro. To Roosevelt’s right is Edwin V. Morgan, American Ambassador to Brazil; man who may be Anthony Fiala and Father Zahm stand behind Roosevelt; on Roosevelt’s left is Dr. Lauro Müller, Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Müller was the person who encouraged Roosevelt’s exploration of the River of Doubt.

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Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1916-02-11; 1913-10