Nicaragua

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge was alarmed to hear of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s fall and sends his love. He has limited information on the Honduran and Nicaraguan treaties but will send copies to Theodore Roosevelt. Lodge does not approve of Senator Cummins’s idea for a Senate-appointed commission as part of the arbitration treaty. He believes that it would be better to have no commission than to protect their interests by such a method. Commissions are also too slow and selecting commissioners opens everyone involved to political attacks.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-06

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee informs President Roosevelt more fully about the meeting of the Central American ministers in Washington, D.C. All five ministers agreed to holding a conference overseen by Roosevelt and Mexican president Porfirio Díaz in Washington, D.C., to discuss any disputes between the countries. Adee informs Roosevelt that he and Díaz should consult about the wording of the invitation to make sure that both parties follow the same course.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-12

Creator(s)

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

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Porfirio Díaz

President Roosevelt informs Mexican President Porfirio Díaz that he has received Díaz’s telegram and is open to soliciting the opinion of the other Central America foreign ministers regarding the site of the proposed conference. Nonetheless, Roosevelt still prefers to hold the conference in Mexico. The president also asks for Díaz’s opinion on the draft of a message.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt that he and Mexican Charge José F. Godoy, along with five Central American ministers, had developed a protocol for a conference in Washington, D.C., in November 1907. Roosevelt and Mexican president Porfirio Díaz would extend the invitation, and one or both would arbitrate over any disputes that arise in the coming months. Adee will send more details tomorrow.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-11

Creator(s)

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

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee received William Loeb’s letter regarding the Central American conference. Diplomats Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Mora of Costa Rica and José F. Godoy of Mexico have suggested to Adee that a protocol fixing the location and preventing demonstrations be signed. Adee discusses support for potential locations and dates. He feels they should follow the recommendation of Mexican president Porfirio Díaz and express Nicaragua’s proposal of Mexico as a location.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-04

Creator(s)

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

Telegram from Porfirio Diaz to Theodore Roosevelt

President of Mexico Porfirio Diaz has received President Roosevelt’s telegram. He agrees with the sentiments regarding mediation, and the Minister of Nicaragua, Luis Felipe Corea, would be pleased to have the conference in Mexico. Diaz asks if Roosevelt finds this suitable.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-01

Creator(s)

Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt the White House is sending him translations of the replies from Costa Rica and Nicaragua, which, like El Salvador, are unconditional and encouraging. The responses from Honduras and Guatemala will likely be similar.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-30

Creator(s)

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

Letter from José Santos Zelaya to Theodore Roosevelt

President of Nicaragua Zelaya thanks President Roosevelt for his interest in maintaining peace in the republics of Central America and accepts his invitation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-29

Creator(s)

Zelaya, José Santos, 1853-1919

Letter from Cleto González Víquez to Theodore Roosevelt

President González Víquez of Costa Rica thanks President Roosevelt for his interest in maintaining peace in the republics of Central America and will defer to the suggestions made by him and President of Mexico Porfirio Porfirio Díaz.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-29

Creator(s)

González Víquez, Cleto, 1858-1937

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee regards President of El Salvador Fernando Figueroa’s reply as “a hopeful sign of general acceptance.” Minister Luis Felipe Corea of Nicaragua and Minister Ángel Ugarte are pleased with the proposed action.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-29

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador to Great Britain Reid updates President Roosevelt on various matters, including poet Algernon Charles Swinburne and his “suppressed” poem, the Newfoundland modus vivendi, and happenings in Parliament. Reid also details how he “warded off…the offer of some brand-new territory and responsibilities” in Nicaragua.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-28

Creator(s)

Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912

Letter from Porfirio Díaz to Theodore Roosevelt

President of Mexico Díaz received President Roosevelt’s draft telegram to the presidents of five American republics appealing they settle their differences through a conference. Finding no fault in it, Díaz will also send a similar telegram.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-27

Creator(s)

Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee received a message from Mexican diplomat José F. Godoy that President of Mexico Porfirio Porfirio Díaz is intervening to prevent war between Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua and asks the United States to join. Adee includes a draft of a telegram Diaz and President Roosevelt could send to the presidents of the five Central American republics, including Honduras and Costa Rica.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-23

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Acting Secretary of State Adee forwards William Loeb a message from Lientent Commander James H. Glennon from Acajutla, El Salvador, that the American armed steamer President will be transferred to El Salvador. Additionally, President Fernando Figueroa of El Salvador greatly desires American intervention. Adee suggests that while material aid is impracticable, a moral intervention would achieve the same goal.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-20

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses related items for William Loeb to update President Roosevelt on the situation in Central America and to advise on how to handle the United States’ recognition of Honduras’ provisional government and neutrality.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-19

Creator(s)

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

Letter from David E. Thompson to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador David E. Thompson shares details of his meeting with Mexican President Porfirio Diaz concerning the political upheaval in Central America. Diaz would welcome any assistance that Roosevelt could provide him if the situation was to worsen but maintains that he would have to seek consent from the Mexican Congress and his people if he were to consider armed intervention. The opinion of both Diaz and Minister Ignacio Mariscal was to let the Central American states “fight for a little” then escort them to a peaceful resolution. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-07

Creator(s)

Thompson, David E. (David Eugene), 1854-1942

Telegram from José Santos Zelaya to Theodore Roosevelt

President Zelaya agrees to have the present conflict between Nicaragua and Honduras arbitrated by the United States, if President Roosevelt accedes to his conditions. The people of Nicaragua, Zelaya says, are “in the same state as that of the American people when the S.S. Maine was blown up.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-13

Creator(s)

Zelaya, José Santos, 1853-1919

Translation of telegram from Manuel Delgado to Elihu Root

Manuel Delgado, El Salvador’s Minister of Foreign Relations and Justice, is pleased to receive President Roosevelt’s offer to mediate a Pacific settlement between Honduras and Nicaragua. Delgado informs Secretary of State Root that President Pedro Jose Escalon conveyed this offer to Presidents Manuel Bonilla and José Santos Zelaya.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-12

Creator(s)

Unknown

Telegram from Manuel Bonilla to Theodore Roosevelt

Honduran President Manuel Bonilla updates President Roosevelt on the status of a tribunal to examine the incident between Honduras and Nicaragua. The tribunal had to disband because of the actions of the Nicaraguan government. Although Honduras wishes for peace, they are having to prepare to defend themselves against Nicaraguan aggression. Bonilla thanks Roosevelt for his offer to arrange for an arbitrator, and suggests that either the government of El Salvador or Costa Rica could serve in this capacity.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-12

Creator(s)

Bonilla, Manuel, 1849-1913

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lloyd Carpenter Griscom

Theodore Roosevelt encloses a letter from Victor Hugo Duras. He believes Duras would make an excellent Minister to Nicaragua, but Roosevelt is not making a recommendation for office.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919