“Great Russian revolution; Czar Nicholas abdicates”
Headline from the New York American newspaper announcing the abdication of Czar Nicholas II in Russia.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1917-03-16
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Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918
Letter from Cecil Spring Rice to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Cecil Spring Rice announces to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt that he has become engaged to be married. He also writes about the situation in Russia, sharing his opinion of the United States ambassador to Russia. He discusses opinions in Russia regarding President Roosevelt and about the possibility of war. While the idea of war is unpopular because the common people do not understand what the fight is about, Spring Rice thinks the people would bear a war regardless of any disasters. The Emperor seems to be above both law and morality.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-20
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Letter from Cecil Spring Rice to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Chargé d’Affaires of Britain Spring Rice details to First Lady Roosevelt the economic and political climate in Russia. While Spring Rice sees no immediate stirrings of revolution there, he hints that revolution may still be in Russia’s future because of the unsustainable, poor economic conditions in the rural areas and the dearth of strong, reform-minded leadership within the government. While Spring Rice sees Russia’s Interior Minister, Vi︠a︡cheslav Konstantinovich Pleve, as a capable leader, Pleve opposes reform, and though S. I︠U︡. Vitte, the chairman of the Committee of Ministers is “a strong man, too, and might be a reformer,” Emperor Nicholas II strongly dislikes him. Spring Rice also perceives Russia’s slights of other nations and its aversion to making treaties as hindrances to its government. Additionally, Spring Rice tells Roosevelt of a Russian folk story he has recently translated into English.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-09
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Letter from Edward Everett Hale to Theodore Roosevelt
Edward Everett Hale encourages President Roosevelt to “think three times” before offering offer advice to Tsar Nicholas II regarding treatment of Jews in Russia, as “advice from one power to another always makes people mad.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-12
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Telegram from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt
Emperor Nicholas II will reject any Jewish petition from foreigners regarding the recent anti-Jewish pogroms, with his will being “the sole law of the land.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-16
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Letter from Leo N. Levi to Theodore Roosevelt
Leo N. Levi suggests delaying the petition to Emperor Nicholas II regarding the condition of Russian Jews after the recent Kishinev Massacre. A delay will allow signatures to be collected and separate the petition from the recent issues in Manchuria. Levi is willing to discuss the petition with President Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-03
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Letter from Simon Wolf to Theodore Roosevelt
Simon Wolf is part of a movement to send a petition to Emperor Nicholas II and Russia regarding discrimination against Jews. Wolf is willing to stop the petition if it would damage the Roosevelt administration or the country’s interests. He believes Russia is actively working to prevent the petition, including attempts to sway public opinion by bribing journalists. Wolf warns that Russia is masquerading as a friend but is aiming to “absorb China and the Eastern trade.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-03
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Letter from Stephen S. Wise to Theodore Roosevelt
Rabbi Wise lists examples of times throughout history when leaders of the United States have intervened and spoken out against persecution of Jewish people around the world. He asks President Roosevelt to publicly denounce the “Kishineff” Massacre in order to prevent further violence against Jews in Russia.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-05-22
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Letter from Andrew Carnegie to Theodore Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie’s New Year greeting stresses the efforts of President Roosevelt and Czar Nicholas II to make the Hague Tribunal a viable means of settling international disputes.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-01
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Letter from Andrew Carnegie to Theodore Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie praises President Roosevelt for his support of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague. He likens the agreement between Roosevelt and the Russian Emperor Nicholas II to the position of Abraham Lincoln and a previous Russian Emperor, Alexander II, to end slavery.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-26
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Letter from John F. Moore to Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Moore has written a letter to Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, and would like Vice President Roosevelt to address and send the letter on his behalf. Moore threatens Nicholas II with a bombardment of St. Petersburg and invasion if Russian troops do note leave China and Poland. Moore had previously wrote to President McKinley offering advice on how to end the Boxer Rebellion in China. We are unsure of the order of the document’s pages.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901
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Letter from Poultney Bigelow to Theodore Roosevelt
Poultney Bigelow writes on behalf of his friend, Walter Neef, whose son would like to enter the American Navy. He hopes President Roosevelt can help Neef. In a postscript, Bigelow comments on Emperor Nicholas II’s visit to France which he thought went very poorly.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-30