Panama--Panama Canal

Theodore Roosevelt is surprised at Ambassador Bryce’s questions regarding the fortifying of the Panama Canal. Fortifications will keep the fleet available for operations and are not aimed at a particular nation. The canal could last for centuries and any nation could eventually be an enemy. Roosevelt compares the situation to Great Britain’s presence at Gibraltar. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s health continues to improve.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1911-10-27

Although he believes the rate bill will pass as it is, President Roosevelt believes he will be stuck in town because of an upcoming situation with the Panama Canal. He discusses the political sensitivity around hosting the Indian prince and princess, and provides an update on the outdoor activities of Archibald Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1906-05-20

Vignettes show messages sent from various cities to philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, along with the scenic postcard views each is requesting: a mountain for Chicago, caves in Philadelphia (where the sun is too bright), a river connecting the Gulf of Mexico with the Pacific Ocean, a fountain of beer for Milwaukee, a sun in Pittsburgh (where the smog is too thick for the natural sun to penetrate), a “Palm Beach” oasis for the Eskimos, and a “natural bridge” crossing the East River into Brooklyn, New York. Caption: His gift of a lake to Princeton suggests other deficiencies of nature which Carnegie may supply.

comments and context

Comments and Context

This double-page cartoon by L. M. Glackens is an example of Puck‘s increasing reliance of humorous current-event news commentaries, with vignettes surrounding a major theme.

President Roosevelt was astonished to hear that General Benjamin F. Tracy was upset at the appointment of Charles Edward Magoon as general counsel for the Panama Canal Commission and believes that Tracy must have misunderstood the situation.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1904-08-02

President Roosevelt addresses the city of St. Louis, Missouri, advocating the financial benefits of thoughtful transportation development, drawing comparisons to the Suez and Panama Canals. Roosevelt also discusses the importance of maintaining and developing the Navy.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-10-02

Senator Lodge encloses a letter from E. Spencer Pratt regarding the Panama Canal project. Lodge was interested in the report that preparations are being made to raise money for the project in Europe.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-14

During a meeting of the Canal Committee, Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna announced that President Roosevelt was having an unnamed matter finalized by the Canal Commission. Members of the committee are going to be calling on Roosevelt to discuss the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-14

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop after reading Bishop’s book. He congratulates Bishop on his work and discusses writing his autobiography.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1913-10-15

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to discuss Henry Thomas Rainey and the Panama Canal. Roosevelt also discusses support for his presidential candidacy.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1912-01-29

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to discuss his dissatisfaction with the way Bishop is being treated by the current administration. Roosevelt asserts that the best thing for Bishop to do in Panama is to support Colonel George W. Goethals.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1911-01-17

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to inform him that Ian Hamilton will be visiting the Panama Canal and asks Bishop to show him special courtesy since he is Roosevelt’s friend. Roosevelt also praises Hamilton’s writings about the Russo-Japanese War.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1911-04-08

Theodore Roosevelt informs Joseph Bucklin Bishop that he has written to Colonel George W. Goethals and is glad he is pleased with Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. Roosevelt comments on the chaotic nature of politics in the United States and mentions that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has been injured after falling from her horse.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1911-10-03

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to say he is glad to hear Bishop’s son will be lecturing at the University Club and that work on the Panama Canal is going well. Roosevelt also discusses the upcoming Presidential election, saying he believes President William H. Taft is unfit to be President, and weighs the pros and cons of running for President himself.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1911-12-29

Tennessee Republicans will be sending a Roosevelt delegation to the Republican National Convention. This raises issue of selecting federal office holders as delegates. Foster V. Brown assures Theodore Roosevelt that Southerners support his Panama policy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-05

John C. Spooner replies to President Roosevelt’s note concerning amendments to the Panama Canal Treaty proposed by the U.S. Senate Committee.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-23

Senator Hanna does not see any “serious menace” in Congress to the Panama Canal Treaty. Hanna hopes that “busy bodies” will stop making trouble for the party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-18

Philippe Bunau-Varilla writes to John Hay with detailed explanations for portions of the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (Panama Canal Treaty) to be amended; he gives three main points of clarification for the Treaty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-19

John Bassett Moore discusses a conversation with Philippe Bunau-Varilla concerning the Panama canal question. He states that he never discussed a possible Panamanian revolt again Colombia.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-07

Mississippi’s legislature has adopted resolutions urging the state’s U.S. Senators, Anselm J. McLaurin and Hernando DeSoto Money, to vote for ratification of the Panama Canal Treaty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-07

The Republican State Committee of Mississippi supports the continuation of the Roosevelt administration and the speedy construction of the Panama Canal.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-03