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Nathan Haskell Dole thanks President Roosevelt for saying a good word about his friend Edward Arlington Robinson’s book of poetry. Dole also congratulates Roosevelt on securing peace between Russia and Japan, a feat many thought was impossible.
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1905-09-11
Herbert H. D. Peirce informs William Loeb that Japan and Russia will likely sign the peace treaty the following day. Peirce asks if he should report to President Roosevelt in person.
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1905-09-04
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson congratulates President Roosevelt on the peace between Japan and Russia.
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1905-09-04
Baron Rosen and Count Witte write to President Roosevelt to tell him they have signed the peace treaty with Japan and thank him for his efforts in securing the treaty.
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1905-09-05
Grenville M. Dodge congratulates President Roosevelt on the peace between Japan and Russia. Dodge also indicates that the citizens of the states he is traveling through express “unanimous satisfaction and gratification” with the peace Roosevelt has caused. When he returns to New York in October, he will make a trip to Washington, D.C.
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1905-09-05
Assistant Secretary of State Peirce forwards to President Roosevelt a message from Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen concerning the conditions of the armistice between Japan and Russia.
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1905-09-01
Herbert H. D. Peirce writes to William Loeb to discuss the press presence at the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth.
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1905-09-01
Benjamin Ide Wheeler congratulates President Roosevelt on the peace between Japan and Russia. Wheeler also discusses a speech he presented to the Educational Congress at the Portland Exposition as well as the public opinion of Francis J. Heney in Portland, Oregon.
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1905-09-01
Whitelaw Reid discusses with President Roosevelt a conversation he had with Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson regarding British and American politics. He also discusses Great Britain’s treaty with Japan and expresses his hope that the British provided at least a hint of such an agreement with the president. He includes a lengthy, handwritten addition congratulating Roosevelt on his coordination of the peace conference.
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1905-09-02
Ambassador Durand thanks President Roosevelt for the documents he sent regarding his involvement in the peace talks between Japan and Russia. Durand is forwarding these items to Lord Lansdowne who he believes will be very grateful for them. Durand believes Roosevelt’s letters to Baron Kentarō Kaneko contained the advice that caused Japan to cease demands for war indemnities from Russia.
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1905-08-31
Czar Nicholas II writes to President Roosevelt to congratulate and thank him for the successful peace negotiations between Japan and Russia (which would lead to the Treaty of Portsmouth).
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1905-08-31
Edmund Noble reports to Herbert H. D. Peirce regarding the accommodations afforded by the Hotel Wentworth and how they were perceived by the representatives from Japan and Russia.
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1905-08-31
Whitelaw Reid congratulates President Roosevelt on successfully scheduling the peace conference between Russia and Japan in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Reid claims that Japan shows “a shining example of moderation” in their willingness to negotiate peace when they, militarily, had defeated Russia. He also discusses his hesitance to relay his true feelings to the British newspapers due to the effect on his Russian friends in Great Britain. Reid mentions that Sir Francis Bertie was skeptical of the possibility of peace until Reid read him the telegram. He includes a handwritten note, presumably added after the signing of the treaty, congratulating Roosevelt.
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1905-08-31
James Stillman compliments President Roosevelt on his good reputation in Europe and commends Roosevelt’s success in encouraging the peace talks resolving the Russo-Japanese War.
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1905-08-26
Ambassador Meyer forwards a message from Count Lamzdorf, indicating that Czar Nicholas II has received President Roosevelt’s message but will not alter Russia’s stance on peace conditions with Japan.
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1905-08-27
Herbert H. D. Peirce reports that a delay in peace talks may mean a new proposal is imminent, though John Callan O’Laughlin thinks an agreement is unlikely.
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1905-08-27
Ambassador Meyer reports to President Roosevelt that Russia’s refusal to pay war indemnities is supported by the Russian press and people. They believe that Japan’s economy is such that a refusal to pay will force them into eventual peace due to financial necessity.
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1905-08-28
Assistant Secretary of State Peirce reports that peace talks have been delayed one day while Baron Kogoro Takahira awaits instructions from Japan.
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1905-08-28
Assistant Secretary of State Peirce asks whether President Roosevelt will telegraph him that day. If so, he will keep the telegraph line open.
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1905-08-28
Assistant Secretary of State Peirce reports that Baron Jutaro Komura has sent a letter for President Roosevelt. Peirce also congratulates Roosevelt on his efforts for “humanity and the world’s welfare.”
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1905-08-29