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Consul General Miller informs William Loeb that he has been offered an editorship for a new exporting and importing journal. He does not want to leave the service and would stay if he is advanced to a post paying at least $5,000 a year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-22
Consul General Miller addresses several concerns he has regarding inspections of American Consulates by Herbert H. D. Peirce and the inappropriate behavior of two Consuls-General while in Europe. He fears the impending public scandal which would inevitably come of these matters.
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1907-01-10
Senator Nelson returns Secretary Pierce’s letter detailing the charges against General Counsel John Goodnow. He feels the charges, if not disproved, merit “no mercy,” but encourages President Roosevelt to allow Goodnow to present a defense.
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1904-12-22
Assistant Secretary of State Herbert H. D. Peirce denies that President Roosevelt has an interest in acquiring the chairs used by Count Vitte and Baron Komura during the signing of the peace treaty.
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1905-09-13
Herbert H. D. Peirce announced that no envoys from President Roosevelt met with Sergei Witte or Baron Rosen during peace talks.
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1905-08-23
Peace talks continue, but the peace envoys deny speaking with representatives of President Roosevelt.
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1905-08-23
The Hotel Wentworth is hosting peace talks between Russia and Japan, due to its beneficial location and decent accommodations.
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1905-08-18
In an unsent draft of a letter to Senators Elkins and Scott, President Roosevelt explains his reasons for removing Thomas W. Cridler as Assistant Secretary of State and replacing him with Herbert H. D. Peirce. Roosevelt, and McKinley before him, believed that although he could be an able consul or representative at the St. Louis Exposition, Cridler does not have the qualities to be a good assistant secretary of state. Cridler was too involved in politics in his current position.
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1901-10-28
President Roosevelt informs Senator Scott that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge did not have anything to do with Thomas W. Cridler being transferred from the State Department to the consulship of Kingston, nor with his being replaced by Herbert H. D. Peirce. The decision was made by Secretary of State John Hay and was made in the interest of public service.
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1901-10-26
President Roosevelt says that Senator Platt is mistaken in thinking that Secretary of State John Hay is yielding to political pressure in appointing Herbert H. D. Peirce to replace Thomas W. Cridler in the State Department. Roosevelt and Hay both believe Cridler is not useful and should be given a different position. There is no pressure to replace him with either Peirce or Mr. Jackson. A handwritten note states that the letter was not sent to Platt.
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1901-10-25
Theodore Roosevelt will be unable to attend the meeting as requested by Herbert H. D. Peirce. Roosevelt is certain that Senator Lodge will not vote for the treaty without either Lodge’s or Senator Root’s amendment.
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1912-01-05
Theodore Roosevelt cannot accept Herbert H. D. Peirce’s invitation. He suggests that Senator Lodge cooperate with John Callan O’Laughlin to bring pressure on Senators Borah and Cummins.
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1912-01-09
President Roosevelt disagrees with several statements Secretary of State John Hay wrote. While Hay was one of the most “delightful characters” Roosevelt had ever met, he found Hay lacking leadership qualities as a Secretary of State. Roosevelt provides Senator Lodge with his view of the Alaska Boundary dispute in 1903. He includes copies of the letters Roosevelt wrote to Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes and Henry White to show to British Secretary of State for the Colonies James Chamberlain and Prime Minister James Arthur Balfour. Roosevelt explains why certain appointments were made following the death of President William McKinley and details for why Hay was not consulted on matters concerning the Russo-Japanese War and the acquisition of Panama.
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1909-01-28
President Roosevelt encloses a letter for Senator Foraker in which Secretary of State Elihu Root states that the charges by James H. Embry against Third Assistant Secretary of State Herbert H. D. Peirce are “malicious and unworthy of serious consideration.” Roosevelt clarifies that he knows Foraker disclaimed responsibility for the charges. The letter is for his information in case Embry returns.
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1906-01-30
Not wanting any misunderstandings, President Roosevelt emphasizes to Rachel Sherman Thorndike he never promised to send Minister Alexander M. Thackara to Paris. He will look into the Hamburg matter.
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1905-02-06
President Roosevelt sends Secretary of War Taft part of Assistant Secretary of State Herbert H. D. Pierce’s report, referring to Robert M. McWade, former consul to Canton, China. Taft is free to do what he wants with it.
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1905-01-19
President Roosevelt thanks Rachel Sherman Thorndike for the letter, and has tried to investigate the matter regarding Alexander M. Thackara. He discusses his thoughts regarding the appointment and promotion of people at American consulates, and promises that he will try to help Thackara, although he must also consider other candidates who are highly qualified for promotion.
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1905-01-10
President Roosevelt informs Cyrus Northrop, President of the University of Minnesota, that Third Assistant Secretary of State Peirce is formulating charges against Consul General to Shanghai Goodnow regarding his diplomatic service. Roosevelt has summoned Goodnow back to the U.S. for a hearing to respond to the charges against him.
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1904-09-28
President Roosevelt informs Senator Nelson that the charges against Consul General John Goodnow may be very serious indeed, and that Roosevelt has ordered Goodnow home from China to answer for them.
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1904-09-28
President Roosevelt must remove Robert M. McWade, the consul general at Canton. McWade has been guilty of corruption and indecent and drunken behavior in public, and is a general “source of scandal.” Roosevelt would like to change the way consuls are appointed. He will fill the vacancies by promotion or by selecting men who either the Department or he can personally support.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-06