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Extract from a letter written by Theodore Roosevelt regarding the Panamanian revolution and securing the Isthmus of Panama for an inter-oceanic canal. Roosevelt uses the analogy of nailing currant jelly to a wall in reaching an agreement with Colombian rulers. This extract comes from a letter to William Roscoe Thayer.
1915-07-02
USS Preble left Darien and there is no news regarding the Colombian force.
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1904-02-08
Joseph Bucklin Bishop includes a citation from W. E. Gladstone in his enclosure with which he thinks President Roosevelt will agree. He also asks how Commander Hubbard’s “Panama business” is coming along.
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1904-02-08
Rear Admiral Coghlan reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody on the movements of seven Navy ships in the region. In general, the ships report that all is quiet, none of the native peoples are moving to aid Colombia, and all sailors are well. The Dixie reports that explorations overland indicate that incursions via that route are impractical for all but lightly equipped parties.
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1904-02-08
Secretary of the Navy Moody encloses two dispatches from Rear Admiral Coghlin concerning military operations in Panama to President Roosevelt.
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1904-02-08
Rear Admiral Coghlan reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody that there is no news from Caledonia and that the Topeka is going to re-coal and proceed to Guantanamo.
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1904-02-09
Secretary of the Navy Moody encloses copies of two dispatches, one from Rear Admiral Glass and one from Rear Admiral Coghlan, concerning military operations in Panama to President Roosevelt.
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1904-02-10
Series of telegrams concerning the Panamanian revolution and negotiations with the United States that will save the “honor and interests of Colombia.”
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1904-02-10
Rear Admiral Glass informs Secretary of the Navy Moody that nothing has changed.
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1904-02-03
Secretary of the Navy Moody encloses copies of one report and one dispatch concerning military operations in Panama to President Roosevelt.
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1904-02-03
Rear Admiral Glass informs Secretary of the Navy Moody there is nothing to report.
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1904-02-04
Commander Hubbard reports on military operations in Panama, particularly the operations of the USS Nashville while docked in the port at Cartagena, Colombia.
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1904-02-04
Rear Admiral Coghlan reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody about Colombian troop levels in Cartegena. Coghlin also reports unease in the populace due to the contested election between Rafael Reyes and Joaquin Vélez for the Colombian presidency, and explains who supports which side.
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1904-02-05
Ten professors from Yale University signed a petition protesting the Roosevelt administration’s actions in Panama. A subsequent petition, signed by fifty Yale professors, supports the administration and ratification of the treaty.
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1904-01-29
Admiral Coghlan updates Secretary of the Navy Moody on the disposition of American and Panamanian forces. He reviews recent orders given to the ships under his command. Coghlan also provides information on the movements of Colombian forces.
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1904-01-26
Rear Admiral Coghlan reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody that there is nothing new, and that the Castine has gone for more coal and thence to Caledonia Harbor.
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1904-02-06
Rear Admiral Glass provides a weekly report to Secretary of the Navy Moody. There has been no movement of Colombian forces. The rubber hunters are back at work. About a quarter of the Panamanian forces are ill with fevers and insect bites.
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1904-02-08
Secretary of the Navy Moody encloses eight items, reports, letters, a memorandum, and a dispatch concerning military operations in Panama for President Roosevelt.
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1904-01-28
Translation of a report to Rear Admiral Coghlan by Agent number one, and then sent to Secretary of the Navy Moody. The report recounts troop movements from Bogota, Colombia, to Cartagena, ostensibly to another area. Agent number one thinks that the troops will stay in Cartagena because of internal politics in Colombia. Agent number one details which ships are controlled by which general and which political figures are backing each other.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-30
Translation of a question from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody regarding protection of American interests in Chiriqui Lagoon and Bocas del Toro, Panama. The question is: does Coghlan have permission to prevent the landing of Colombian forces in Chiriqui Lagoon?
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1904-01-30