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Letter from Lloyd Carpenter Griscom to Elihu Root

Letter from Lloyd Carpenter Griscom to Elihu Root

Lloyd Carpenter Griscom encloses two copies and translations of a new project which has been introduced into the Chamber of Deputies by Deputy Bernardino to establish a compensating tariff. Griscom thinks the project is of particular interest to the United States because the country would enjoy a 20 percent preferential reduction on merchandise entering Brazil. Griscom is undecided about whether to continue to press Jose Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, for a reduction on a list of specified articles or to urge the passage of the Bernardino act, which he doubts will become law.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-29

Letter from John Callan O’Laughlin to William Loeb

Letter from John Callan O’Laughlin to William Loeb

Journalist John Callan O’Laughlin relates the “current diplomatic opinion” of Russia, Japan, and Brazil to William Loeb. O’Laughlin says a Russian military attaché, Colonel N. N. Raspopoff, told him he has heard that Japan is preparing for war, and Russia is preparing diplomatic policies with this in mind. Raspopoff does not feel Japan has the money for a war against the United States, and has more to gain from focusing on Korea and Manchuria. In Brazil, war between Japan and the United States is seen as inevitable, and Brazil wishes to support the United States and open her ports to the United States fleet on the way to the Pacific. A friend of O’Laughlin’s who is close with people at the Japanese embassy tells him Japan does not want war. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-07

Letter from Lloyd Carpenter Griscom to Elihu Root

Letter from Lloyd Carpenter Griscom to Elihu Root

Ambassador Griscom writes for the State Department’s records a short account of Secretary of State Root’s stay in Brazil. Griscom details those who took the voyage with Root, the dinners Root attended and gave, the dignitaries he met, and the cities he visited. Griscom will collect the speeches Root made during his Brazilian trip and transmit them to the department as soon as they are available.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-31

Letter from Lloyd Carpenter Griscom to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Lloyd Carpenter Griscom to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Griscom describes Secretary of State Elihu Root’s visit to Brazil, where he greatly impressed the people. Root’s visit was a “tremendous personal triumph.” Despite the presence of “suspicion and envy” throughout the community, South America was “shaken to its foundations” by Root’s address to the Pan-American Congress and the Brazilian press “came out in unanimous approval.” Griscom also notes that the Brazilian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Baron Rio Branco, helped in the time leading up to Root’s visit by spreading “pro-American” sentiment in the press.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-16

Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of State Root tells President Roosevelt about his successful visit to Brazil. Root is confident that there will be “kindly feelings, left in place of the wide spread distrust which seems to characterize South American opinion regarding the purpose and attitude of the United States.” Root encloses a copy of the speech he gave at the Pan American Conference, and an article especially for the benefit of Edith Roosevelt. Root also talked with Colombian Representatives and arranged for a meeting with General Rafael Reyes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-02