Your TR Source
President Roosevelt likes Secretary of State Hay’s reasoning and supports his suggestions of Consul Alexander M. Thackara going to Berlin, Consul Dean B. Mason going to Paris, and Consul George W. Roosevelt going to the Havre. The president wonders if it would be a promotion, or at least a salary increase, for Consul Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-19
President Roosevelt encloses documents for Blanche Roosevelt Flemer. Her request related to her uncle, Colonel George W. Roosevelt, who died the previous month, is granted. The President directs Flemer to go to Quartermaster General Charles F. Humphrey.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-14
President Roosevelt extends his condolences to the wife of his late distant cousin George W. Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-15
President Roosevelt is pleased to inform Rachel Sherman Thorndike that he will be able to send her brother-in-law, Alexander M. Thackara, to Berlin as a consul. Consul George W. Roosevelt has said he does not know German, and would prefer to remain in Brussels.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-09
President Roosevelt instructs Assistant Secretary of State Loomis to send Consul General Alexander B. Thackara to Berlin and retain Consul General George W. Roosevelt at Brussels for two years. After Frank H. Mason leaves the diplomatic service in two years, Roosevelt will be reassigned to his post in Paris.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-02
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-06
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-10
Many people have shown interest in Colonel Roosevelt of Brussels, a distant relative of President Roosevelt. The general opinion is that he is a “good fellow” and President Roosevelt asks if he can be given a promotion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-24
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt writes to President McKinley on behalf of Consul George W. Roosevelt, who wishes to be retained as Consul to Brussels. Roosevelt affirms that Consul Roosevelt is not a close relationship and attests to his efficient service as consul and gallantry during the Civil War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-01
Alexander Scott, president of the United States Medal of Honor Club, invites President Roosevelt to join the association since his uncle, George W. Roosevelt, has died. The possession of his uncle’s Medal of Honor entitles President Roosevelt to membership.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-24
Ambassador of France to the United States J. J. Jusserand describes his travels and accommodations to President Roosevelt and informs him of a letter he received from Georges Picot.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-25
Ida M. Roosevelt describes the last wishes of her late husband, George W. Roosevelt, to President Roosevelt. George W. Roosevelt had wished, prior to his untimely death, to resign from his post as United States Consul in Brussels to return to the United States to spend his retirement. In addition, he wished to promote his Vice Consul, Gregory Phelan, to a consulship in South America or elsewhere. Ida M. Roosevelt describes Phelan as devoted and talented, and asks President Roosevelt to act on his behalf.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-11
Article about the attempt of the Roosevelt Genealogical Project Committee “to straighten out more than three hundred years of the Roosevelt family and to find as many branches of the family tree as possible.” This committee of the Theodore Roosevelt Association hopes to update the last major genealogy of the Roosevelt family published in 1902. It gives examples of the committee’s search for specific individuals, talks about the movement of Roosevelts around the country, and notes the methods and sources for conducting research.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1979
Herbert H. D. Peirce reports on specific conditions of United States consulates in England, France, Holland, and Germany. Peirce assesses the performance of the consuls general in these locations and suggests salary changes, reassignments, and suppression of ineffective consulates. Peirce focuses extensively on allegations of corruption and infidelity against Consul General Oliver J. D. Hughes of Coburg, Germany, and allegations of scandal surrounding Clergyman G. Monroe Royce and Consul General James H. Worman in Munich, Germany.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-17
Secretary of State Hay forwards two letters from George W. Roosevelt, Consul at Brussels, asking for promotion. Hay plans to make Consul Roosevelt’s entire file available to President Roosevelt to help in making an informed decision.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-23