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President Roosevelt authorizes Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus to do anything necessary to ensure that such breeches as the report by Special Agent Crist that insults England, or the leaked report by Consul General Skinner, never happen again.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-11
President Roosevelt sends two photographs to John L. Harrington, and says that Harrington may keep the one labeled for Emperor of Ethiopia Menelik II, because Robert Peet Skinner has already delivered a copy of it to the emperor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-10
Bernard Goldsmith urges President Roosevelt to consider visiting Ethiopia during his upcoming safari, and an invitation from Melenik II, Negus (Emperor) of Ethiopia, is coming. Goldsmith explains that his connection to the Emperor is through his friend Baron von Falkenegg, who has a substantial mineral concession in Ethiopia, and the Emperor wants the concession to be financed and controlled in America. Goldsmith discusses some reading he will be helpful for Roosevelt in planning his safari. In a post-script, Goldsmith mentions that an American diplomatic presence is lacking in Ethiopia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-22
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis encloses a letter from the Emperor of Ethiopia and from Consul-General Skinner for President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-16
Emperor Menelik II writes that he hopes that the recently completed Treaty of Commerce between Ethiopia and the U. S. will establish good relations. He thanks President Roosevelt for the gifts that were sent to him and is sending President Roosevelt two lions and two elephant tusks as a sign of friendship.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-17