Sleeper, Jacob, 1869-1930

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Bacon

President Roosevelt informs Acting Secretary of State Bacon of the immediate need to act “to protect American interests by fulfilling American obligations to Cuba” as evidenced by the lack of governmental leadership and repeated requests for aid. Seeing the situation as “one of impending chaos,” and finding the usual diplomatic communications useless, the enclosed letter will be sent to Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma and be published.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Bacon

President Roosevelt informs Acting Secretary of State Bacon that he must take time to consider issuing such a manifesto and does not foresee trouble in waiting several days. He asks Bacon to come Friday alongside Secretary of War William H. Taft. Roosevelt has a rough draft but wants to review it carefully. He wishes there were “some big men” at Havana, Cuba, and considers sending Charles E. Magoon.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Bacon

President Roosevelt is impressed by Acting Secretary of State Bacon’s suggestion about Secretary of State Elihu Root and regrets being unable to talk to Root before his departure to Cuba. During Bacon’s upcoming visit, Roosevelt wants to consider the benefit of sending a formal letter to Cuba regarding American intervention. He directs Bacon to work with American Consul General Maximilian Steinhart, as he finds Chargé d’affaires Jacob Sleeper and Minister to Cuba Edwin V. Morgan lacking in their diplomatic posts.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-10

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee has enclosed a letter from Jacob Sleeper, the chargé d’affaires in Havana, about the political situation there.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-20

Letter from Robert Bacon to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Bacon sends President Roosevelt a copy of a dispatch from Jacob Sleeper, American chargé d’affaires, about the “extent and progress of the present uprising” in Cuba.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-06

Memorandum from Robert Bacon to William Loeb

“By reply to [Cuban chargé d’affaires Jacob] Sleeper’s request for instructions I will send the following if the president approves.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-30

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses forwards to President Roosevelt an interview Jacob Sleeper had with Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma, in which the latter requested United States intervention to protect U.S. citizens from Cuban rebels. Also enclosed is Estrada Palma’s address to the Cuban congress.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-25

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses for President Roosevelt a copy of chargé d’affaires Jacob Sleeper’s report on political conditions in Cuba.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-20

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt that chargé d’affaires Jacob Sleeper received a letter from General Enrique Loynaz del Castillo that states he is willing to suspend hostilities provided that the United States does the same. Castillo asks for new elections as a basis for settling the conflict. Adee replied to Sleeper, telling him to let Castillo know that Sleeper has no authority to negotiate with anyone other than the government that is in power.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-18

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Assistant Secretary of State Adee asks William Loeb whether Jacob Sleeper should be cabled with instructions not to give orders to the U.S. warship Marietta since he does not understand the conditions at Cienfuegos.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-14

Telegram from George Albert Converse to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of the Navy Converse sends President Roosevelt two translated telegrams that arrived on September 14, 1906. Commander John C. Colwell of the USS Denver received a guarantee from revolutionary forces to cease fighting for three days. Negotiations for peace have begun. Commander William F. Fullam of the USS Marietta reports that revolutionary forces are raiding sugar estates and stealing property from American citizens. He will land tomorrow in Constancia.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-15

Telegram from George Albert Converse to Charles J. Bonaparte

Rear Admiral Converse transmits a message from the commanding officer of the Denver. The message states that a battalion landed in Havana with three rapid fire guns. Denver is moored in the central position, and asylum will be ready for those who request it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-14

Letter from Robert Bacon to Alvey A. Adee

Acting Secretary of State Bacon directs Assistant Secretary of State Adee to send a telegram to chargé d’affaires Jacob Sleeper at Havana, authorizing Sleeper to request a guard from the Denver if there is not one at the Legation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-14

Letter from Frank Maximilian Steinhart to Francis B. Loomis

American Consul General Steinhart acknowledges receipt of the attached cable from Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon providing instruction for the situation in Cuba. He then confirms meeting with President Roosevelt who sent the attached cables to Secretary of State Elihu Root.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-12

Telegram from Frank Maximillian Steinhart to William Loeb

Consul General Steinhart sends Secretary of State Root a draft of a cable to send to chargé d’affaires Jacob Sleeper in Cuba so that he can send it to Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma and release it to the press. The cable threatens United States intervention if the Cuban government cannot quell the revolt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-12

Telegram from Nelson P. Webster to William Loeb

Nelson P. Webster forwards to William Loeb a telegram received by Secretary of State Elihu Root from Jacob Sleeper, chargé d’affaires in Cuba. Sleeper relays that he told Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma to ensure the protection of American citizens in Cuba and he received only an evasive answer. Sleeper also writes that the USS Denver has arrived in Havana.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-12

Telegram from Nelson P. Webster to William Loeb

Nelson P. Webster at the White House forwards to William Loeb at Oyster Bay, a telegram from Jacob Sleeper, charge d’affaires in Havana, Cuba, to Secretary of State Elihu Root. Sleeper reports that he has unofficially informed the emissary to Faustino “Pino” Guerra that negotiations for an armistice in Cuba between the government and revolutionary forces have thus far been unsuccessful. Sleeper also provides information on the progress of a train.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-08

Letter from Elihu Root to William Loeb

Secretary of State Root encloses for President Roosevelt a dispatch from the American charge d’affaires at Havana, related to opposition to the British-Cuban treaty.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-29

Presidential snapshot (#17): Excerpt of a letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Bacon

President Roosevelt conveys to Assistant Secretary of State Bacon his feeling that the United States will have to intervene in Cuba if the the revolution there is not quelled by the Cuban government. Roosevelt remarks on the incompetence of some American diplomatic officials, and he thinks that the Cuban government needs to be warned that its inaction risks American intervention. 

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1906-09-10

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee sends President Roosevelt a dispatch from Chargé d’affaires Jacob Sleeper reporting on the political situation in Cuba.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-14