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Theodore Roosevelt writes to T. H. Sears that he is pleased with the address and wishes he could make his colleagues at The Outlook share his views on the need for direct shipping lines to South America.
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1911-07-11
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Secretary of War Stimson for sending the fine speech by Judge Emile Henry Lacombe and encloses it with the letter. He asks that Stimson convey his compliments to Lacombe when he sees him and comments on how nice it was to see Stimson and his family yesterday. He encourages Stimson to take Mrs. Stimson on his trip to South America as he did with Mrs. Roosevelt on his trips to Panama and Elihu Root did with his wife when he went to South America.
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1911-06-27
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Senator Crawford about a pair of foreign relations questions, and tells him that while he does not wish to be quoted, Crawford can share Roosevelt’s views with other progressives. Roosevelt believes that the treaty with Honduras should go ahead. While countries that develop strong governments like Chile or Argentina should be treated as equals by the United States, some Central American nations with “little disorderly governments” need “a steadying hand.” He has hesitations, on the other hand, about the arbitration treaty with Great Britain, which he lays out.
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1911-06-12
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Professor Kofoid of the University of California, Berkeley, regarding articles and pamphlets written by Henry Chester Tracy, Abbott Handerson Thayer, J. A. Allen, and Edward William Nelson on the topic of birds, plumage, and biological research.
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1911-02-02
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Dr. Henry M. Leipziger, Supervisor of Lectures for the New York City Board of Education, about an upcoming lecture. George Kruck Cherrie, who accompanied Roosevelt through South America and is very knowledgeable about the people, flora, and fauna of South America, will be presenting.
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1915-11-20
Theodore Roosevelt contacts Lawrence F. Abbott requesting the ability to respond to a letter from the Director of the Belgian Bureau of Publications. Roosevelt is concerned by the actions of Arthur Dullard, hoping that what he published was “a mere German fabrication.” Roosevelt also asks Abbott about the whereabouts of image plates from his Arizona and South American trips, revealing his intention to publish a “little book” with Scribner’s in the spring. Lastly, Roosevelt confirms a lunch with Abbott and his father Ernest on November 10.
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1915-10-16
Theodore Roosevelt cautions J. D. Haseman that Haseman’s personal experience with piranhas is not enough to ignore the facts regarding piranhas attacking men and animals. If this is Haseman’s state of mind, he is not fit to “write a scientific book worth reading.” Scientists with more experience have stated that piranhas attack people. Roosevelt has personally viewed attacks while in South America. Haseman has a reputation for having a bad temper and ignoring facts. If he ignores the facts about piranhas, his scientific work cannot be taken seriously.
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1915-08-30
Theodore Roosevelt provides a letter of reference for a group of researchers going on expedition to the West African islands, including the Azores. Among the group are Henry R. Emory, Charles Wellington Furlong, and others. The team is traveling on behalf of the Comparative Zoology Department and the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. Roosevelt urges those in a position to do so to assist the team.
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1915-06-29
Theodore Roosevelt agrees with the central argument in John Appleton Stewart’s paper, but disagrees with him regarding Central and South America. He believes the United States has done more harm in that region, especially in Mexico, by failing to insist on “our rights…and…their duties,” than by being too overbearing.
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1915-04-10
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Archduke Salvator for his note and will be sending this note and a volume he wrote on South America to him via Ambassador Frederic Courtland Penfield. Roosevelt expresses his regrets on the start of World War I.
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1915-05-29
Theodore Roosevelt is pleased with Gostkal’s remark. He is pleased that Charles Greenough enjoyed his book on South America.
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1915-03-30
Theodore Roosevelt tells Stewart Edward White that he has read White’s book Rediscovered Country about a hunting expedition in East Africa and was delighted by it. Roosevelt compares it to one of his own trips and earlier expeditions from European explorers including Sámuel Teleki, William Louis Abbott, and Arthur Henry Neumann. Roosevelt remarks that he felt better about bringing a camp chair on his South American expedition since White took one on his. Roosevelt notes how much the Wilson Administration is annoying him, and hopes that White and his wife Elizabeth White will visit soon.
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1915-04-06
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Robert Bridges for the update on his book and the payment. Roosevelt tells Bridges he advised Miller to accept Bridges’ offer.
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1915-03-02
Theodore Roosevelt acknowledges that he was treated with much courtesy and hospitality while in South America, but he is not able to confirm that he received the gift from M. Americo Martin. If it had reached him with Martin’s address on it, he would have acknowledged it.
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1915-03-03
When Theodore Roosevelt sees Charles Scribner, he will tell Scribner about the article Leo Miller wrote about South America. Miller had interesting experiences and the photographs are “quite remarkable.”
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1915-02-22
Theodore Roosevelt will send Captain Robbins his books on the African and South Americans trips, as well as America and the World War.
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1915-02-13
The only articles Theodore Roosevelt has written on South America are those in the Outlook. Roosevelt believed in the “human welfare” side of the Progressive platform, but the people as a whole did not support it.
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1915-02-18
Theodore Roosevelt praises Luther S. Kelly for his article on peace and war. He thinks the closing sentence of Kelly’s article should be memorized by all “professional pacifists.” Roosevelt tells Kelly that he had an “interesting time” in South America, and he thinks Kelly’s description of Alaska is “interesting and remarkable.”
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1915-02-13
Theodore Roosevelt explains to Thomas Robins that he has limited himself to public speaking on the topic of his South American trips. He feels his skills on speaking about American’s unpreparedness for war would best be accomplished in his pamphlet titled “What America Should Learn from the War,” which is scheduled to be released in a few weeks.
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1914-12-24
President Roosevelt asks William L. Swan if the “brethren” would like him to speak about his experiences in South America that he cannot put in a public address.
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1914-12-17