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William Loeb encloses a letter of introduction for Walter B. Devereux’s son, William G. Devereux, to Minister Herbert G. Squiers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-24
Senator Platt writes that Ambassador Herbert G. Squiers does not want to be reassigned to Brazil. He would prefer to stay in Cuba but would consider Turkey or Japan.
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1904-12-05
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of State Hay that Herbert G. Squiers, American minister to Cuba, should tell the Cuban government there should be no increase in indebtedness except for “genuine necessity” per the Platt Amendment.
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1904-11-23
President Roosevelt supports what Secretary of State Hay told Ambassador to Cuba Herbert G. Squiers. However, Roosevelt sees no harm in telling President Tomás Estrada Palma that the United States considers the coaling stations to be their possessions and there will be difficulties if the stations are not turned over to the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-12
President Roosevelt informs Senator Platt that it is impossible to give Herbert G. Squiers a definite answer about when and where he will be restored to the diplomatic service. He notes that Squiers was separated from the service due to his own offenses, but the government intends to restore him to service because his removal was an excessive punishment.
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1906-02-10
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of State Root that Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou would like Louis A. Coolidge to be made comptroller of the currency. The current comptroller, William Barret Ridgely, would have to be put in the diplomatic service to free the space for Coolidge. The next two vacancies in the diplomatic service are spoken for, but Roosevelt would give Ridgely the third vacancy to open his place for Coolidge.
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1906-01-06
President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of State Adee to send the telegram regarding machinery to Minister to Cuba Herbert G. Squiers.
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1904-09-18
President Roosevelt rejoices with President Estrada Palma at the termination of negotiations between the United States and Cuba. Roosevelt is gratified at the “promised stability of the Cuban Republic.”
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1903-07-22
Minister Squiers has cabled that the Cuban government is willing to have American troops occupy public lands at Guantanamo pending the final settlement of the coaling station matter. President Roosevelt requests Secretary Root’s opinion.
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1903-03-15
President Roosevelt wants to put the best men in the Cuban diplomatic service. He is considering Herbert G. Squiers for minister and General Edward S. Bragg for consul general.
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1902-04-24
Secretary of War Taft reports to President Roosevelt on his visit to the Panama Canal Zone. Taft was investigating reports of poor conditions in the Subsistence Department to head off a scandal. As a result, Jackson Smith has resigned from the Commission, and Taft suggests personnel and organizational changes. Taft also reports on attempts to rig the upcoming election in Panama.
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1908-05-16
Secretary of War Taft informs Panama President Amador Guerrero that the United States is aware of plans to fraudulently rig the upcoming election for Ricardo Arias over Jose Domingo de Obaldia. Taft warms Amador Guerrero that if this occurs, the United States will be forced to intervene in the election. He includes a quotation from President Roosevelt stating as such.
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1908-05-12
William L. Ward reports to President Roosevelt that he is at the Republican National Committee headquarters helping Timothy L. Woodruff in preparation for the upcoming House of Representative elections in New York, and he expects a majority to go for Charles Evans Hughes. He asks Roosevelt to make a definite announcement in relation to the appointment of Oscar S. Straus as United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor, to arrange for the Catholic clergy of New York to take action in relation to Hughes, and for Roosevelt to write a letter to a prominent person in New York in relation to Hughes. Ward makes the point that the working class who are for William Randolph Hearst could be swayed to voting for Hughes if they hear that Roosevelt supports Hughes above Hearst. Ward also notes that both James Bronson Reynolds and George B. Cortelyou will be discussing these issues with Roosevelt in Washington.
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1906-10-19
William L. Ward makes several requests regarding appointments and positions in Westchester County, New York.
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1906-02-14
Senator Platt recommends to President Roosevelt that Herbert G. Squiers, the Minister to Cuba, be selected for the Mexican Ambassadorship since Powell Clayton resigned. Platt discusses Squiers’s many accomplishments.
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1904-06-16
Secretary of State Hay forwards a note and telegram from Cuban leaders acknowledging receipt of President Roosevelt’s congratulations regarding two years of Cuban independence.
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1904-05-25
Nicholas Murray Butler responds to President Roosevelt’s letter on the political situation in Illinois and gives his opinion on Leigh S. J. Hunt, Wisconsin politics, and diplomatic representatives in Cuba and Mexico.
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1904-05-19
Cartoon shows a vulture “Comision Especial Ley Reciprocidad Nov. ’02” (Special Commission on Reciprocity, Nov. ’02) looming over a U.S. eagle lying on the ground wearing a tag “Recipocidad Anexionista” (Reciprocity, Annexation). On the left, Tasker Bliss, Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma, Cuban ambassador to the U.S. Gonzalo de Quesada and U.S. Minister to Cuba Herbert Goldsmith Squiers walk away. On the right Cuban politicians Arocha, Catá, Martinez, Ferrer, Mas, Sanguily and Perez lift their hats in celebration.
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1902 or 1903
Secretary of State Hay returns Attorney General Philander C. Knox’s letter. He has telegraphed Herbert G. Squiers as the President requested.
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1904-02-25
Attorney General Knox reports on the political climate in Florida. He asks that the State Department cable the minister in Cuba concerning a visit by industrialist Henry Clay Frick.
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1904-02-23