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Steinhart, Frank Maximilian, 1864-1938

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt thinks that William H. Taft is correct, and is glad that they have spoken to Frank B. Kellogg and William L. Ward, as it appears that Frank H. Hitchcock is becoming the favorite. Roosevelt believes Hitchcock will be a very good choice to help run Taft’s campaign. Roosevelt also responds to a letter from Taft regarding Frank Maximilian Steinhart, and comments on some business involving telephones.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Bacon

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Bacon

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leonard Wood

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leonard Wood

President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt were glad to hear from General Wood. Roosevelt is taking up the publication of Young’s letter, although he doubts if it will be worthwhile. He sends Wood a copy of a letter from Consul General of Cuba Frank Maximilian Steinhart and says he has asked Secretary of State Elihu Root to look into the matter. Roosevelt was pleased with Frank Ross McCoy’s “fine showing.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Luke E. Wright to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Luke E. Wright to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Wright encloses a letter from General Charles E. Magoon, Occupation Governor of Cuba, discussing an issue with early bond in Cuba. Speyer & Co have offered to finance the matter but Wright would like to wait until Roosevelt is back in Washington to discuss it. Wright sends a second letter from Magoon indicating a misunderstanding on the topics of the creation of a Cuban army and the Liberal party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-13

Creator(s)

Wright, Luke E. (Luke Edward), 1846-1922

Letter from Thomas Henry Barry to William Loeb

Letter from Thomas Henry Barry to William Loeb

Thomas Henry Barry thanks William Loeb for the good words that Loeb has been putting in on his behalf. Barry hopes President Roosevelt will favor his claim to be appointed Major General, as it will be his last appointment during Roosevelt’s administration. German Ambassador Herman Speck Von Sternburg and his wife, Lillian May Speck von Sternburg, are leaving Cuba for Tampa today. They have enjoyed their visit, and can give the president an interesting account of the trip.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-10

Creator(s)

Barry, Thomas Henry, 1855-1919

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Provisional Governor Taft updates President Roosevelt on the progress of disarmament in Cuba. Frederick Funston is not as effective in managing the details of disarmament as Taft had hoped. Taft does not want to avoid responsibility for some of the mistakes, but feels that Funston lacks capacity as an executive. There is also some delay in dismissing the militia because of corruption. Secretary of State Elihu Root’s publication of the correspondence between the United States Government and former Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma has caused surprise among the Moderate Party in Cuba.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-06

Creator(s)

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Telegram from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Telegram from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft updates President Roosevelt with the latest news regarding the disarmament of Cuban rebels. Taft worries about bitterness between different factions and wants troops on the ground to enforce the peace. Taft has sent Frank Maximilian Steinhart to negotiate peace in Cienfuegos and he expects to leave Cuba with Robert Bacon on the USS Louisiana (BB-19) the same day that Charles E. Magoon and General James Franklin Bell are expected to arrive.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-08

Creator(s)

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Telegram from Nelson P. Webster to William Loeb

Telegram from Nelson P. Webster to William Loeb

Nelson P. Webster relays to Secretary to the President Loeb that Consul General Steinhart wired from Cuba that the rebellion there is spreading in the provinces of Havana, Santa Clara, and Pinar del Rio. President Estrada Palma has requested American military intervention, and warns that any delay “may produce a massacre of citizens in Havana.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-12

Creator(s)

Webster, Nelson P., 1862-1935

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

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. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1906-09-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919