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Assistant Secretary of State Loomis provides travel information for Prince Hohenlohe and his party. They will eat lunch with President Roosevelt on Saturday and join Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg for a dinner in their honor that evening. It has not been decided if Sternburg will present them to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-27
Acting Secretary of State Loomis has received President Roosevelt’s letter regarding Hermann Speck von Sternburg. The letter did not state whether Loomis’s suggestions regarding Hermann Speck von Sternburg’s reception were approved, and and he needs to conclude the reception’s details. Loomis would like to discuss the appointments to Antwerp, Belgium, and Cairo, Egypt, as he is receiving many applications.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-31
Governor Roosevelt thanks General Johnson for the quail he sent to the Roosevelt family, describes the recent visit of German diplomat Baron Hermann Speck von Sturnberg, and says he wishes to chat about global current events with Johnson. Specifically, Roosevelt mentions an incident between Britain and South Africa.
1899-12-27
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles he will soon find out if the legislature will eliminate his position as New York City Police Commissioner. His colleague Andrew D. Parker has been very “irritating” and he does not trust him. Roosevelt recently gave two speeches and describes Hermann Speck von Sternburg’s visit.
1896-04-26
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about recent house guests and his disgust with Congress. Sister Corinne is beyond help until she begins to help herself. Uncle Jimmie Roosevelt wrote he enjoyed his visit to Anna. Roosevelt provides updates on the family and says he did inspections to see how the new liquor law is working.
1896-05-03
John Hay encloses a copy of a circular dispatch.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-08
William Woodville Rockhill, the U.S. diplomat, encloses Ambassador Sternburg’s suggestion concerning Germany’s diplomatic strategy as tensions heighten between Russia and Japan.
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1904-02-06
Jacob A. Riis mentions labor issues and recommends that German Ambassador to the United States Hermann Speck von Sternburg see a doctor in Copenhagen regarding his recent diagnosis: cancer of the face. Riis discusses his meeting with New York Governor Odell.
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1903-11-12
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis writes to William Loeb to inform Loeb that Loomis has enclosed a letter from Baron von Sternburg containing containing a report from von Sternburg’s Consul at Chicago concerning the alleged movements of Italian anarchists.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-27
Secret Service Director Wilkie writes to William Loeb regarding information received from Baron Sternburg related to movements of certain well-known anarchists. Had the proposed anarchist bill become law, the service would be able to prosecute a number of leaders in anarchist circles with the information already accumulated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-31
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis writes to Benjamin F. Barnes to inform Barnes that Loomis has enclosed a translation of a note from German Ambassador Sternburg and a copy of the Imperial German Naval Register for President Roosevelt’s response.
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1903-08-10
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis informs Benjamin F. Barnes that Loomis is writing a letter to President Roosevelt with an enclosed memorandum on the Panama Canal from Professor John Bassett Moore. Loomis has informed Baron Sternburg that Roosevelt will receive Commander Schaefer in August, so that Schaefer may present a copy of the Imperial German Naval Register.
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1903-08-15
Acting Secretary of State Loomis forwards to Benjamin F. Barnes a copy of Baron Hermann Speck von Sternburg’s remarks on the occasion of presenting his letters of credence, as well as a copy of President Roosevelt’s reply to Baron von Sternburg.
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1903-08-04
Acting Secretary of State Loomis asks Benjamin F. Barnes to arrange for a carriage to meet Baron Hermann Speck von Sternburg and Colonel Thomas Symons at the station in Oyster Bay, to convey them to their hotel and then to President Roosevelt’s house.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-05
Acting Secretary of State Loomis wires Benjamin F. Barnes to ask whether President Roosevelt has set a date for receiving Baron Von Sternburg regarding his ambassadorship.
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1903-07-31
Assistant Secretary of State Adee informs Benjamin F. Barnes that German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg requests an appointment with President Roosevelt.
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1903-07-25
Acting Secretary of State Loomis has written to German Ambassador Baron Herman Von Sternburg concerning the State Department’s Assistant Secretary Alvey Adee’s letter about Sternburg’s credentials.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-27
Acting Secretary of State Loomis informs President Roosevelt that Baron Hermann Speck von Sternburg requests an audience with Roosevelt to present his letters of credence. Due to the peculiar circumstances, Loomis suggests a brief ceremony at Oyster Bay in the near future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-28
It has been requested that Freiherr Sternburg not be invited to the event on Monday evening as he is needed on Tuesday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-12
Ambassador Theodor von Holleben has sent his “last letter of leave taking” to President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hay. As Holleben’s departure was controversially abrupt, Hugo Mu¨nsterberg encourages Roosevelt to support Holleben by making his response public, particularly indicating the hope that Holleben can visit the United States again.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-24