Treaties

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge explains that he did not object to President Roosevelt having his own letter published in the press but that he was concerned about Roosevelt publishing Representative Gardner’s letter. Lodge answers questions posed by Roosevelt in a previous letter. Lodge does not know why a plan to have a second squadron of battleships, to be commanded by a friend of his, has been eliminated by the Navy. He asks to have a meeting to discuss a treaty as it is too complicated for a letter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-15

Letter from Winthrop Murray Crane to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Crane congratulates President Roosevelt on winning the recent election. He thanks Roosevelt for commiserating with Bates on his defeat.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-14

Letter from William Michael Byrne to William Loeb

William Michael Byrne tells William Loeb that his movement’s success is evidenced by a recent ruling that city contractors did not have to require naturalization papers from Italian laborers thanks to treaty relations between the United States and Italy.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-11

Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt

Elihu Root encloses a list of the important statutes and treaties of the Fifty-seventh Congress and requests that President Roosevelt continue the list for the Fifty-eighth Congress.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-31

Letter from William Nelson Cromwell to Theodore Roosevelt

William Nelson Cromwell discusses the status of suits brought by Colombia and by French engineer Lucien N. B. Wyse for an injunction against transfer of the Panama Canal to the United States, and expresses confidence that suits will be dismissed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-27

Letter from William Nelson Cromwell to Philander C. Knox

William Nelson Cromwell discusses the status of suits brought by Colombia and by French engineer Lucien N. B. Wyse for an injunction against transfer of the Panama Canal to the United States, and expresses confidence that suits will be dismissed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-27

Letter from William Nelson Cromwell to Theodore Roosevelt

William Nelson Cromwell informs President Roosevelt about the developments from his clients regarding the Panama Canal. Cromwell is sailing for Paris on the SS New York to arrange the formal transfer of property for the Canal. He also informs Roosevelt that he has arranged everything for the reception of the Isthmian Canal Commission in Panama.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-12

Letter from Clark Howell to Theodore Roosevelt

Clark Howell congratulates President Roosevelt on the Senate’s vote supporting the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (Panama Canal treaty).

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-24

Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt

Nicholas Murray Butler congratulates President Roosevelt on the Senate’s vote supporting the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (Panama Canal treaty). He hopes that civil engineer William Barclay Parsons is appointed to the Panama Canal Commission instead of William H. Burr. He also comments on the passage of the Education Bill in New York and relays a discussion he had with journalist Walter Wellman about the Republican platform for the National Convention. Butler recommends Hugh Henry Hanna as vice president.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-24

Telegram from Oscar S. Straus to Theodore Roosevelt

Oscar S. Straus offers to meet with President Roosevelt as he believes it is the right and the duty of one of the powers to take the initiative. He requests that Roosevelt read the treaty.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-08

Letter from John C. Spooner to Theodore Roosevelt

John C. Spooner replies to President Roosevelt’s note concerning amendments to the Panama Canal Treaty proposed by the U.S. Senate Committee.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-23

Letter from Philippe Bunau-Varilla to John Hay

Philippe Bunau-Varilla writes to John Hay with detailed explanations for portions of the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (Panama Canal Treaty) to be amended; he gives three main points of clarification for the Treaty.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-19

Letter from Marcus Alonzo Hanna to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Hanna does not see any “serious menace” in Congress to the Panama Canal Treaty. Hanna hopes that “busy bodies” will stop making trouble for the party.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-18

Memorandum on meeting with Rafael Reyes

General Reyes and Tomas Herran have suggested a new treaty and called for an arbitration board to decide on the future of Panama. Arbitration should also consider if Colombia is entitled to an indemnity for losses resulting from Panamanian revolution.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-11

Letter from J. M. Dickinson to Eli Shelby Hammond

J. M. Dickinson updates Eli Shelby Hammond on his efforts in Tennessee and Mississippi to ensure ratification of the Panama treaty.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-08

Letter from Rafael Reyes to Francis B. Loomis

General Reyes transmits the Colombian government’s report concerning American policy towards Colombia and the revolution in Panama. He lists the treaties and instances where the United States has shown a disregard for Colombia’s territorial rights and has taken advantage of their weakened state.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-06

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge tells President Roosevelt that he visited Wayne MacVeagh. MacVeagh had spoken with General Rafael Reyes of Colombia and was in receipt of a new draft memo detailing terms for a treaty and asking the United States to work to reunite Panama and Colombia. Overall, Lodge thinks that the memo offered a reasonable basis for negotiation, and while it may not lead to anything it may be worth following up on to show that the United States has made an effort. Lodge also suggests a future meeting between Secretary of State John Hay and Reyes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-20

Newspaper article from The Enquirer

A brief paragraph on the stock market followed by a column explaining why the Panama Treaty should be ratified.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-25

Letter from J. M. Dickinson to Theodore Roosevelt

J. M. Dickinson writes to President Roosevelt concerning journalists misusing excerpts from his recent speech on the Panama treaty.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-28

Letter from Samuel W. Small to William Loeb

Newspaperman Samuel W. Small discusses various senators’ positions concerning the upcoming vote on the treaty with Panama.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-27