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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles D. Walcott

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles D. Walcott

President Roosevelt updates Director of the U.S. Geological Survey Walcott regarding the efforts to repair the break in the Colorado River at the California-Mexico border. Roosevelt writes that Mexico will help however they can within reason with the repairs. He states that the Union Pacific Railroad Company and their director Edward Henry Harriman must conduct the repairs in the immediate, but that the U.S. government should be prepared to conduct all further maintenance. Roosevelt feels the government and California Improvement Company should share future maintenance responsibilities, and asks Walcott to formulate a plan that can be submitted to the State Department.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-20

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward Henry Harriman

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward Henry Harriman

President Roosevelt tells Union Pacific Railroad Director Harriman that the Reclamation Service cannot begin work on repairing the Colorado River break in Southern California without approval of both Congress (which is about to go on holiday break) and the Mexican government. Roosevelt states that it’s the responsibility of Harriman and the California Development Company to once again close the break, but that government’s Reclamation Service engineers are at his disposal for consultation.  

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-20

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt that the five Central American envoys have signed the agreed protocol for the settlement of Central American questions. The envoys have asked Adee to thank the president for bringing them together, and they hope to reach a lasting agreement between what difficulties may or may not exist in Central America.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-17

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt that he and Mexican Charge José F. Godoy, along with five Central American ministers, had developed a protocol for a conference in Washington, D.C., in November 1907. Roosevelt and Mexican president Porfirio Díaz would extend the invitation, and one or both would arbitrate over any disputes that arise in the coming months. Adee will send more details tomorrow.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-11

Letter from Hermann Speck von Sternburg to Elihu Root

Letter from Hermann Speck von Sternburg to Elihu Root

German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg informs Secretary of State Root that German Emperor William II is presenting the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, with the busts of Frederick II and Helmuth Moltke to show the emperor’s interest in the American Army. Sternburg tells Root that he forwarded the busts through the Consulate General at New York and asks him to ensure they reach their destination.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-08

Letter from Wilbur J. Carr to William Loeb

Letter from Wilbur J. Carr to William Loeb

Head of the Consular Bureau Wilbur J. Carr received William Loeb’s letter containing Horatio C. Pollock’s application for marshal and clerk at the American Consulate General at Canton, China. Carr informs Loeb that Pollock withdrew his application. There will be an inquiry into the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-28

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Acting Secretary of State Adee forwards William Loeb a message from Lientent Commander James H. Glennon from Acajutla, El Salvador, that the American armed steamer President will be transferred to El Salvador. Additionally, President Fernando Figueroa of El Salvador greatly desires American intervention. Adee suggests that while material aid is impracticable, a moral intervention would achieve the same goal.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-20

Letter from Emperor William II to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Emperor William II to Theodore Roosevelt

Emperor William II thanks President Roosevelt for a letter which had confirmed William’s assumption that Roosevelt had not believed lies about the Germans which had been told to Andrew Carnegie in London. William states that the rapid rise of Germany and the United States should inevitably cause envy and create enemies among other nations, but that this should bring the two countries closer together. He expresses pleasure that his ambassador to America, Baron Hermann Speck von Sternburg, found favor from the Roosevelt Administration, and expressed his own pleasure with the delegates of America’s recent tariff commission to Germany. He introduces two German officials soon visiting America, and tells Roosevelt that he is sending him a volume of water color paintings of Frederick the Great by German painter Adoph Menzel.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-06

Memorandum from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Memorandum from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Bonaparte relays to President Roosevelt the language of the immigration law enabling the President to prevent the Japanese government from issuing passports for immigrants to the continental United States who first travel through other countries or United States territories and the draft executive order. Bonaparte suggests changes to the order to make it conform with the immigration law.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-14

Letter from Charles S. Francis to William Loeb

Letter from Charles S. Francis to William Loeb

Ambassador Francis has read Mr. Conant’s letter to President Roosevelt and asks William Loeb to send to the Department of State for a number of his dispatches to be given to Roosevelt to read. The remainder of the letter examines the Austrian Phoenix Company’s San Francisco losses and the issues claimants are having dealing with the defaulting company. Francis explains he put pressure on the Imperial Minister of Foreign Affairs “to the end that the Austrian Government should, unofficially, force” the company to pay its policy holders in California.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-18

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Reid informs President Roosevelt of his travel plans and his intention to deliver a letter to Roosevelt from Sir Edward Grey. Reid sends Roosevelt an editorial and a report published in the London Times on Roosevelt’s message. Reid also mentions that the British government have not yet found someone for the position of Ambassador to the United States. Sir Gerald Lowther is no longer under consideration for the position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-11

Telegram from Elihu Root to David E. Thompson

Telegram from Elihu Root to David E. Thompson

Secretary of State Root sends Ambassador Thompson a telegram about failing levees as part of a dam project on the Colorado River; Root does not believe that Mexico will take the necessary action to fix the levees, so urges Thompson to ask discreetly whether the United States might enter Mexican territory to make the repairs.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-11