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Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses copies of correspondence between the State Department and the United States Legation in Havana, regarding the establishment of a consulate on the Isle of Pines. The department approves of establishing an office, but would like to know if President Roosevelt desires such action to be taken.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-16
Ambassador White discusses Sir Cecil Spring Rice’s plans to travel to the United States and the issues related to the trip. He also shares information and various updates with President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-13
German Emperor William II wants several representative American ecclesiastics to attend the inauguration of a new cathedral in Berlin on February 27. He asked that President Roosevelt nominate the delegates. Secretary of State Hay explained the American separation of church and state. Instead of referring the matter to Roosevelt, he suggested the German Embassy communicate with the leading American religious bodies. There is adequate time for Roosevelt to take up the matter if he so chooses.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-28
Military Secretary Fred C. Ainsworth reports to General G. C. Gillespie that the Military Secretary’s Office has not found any records relating to a sword given to George Washington by Frederick II, King of Prussia, but suggests that the Washington Papers collection held by the State Department may have some information on the subject. He also cites a source which quotes Henry T. Tuckerman as having mentioned the sword.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-18
Philip Marshall Brown informs Secretary of State Root that Leslie Combs, Minister to Guatemala, was unable to disembark at Champerico, Guatemala. Combs has decided to proceed for the moment, but will look for the State Department’s decision at Salina Cruz, Mexico, where he will arrive on Friday. In the meantime, Brown has sought to carry out the department’s instructions and continue Combs’ policy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-12
Acting Secretary of State Adee tells President Roosevelt that he does not believe that Admiral Yates Stirling’s discretion in an emergency should be hampered by Stade Department instructions. He also believes that U.S. consuls in China should focus on safeguarding American neutral interests, rather than committing to anything that would lead them to be called on to guarantee Chinese neutrality.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-23
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Darling informs President Roosevelt that the armed cruiser Buffalo has been dispatched to patrol the Bering Sea at the request of the State Department and the Department of Commerce and Labor. Darling requests Roosevelt’s approval to authorize the ship searching and seizing sealers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-23
William Miller Collier is writing President Roosevelt directly, instead of reaching out to the Department of State, because the matters discussed in his letter are not official communication at this point in time. Spanish King Alfonso XIII asked Collier why the United States did not have an ambassador in Spain—ideally Collier, according to Alfonso XIII—and vice versa for Spain. Collier explained that the president was open to the idea, but the intention had to come from the other government. After Alfonso XIII spoke to his cabinet, the Spanish government was open to the idea, but Collier believes there is some reticence due to a lack of finding funds immediately. He encourages Roosevelt to do what he can to foster this type of diplomatic relationship with Spain, since Alfonso XIII has come more than halfway. He believes such a relationship could assist with relations between the United States and Japan as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-02
The creator makes a note to copy Secretary of State Elihu Root on a message via special delivery, at the request of Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-05
This draft of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty between the United States and Great Britain describes the agreement regarding the construction of an isthmian canal in four articles. The first allows the United States to build a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, using various financial arrangements and having sole governance of the canal. The second notes that the Clayton-Bulwer Convention agreement of 1850 is superseded as the basis for neutrality by the principles of Free Navigation of the Suez Maritime Canal, adopted in 1888 in Constantinople. The principles therein seek to keep the canal neutral and available to all nations for commercial use, and include the neutrality of the surrounding water and infrastructure used to maintain the canal. Article three, noted as having been stricken by the Senate, invites further nations to agree to the treaty as writ. Article four designates the official signers as the President and Secretary of State of the United States and the Queen of Great Britain.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-02-05
This copy of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty between the United States and Great Britain describes the agreement regarding the construction of an isthmian canal in five articles. The first denotes that this treaty supersedes the Clayton-Bulwer agreement of 1850. The second allows the United States to build a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, using various financial arrangements and having sole governance of it. The third establishes that the Free Navigation of the Suez Maritime Canal rules, adopted in 1888 in Constantinople, will serve as the basis for neutrality. The principles therein seek to keep the canal neutral and available to all nations for commercial use, and include the neutrality of the surrounding water and infrastructure used to maintain the Canal. Article four states that this agreement remains valid regardless of the politics of the nations surrounding the canal zone. Finally, article five designates the official signers as the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the King of Great Britain.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-04
President Roosevelt writes to George von Lengerke Meyer that he is not to leave his ambassador post unless he is reasonably certain that nothing of importance will happen. Roosevelt believes that during the last five years Meyer is the only ambassador that has had real work to do.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1906-07-28
Carlos F. Morales, president of the Dominican Republic, requests that the U.S. State Department appoint “one skilled in financial matters” to revise fiscal administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-18
Secretary of State Hay wrote the Secretary of the President Loeb requesting an appointment for the new Netherlands Ambassador Jookheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-19
Secretary of State Hay wrote to President Roosevelt recommending that Vice Consul General Morgan be considered as the replacement for Consul Riddle at Cairo, Egypt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-19
Secretary of State Hay asks President Roosevelt if he has a man in mind for an unnamed position. Hay suggests the appointment of Jacob H. Hollander.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-20
Secretary of State Hay thanks President Roosevelt for letting him see the letter from Baron Hermann Speck von Sternburg, consul of the German legation at Washington, D.C. Hay states, “It is all the more valuable for its indiscretion.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-20
Secretary of State Hay states his concurrence with President Roosevelt’s silence regarding the renewed request of Baron von Sternburg, consul of the German legation at Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-21
Chinese Minister to the United States Cheng Liang sends Secretary of State John Hay a letter from the Emperor of China to President Roosevelt along with a translation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-22
Secretary of State John Hay encloses a note from the Chinese minister and a translation of a letter from the Chinese emperor to President Roosevelt. The original will be given to the President by Prince Pu Lun.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-23