Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt
John Hay submits additional correspondences concerning “the Panama matter.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-16
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United States. Department of State
Letter from Francis B. Loomis to William Loeb
Acting Secretary of State Loomis writes that information concerning the Cuban tariff and proposed Cuban duty on boots and shoes has been conveyed to General Tasker H. Bliss. The State Department’s letter to the Secretary of War, Elihu Root, is enclosed.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-07
Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of War Root encloses a copy of a proposed bill to create the office of Military Secretary in the War Department.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-07
Letter from Francis B. Loomis to William Loeb
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis encloses a translated copy of Rafael Reyes’s note to the State Department.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-08
Letter from William H. Michael to William Loeb
William H. Michael encloses a copy of the Hay-Reyes correspondence for William Loeb.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-04
Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of War Root asks President Roosevelt to make arrangements through the State Department for nomination of William H. Taft as Secretary of War, with Root’s resignation to take effect on February 1, 1904.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-30
Letter from J. R. Buck to Benjamin F. Barnes
J. R. Buck encloses additional instructions to accompany copies sent with Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee’s letter concerning Panama.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-28
Unknown shorthand note
Unknown shorthand note. The State Department and Navy Department have been informed.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-24
Letter from William Loeb to Francis B. Loomis
William Loeb will bring to the Canadian government’s attention the need to appoint members for a proposed international commission monitoring the waters between the U.S. and Canada.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-14
Letter from Wayne MacVeagh to Rafael Reyes
Wayne MacVeagh recommends that, as representatives of the Colombian government, General Reyes and Tomas Herran should conduct all business with President Roosevelt or the U.S. Department of State.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-14
Letter from Francis B. Loomis to William Loeb
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis has received William Loeb’s letter of December 28 with the enclosed telegram from Oscar S. Straus. The State Department has made the suggested inquiries of the British Embassy, Russian Embassy, and Consul at Odessa.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-29
Letter from Francis B. Loomis to William Loeb
The State Department has requested George E. Baldwin’s written statement concerning his connection with the sale of Brandt Automatic Cashiers to the Post Office department, per President Roosevelt’s suggestion.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-08
Telegram from William Worthington Russell to John Hay
William Worthington Russell conveys a report from a French steamer that Colombian steamers have landed 1,100 men at the mouth of the Atrato River in Colombia.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-09
Letter from Herbert H. D. Peirce to William Loeb
Herbert H. D. Peirce encloses his report on European consulates and of consular staff inspection to William Loeb to be forwarded to President Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-11-30
Letter from John Hay to William Loeb
Secretary of State Hay relays that the Department of State received word from the United States charge d’affaires at San Domingo City that George Gray, Associate Justice of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, has been appointed as third arbitrator regarding the San Domingo Improvement Company matter.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-01
A canal treaty with Panama without additional legislation
The State Department contends that a canal treaty can be made with Panama without further legislation as Panama will simply take the place of Colombia within the Spooner law. The rights and obligations of the United States on the isthmus are the same no matter what government holds the territory.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-11-11
Letter from John Hay to William Loeb
Secretary of State Hay encloses British Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand’s remarks and a draft of a reply to Durand’s address for President Roosevelt’s consideration.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-02
Letter from Francis B. Loomis to William Loeb
In a letter to William Loeb, Acting Secretary of State Loomis requests a meeting between United States Minister to the Netherlands, Stanford Newel, and President Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-11-09
Letter from John Bassett Moore to Theodore Roosevelt
John Bassett Moore writes to President Roosevelt in receipt of his note; Bassett concurs with John Hay’s statement.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-11-09
Letter from Francis B. Loomis to William Loeb
Acting Secretary of State Loomis encloses a copy of remarks that Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Repulic of Panama, Philippe Bunau-Varilla, will make at a meeting with President Roosevelt the next day. Loomis includes remarks that Roosevelt will make for Roosevelt’s approval.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-11-12