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Rudolph Forster reports on what the State Department advises should be the official title of the Sultan of Morocco.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-03
Acting Secretary of State Loomis responds to a letter from Senator Thomas Collier Platt. Platt has suggested that James H. Worman, the unpopular consul general at Munich, be transferred to Ottawa to fill the vacancy left by John L. Bittinger. However, Loomis explains that the vacancy has already been filled by Alanson W. Edwards.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-03
Acting Secretary of State Loomis notifies William Loeb that James W. S. Langerman, the man who delivered the letter from the Sultan of Morocco, is viewed under suspicion by the State Department.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-03
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis asks William Loeb to have President Roosevelt read the “London Cable” in the Sun on Russia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-05
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis encloses list of cases in which “summary actions” have been taken, as requested by President Roosevelt from Secretary of State Hay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-06
William H. Michael encloses papers regarding appointments to the Commission to Determine the Level of the Lakes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-24
Henry Cabot Lodge praises President Roosevelt’s selection of Charles Bonaparte as Special Prosecutor for the Post Office Investigation. Lodge states that the Boston Herald has published some highly negative letters about Roosevelt written by Senator Aldrich. Lodge asks that Roosevelt give him a written order so there would be no issue that he act as a U.S. government representative in the arbitration over the border dispute between Alaska and Canada, which results in the Hay-Herbert Treaty. Some correspondence of Lodge’s with Shaw are enclosed, and Lodge discusses his concerns with Shaw’s proposed organizational changes in the Customs Service’s transportation division.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-01
Secretary of State Hay encloses a report on Mahlon Van Horne, consul at St. Thomas, that verifies he is an unsatisfactory officer. The position could be given to Mr. Payne, Senator Nathan Bay Scott’s friend. Payne will need to take the State Department examination.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-02
On behalf of President Roosevelt, George B. Cortelyou requests a list of State Department appointments and re-appointments of “colored men” made by Roosevelt and asks as well for a list of white men appointed to succeed “colored men.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-29
Lycurgus Lindsay and his attorneys are in Washington, D.C., and would like to see President Roosevelt regarding mining property litigation in Mexico. Harry S. New believes Lindsay to be a fraud and does not want President Roosevelt to be misled.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-02
F. Norton Goddard thanks George B. Cortelyou and the State Department for their help regarding Mr. Sefferian and the Turkish legation. In a handwritten note, Goddard adds that he and his wife welcomed a baby girl on January 15 and requests that Cortelyou inform President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-21
It has been reported that the State Department asked Germany to postpone the erection and unveiling of the statue but this is false. The only communication was in regards to the statue’s weight and dimensions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-27
Secretary of State Hay is going on vacation and is pleased with the clean docket he is leaving behind. At President Roosevelt’s instruction, Hay is not dealing with Canada for the time being.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-15
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis has received the two letters from George Thompson regarding the promotion of Mr. Ridgley. The letters have been put on file and Loomis is searching for a position for Ridgley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-03
Edward Reeve Merritt forwards a check for $350 which he received from Franklin Delano Roosevelt for the “sufferers in South Africa” and asks that the State Department use the money where it will be of “best advantage.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-02
Elisha Johnston Babcock encloses a letter from President Harrison’s Secretary of State, John Watson Foster, to Cardinal Rampollo de Tindaro regarding William E. Curtis. The State Department has no letters on file from President Harrison to Pope Leo XIII.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-07
Secretary of State Hay acknowledges receipt of George B. Cortelyou’s memorandum concerning the case of Thaddeus S. Sharretts and has forwarded the State Department’s answering memorandum to Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-20
Bradley T. Johnson asks President Roosevelt to have the Secretary of State request a $100,000 appropriation to edit the records of the State Department. Johnson says, “I am a very unhappy old man & I want employment to occupy my time & thoughts.” Johnson looks forward to seeing Mrs. Roosevelt and the children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-05
Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, tells President Roosevelt that he hopes for a rapid recovery for his son, Ted Roosevelt, who is suffering from pneumonia. Original telegram in French; English translation is included.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-13
Josiah Quincy appreciates President Roosevelt’s willingness to change the letter but believes that the State Department letter will be sufficient.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03