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Third Assistant Secretary of State Peirce relays President Roosevelt’s instructions to Ambassador Meyer for the upcoming negotiations between Russia and Japan. Peirce is glad that Japan will be sending important dignitaries to participate.
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1905-06-26
Ambassador Griscom sends Secretary of State Hay an exchange of telegrams between the U.S. State Department and the Japanese Legation regarding peace talks between Russia and Japan. The telegrams discuss representatives of the Japanese government’s misgivings about Russia’s intent.
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1905-06-23
William Loeb transcribes several telegrams sent to President Roosevelt in his absence concerning the ongoing international diplomatic efforts to end the Russo-Japanese War. In response to Roosevelt’s suggestion, plenipotentiaries from both Japan and Russia will negotiate terms of peace. It is rumored that Russia will recommend Paris as the location for the meeting.
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1905-06-11
The letter contains instructions from the president regarding the immigration of Chinese citizens to the United States.
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1905-06-26
John Gardner Coolidge writes to Secretary of State Hay that he has lodged a protest at the Foreign Office, based on Hay’s guidance of January 26, 1901, pertaining to the annulment of concessions to the American Chinese Company. The Chinese response was that Zhidong Zhang, highly regarded scholar and diplomat, has been ordered to make a report. Coolidge requests to send a representative to confer with the diplomat.
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1905-02-03
Acting Secretary of State Loomis writes to William Loeb about a copy of the correspondence between the Russian Ambassador and the Secretary of State that was sent to President Roosevelt. The correspondence focuses on China’s observance of neutrality.
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1905-01-27
Ambassador Meyer writes President Roosevelt about the Russo-Japanese War. Meyer describes Stanley Washburn’s report of dwindling American sympathies with the Japanese. Washburn does not believe the Japanese army will ever beat the Russian army in Manchuria. Meyer mentions his interactions with Camille Barrère, the French Ambassador, and his indication that French and German banks are beginning to side with Russia. Meyer also relates an interaction he had with the Japanese minister, in which the minister stated he was interested in Roosevelt’s thoughts on Manchuria and Japan’s control of Port Arthur.
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1905-01-20
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis encloses a letter from the Japanese Minister in a letter to William Loeb.
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1905-01-16
Acting Secretary of State Loomis writes to President Roosevelt about the investigation of Consul General John Goodnow at Shanghai. The charges against him seem to be conclusive.
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1905-01-13
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis writes to William Loeb in regards to a telegram Loomis received. The telegram describes the Gillett bill as being “just and proper.” The bill will address the power of material interests and monopolies.
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1905-01-09
Clara Hay wrote to President Roosevelt that she would notify her husband, John Hay, of the President’s desire to speak with him when Hay arrived at their home. However, since Hay’s train generally runs late, he may not come to the White House in time to speak with the President before Roosevelt went out for dinner.
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1905-01-09
American diplomat Henry White thanks President Roosevelt for his appointment as Ambassador to Italy. White also discusses the secret negotiations going on with Lord Lansdowne that would lead to British diplomat Cecil Spring Rice being transferred from acting ambassador to Russia to serving as a special representative to Roosevelt. White notes that he has kept these negotiations secret, even from the United States’ Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Joseph Hodges Choate.
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1905-01-07
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis writes to William Loeb in regards to an inquiry about William Peters.
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1905-01-03
This pamphlet includes copies of two acts pertaining to presidential and vice-presidential electors with a statement on the cover indicating that the Department of State has no information about the presidential election for distribution.
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1904-12-19
Memorandum details a number of recent legislative measures, including changes in appropriations affecting various executive departments, the establishment of the Department of Commerce and Labor, and procedures to be followed by the Secretary of State.
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1903-1904
Secretary to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., Eki Hioki, writes Secretary of State Hay that the gift and accompanying letter to Prince Fushimi have been sent to Japan.
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1904-12-20
Andrew Hussey Allen informs Secretary of State Hay that the Department of State cannot publish “a bulletin of the popular vote for Presidential electors.” He goes on to support his opinion, citing the Acts of February 3, 1887, and October 19, 1888, that define the duties and powers of the Secretary of State. Allen tells Hay that he advised the managing editor of The Washington Evening Star that his paper must publish “everything in full.”
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1904-12-19
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis writes to Benjamin F. Barnes in response to President Roosevelt’s request for a meeting at the new Willard. Loomis is waiting to get a final word from the navy.
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1904-12-16
Elihu Root advises publishing only one letter written by Secretary of State John Hay.
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1904-12-03
Secretary of State Hay tells William Loeb that a telegram has been sent to Mexico’s Vice President Ramon Corral.
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1904-11-11