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President Roosevelt promises to take the matter of Bishop Thomas Augustine Hendrick’s brother up with the State Department at once, and assures Senator Platt that Hendrick should not need to worry about anything.
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1906-05-15
President Roosevelt introduces Secretary of State Root to Ann Randolph Heth, who wishes to be transferred to the State Department. Roosevelt attests to Heth’s character and hopes that Root can grant her request if there is a vacancy she would be able to fill.
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1906-05-21
President Roosevelt praises William B. Pettus for his upcoming work in China and Korea and mentions his support for the Young Men’s and Young Women’s Christian Associations. Roosevelt encloses a letter from the Department of State introducing Pettus to representatives of the United States abroad.
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1906-05-07
President Roosevelt asks General Wright to emphasize to Emperor Meiji of Japan the importance the United States puts on the creation of an Ambassador to Japan, as Japan is “the first Asiatic Power to whom we have ever sent an Ambassador, and at once the oldest and the youngest of the great civilized Powers among which it has taken a place in the very foremost rank.” Roosevelt hopes the appointment of an ambassador will help expand the friendship between the United States and Japan. He asks Wright to consult with the State Department when putting together his presentation speech, but encourages him to, “in the end shape the speech as you choose.”
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1906-03-28
President Roosevelt will take the matter in question up with the State Department.
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1906-02-24
President Roosevelt takes issue with a paragraph in Captain Dame’s letter which makes “sweeping charges” against all American consuls in Mexico. He warns Dame that submitting the letter with such a statement would cause the State Department to dismiss everything he says, and asks him to rewrite it without the paragraph in question.
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1906-01-30
President Roosevelt tells Granville Fortescue that he cannot give the personal letters to Gerald Morgan. If the letters from the State Department are not all right, Roosevelt will have them changed.
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1906-01-09
President Roosevelt has never written a letter of the kind John W. Brock requests, but he wants to do whatever Brock asks. He encloses a letter from himself and also one from the State Department and asks if they suffice.
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1906-01-02
President Roosevelt thanks William Noble for the knife engraved with his initials. He will carry the knife while he is president, and then leave it at the White House, or give it to the State Department or Smithsonian Institution.
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1905-12-22
President Roosevelt names Charles Denby, Chief Clerk of the Department of State, to the United States Board on Geographic Names.
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1905-12-13
After Senator Fulton brought J. H. Brown to see him about “matters in China,” President Roosevelt encloses a report about Brown from the State Department.
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1905-12-09
William Loeb informs Venezuelan charge d’affaires Nicolás Veloz Goiticoa that the names of his wife and daughters were mistakenly left off the invitation for the musical. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt regrets the mistake and assures him that it was an oversight.
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1905-12-09
President Roosevelt tells Thomas C. Friedlander that the cause of the Chinese boycott is unjust and unfair provisions of the Chinese Exclusion Act and onerous immigration laws. Roosevelt and the State Department have made reforms in the Bureau of Immigration to help the situation, but the boycott’s root cause cannot be dealt with any further unless Congress passes legislation. He tells Friedlander that members of the Merchants Exchange should lobby their Congressmen to pass such a law.
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1905-11-23
President Roosevelt tells Governor-General Wright that he appreciated the hospitality he received in Mobile from his wife’s brother, Oliver J. Semmes. He will speak to Secretary of State Elihu Root about the matter regarding Patterson.
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1905-10-31
After receiving Senator Spooner’s telegram, President Roosevelt has discovered that he mixed up Gebhard Willrich and George M. Hotschick and accidentally appointed the wrong man to United States consul in St. John. Willrich has already been appointed, and that cannot be changed. Hotschick was initially appointed to Trieste, but Roosevelt then discovered that there was no vacancy available. Roosevelt is working with Secretary of State Elihu Root to find a place to appoint Hotschick.
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1905-10-13
President Roosevelt’s son Archie still remembers Matthew Hale. Roosevelt is pleased that Hale is on the Harvard Law Review. He tells Hale that he has asked the State Department to make “that appointment” to Adams if it is possible.
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1905-09-25
President Roosevelt asks that Cecil Spring Rice give his regards to Lord Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice Lansdowne. Roosevelt writes at length about the current state of international affairs and of relationships between different nations. He feels that it is not in Japan’s interest to extend the Russo-Japanese War for another year and explains his actions in pressing for peace negotiations between the two powers. Roosevelt also discusses his efforts urging the United States to interpret the Monroe Doctrine in an active way and remarks upon the recent death of Secretary of State John Hay.
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1905-07-24
President Roosevelt thanks Reverend Abbott for writing to him. He feels the death of former Secretary of State John Hay “bitterly” for both personal and public reasons, but what he must now “make good” is the public loss. He will not stop Secretary of War William H. Taft from going to the Philippines, but is having difficulty managing the State Department by himself. He wishes he could find help for the peace negotiations between Japan and Russia, as well as for San Domingo and Venezuela. If William J. Calhoun is willing to go to Venezuela, Roosevelt will send him.
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1905-07-03
President Roosevelt asks Elihu Root to review a pair of reports to give him a preliminary idea of the state of affairs in Santo Domingo. He additionally encloses a telegram from Secretary of War William H. Taft, and asks if Root would be willing to consider the transfer of Panama.
Following the death of Secretary of State John Hay, Theodore Roosevelt appointed Elihu Root Secretary of State on July 7, 1905, with his term officially beginning on July 19, 1905.
President Roosevelt tells incoming Secretary of State Elihu Root that former Secretary of State John Hay had wished to take care of Theodore F. Dwight, a former Assistant Secretary of State and current vice consul. Roosevelt believes he is a good person and the government should continue to support him.
In a handwritten postscript, Roosevelt encloses part of a note from Clara Louise Hay, and similarly hopes to be able to take care of another employee.