Note about Mr. Webster
Webster has been directed to get a letter from the Department of State.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-09-12
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United States. Dept. of State
Telegram from Jacob Sleeper to William Loeb
Chargé d’affaires Sleeper sends William Loeb a copy of his telegram to Secretary of State Elihu Root. Sleeper reports there was no guard at the legation. He will request one if the situation becomes critical.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-09-14
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Benjamin F. Tracy
President Roosevelt has received the letter and sent it to the State Department. He believes the position is sound.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-29
Summary of letter from Albion W. Tourgee
Consul Tourgee states that calls for reform of the American consular service stem from a misunderstanding of the service and a belief that Americans are lacking compared to other countries. He submits a study he made into the consular service.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-21
Draft letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Gurney Cannon
Third draft of a letter with handwritten edits. President Roosevelt formally accepts the Republican presidential nomination. He then reviews several campaign issues and the achievements of his administration.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-15
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Cuyler Patterson
Theodore Roosevelt agrees that Theodore Cuyler Patterson was mistreated and that the Department of State did not follow through on his complaint. Roosevelt is powerless to help and expresses his frustration.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-06-06
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin A. Van Valkenburg
Theodore Roosevelt read Mr. Cook’s letter and believes it is important. However, he is unsure how to use the letter and suggests the letter be published. President Wilson deserves to be denounced for appointing William Jennings Bryan as Secretary of State and Secretary Daniels as Secretary of the Navy.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-05-11
Letter from John Hay to George B. Cortelyou
President Roosevelt’s letter to John Singer Sargent was sent to London yesterday in the State Department pouch.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-17
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frances Theodora Parsons
President Roosevelt offered a job in Nogales, Mexico, to Charles C. Eberhart but he declined. Roosevelt told the State Department that Eberhart should be given the first available promotion for which he is suitable. Roosevelt learned the details of James Russell Parsons’s death and calls him a “quiet hero.”
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Creation Date
1906-02-10
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frances Theodora Parsons
President Roosevelt will take up Mr. Ker’s case and see what can be done. A place was offered to Charles C. Eberhardt but it proved not to be a promotion. Roosevelt will bring up the matter with the State Department. Roosevelt recommends that Frances Theodora Parsons write directly to Secretary of State Elihu Root about Ker and Eberhardt.
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Creation Date
1906-05-04
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Loeb
President Roosevelt asks William Loeb to contact the State Department in order to acquire several letters for Peter MacQueen. He would like a general letter and letters that will allow MacQueen to meet with Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma and Colonel James R. Shaler of the Panama Railroad.
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Creation Date
1902-07-21
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Woodville Rockhill
Commissioner Roosevelt shares his concern that First Assistant Secretary of State William Woodville Rockhill will not be able to maintain his recent promotion once the new administration takes over next year. A cabinet position accepted during an election year could be very temporary.
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Creation Date
1896-02-17
Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb
Alvey A. Adee encloses an item that may interest President Roosevelt as it relates to the complaint made by the New York and Bermudez Company and a memorandum that was prepared by the Department of State on the matter for the president’s consideration.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-02
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick William Holls
President Roosevelt believes that it is incorrect to call the proposed tribunal an arbitration, noting that he will not sanction an arbitration and has not done so in the past. He would be willing to meet with Frederick William Holls and Andrew Shaw together or separately at any time.
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Creation Date
1903-02-03
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick William Holls
President Roosevelt regrets that Frederick William Holls cannot accept the position in the State Department concerning the Venezuelan business. He does not believe that they will agree to the alliance that concerns Holls, noting that he thinks any suggestion to the contrary is “all newspaper talk.” Roosevelt will discuss the matter when he meets with Holls.
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Creation Date
1903-05-14
Telegram from John Hay to Charlemagne Tower, Horace Porter, and Joseph Hodges Choate
Secretary of State John Hay asks the United States ambassadors to England, France, and Germany to consult with the Minister of Foreign Affairs in each country. He proposes that if war breaks out between Russia and Japan, the neutral powers encourage the combatants to respect China’s neutrality and limit hostilities so as not to disturb the Chinese people.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-08
Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt
John Hay encloses a copy of a circular dispatch.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-08
Letter from John Hay to Charlemagne Tower
The views of the U.S. will be communicated to signatories of the Protocol of Peking.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-10
Letter from John Hay to William Loeb
The President’s letter to Comte de Rochambeau and Hay’s letter to Loeb have been sent to U.S. Ambassador to France Horace Porter with instructions to give them to Comte.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-19
Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of State Hay has been ill and his doctors have suggested that he leave town for awhile. The State Department is in order and Hay requests President Roosevelt’s permission to take a short leave.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-14