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President Roosevelt repeats his congratulations to Acting Secretary of State Bacon for the way he has handled the Central American business. He asks Bacon to also pass along his congratulations to Federico Velásquez y Hernández, Secretary of State for Treasury and Commerce of the Dominican Republic.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-21
Alexander E. Barthe informs Theodore Roosevelt of the aftereffects of President Ramón Cáceres’s assassination and requests Roosevelt support Federico Velásquez y Hernández during this transitory time in the Dominican Republic. Barthe informs Roosevelt that James Wilson previously offered agricultural aid to the Dominican Republic. Barthe also previously requested assistance to settle the boundary dispute with Haiti through arbitration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-22
Alexander E. Barthe sends Theodore Roosevelt several reports and messages from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The materials include descriptions of some current diplomatic troubles between the Dominican Republic and Italy, and a report on finance and commerce. Barthe also encloses several samples of agricultural products, letters from President Cáceres and acknowledges Roosevelt’s advice on agricultural organization.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-25
Alexander E. Barthe writes to Theodore Roosevelt regarding banks and banking in the Dominican Republic, where he is currently working. Federico Velásquez y Hernández, Minister of Finance and Commerce of the Dominican Republic, may visit New York in the near future, and Barthe hopes that Roosevelt might have a chance to talk with him about his country. Barthe additionally raises the question of a border dispute between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and suggests that the nations should have to submit their differences to the Hague Court. After his duties are completed in the Dominican Republic, Barthe hopes to travel to china to help in the organization of the agricultural sector.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-21
Professor Hollander encloses a letter from the Dominican Republic’s Minister of Finance and Commerce, Federico Velásquez y Hernández. Velásquez places blame upon Judge Otto Schoenrich’s “excellent translations.” Hollander has prepared a press release regarding Velásquez’s mission and will release it unless he hears otherwise.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-13
Acting Secretary of State Bacon has spoken with Jacob H. Hollander, who assures him that neither he nor Secretary of State for Treasury and Commerce Federico Velásquez y Hernández of the Dominican Republic were aware of a conversation occurring with Speyer & Company, although they have had ample opportunities. Bacon believes that Speyer & Company were not disadvantaged in any way, and that the plan they proposed was simply not as advantageous as that presented by Kuhn, Loeb, and Company and the Morton Trust company. He promises nevertheless to meet with Charles H. Tweed, as Roosevelt directs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-14
Acting Secretary of State Bacon encloses copies of a letter from Kuhn, Loeb & Company to Jacob H. Hollander and the reply of Federico Velásquez y Hernández accepting the company’s proposal to refinance the debt of Santo Domingo. The contract will be put into a more formal shape and will be important to Santo Domingo and the prospects of treaty ratification.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-19
Acting Secretary of State Bacon issues a memorandum stating that he has mentioned an inconsistency in the wording regarding the purchasing of some bonds to Jacob H. Hollander and Federico Velásquez y Hernández. Hollander has assured Bacon that the passage is understood by purchasers to be slightly inaccurate, but that the terms of the treaty with Santo Domingo are satisfactory.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-19
Before leaving New York, Federico Velásquez y Hernández, Minister of Finance and Commerce of Santo Domingo gave a statement about the results of his inquiries concerning the financial affairs of his country.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-13
Document stipulating the terms of agreement between the Republic of Santo Domingo and Kuhn, Loeb and Company.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-11