Telegram from Rudolph Forster to William Loeb
Alvey A. Adee reports that Emperor Nicholas II intends to abrogate autocratic power as a means to prevent disaster. Count Vitte will be named prime minister.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-26
Telegram from Spencer F. Eddy to Alvey A. Adee
Spencer F. Eddy reports that Emperor Nicholas II intends to relinquish his autocratic rule and for Sergei Witte to draw up a constitution on liberal lines. Witte will be named prime minister.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-26
Letter from Cecil Spring Rice to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Cecil Spring Rice discusses the Portsmouth Treaty, England and France reaching an agreement about Morocco, and Count Sergei Witte being offered the post of Prime Minister and the challenges he faces in attempting to govern Russia. Spring Rice also speculates about a Russo-German alliance, if Russian can get a loan, and the expansion of the Russian Empire into Finland.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-10
Letter from Cecil Spring Rice to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Cecil Spring Rice details, in confidence, the events leading up to the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth, including his information that Sergei Vitte had been ordered to find a pretext to break off negotiations, and he did not. Spring Rice discusses Vitte’s reaction to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. He also discusses the careful balancing act that is Anglo-French-German relations, and how a Russian alliance with some of the parties could destabilize the whole.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-05
Letter from Robert Sanderson McCormick to Theodore Roosevelt
Ambassador McCormick encloses a letter from Alvey A. Adee that might be of interest to President Roosevelt and is pleased that his knowledge enabled him to suggest the repeal to Minister Vitte.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-29
Letter from Robert Sanderson McCormick to Alvey A. Adee
Ambassador McCormick writes that it was through his suggestion that Mr. Witte rescinded the maximum duties placed on imported American products.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-28
Letter from Cecil Spring Rice to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Cecil Spring Rice explains the events leading up to the peace negotiations between Japan and Russia, and how Lamsdorf manipulated who was chosen to negotiate for Russia. Spring Rice discusses Europe’s subsequent reactions and the trouble of European alliances that appear to exclude some nations, with France, Germany, and England being the main axes, and Russia being the troublesome pivot-point.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-26
Letter from Oscar S. Straus to Theodore Roosevelt
Oscar S. Straus writes to President Roosevelt to discuss his opinion of Count Sergei Vitte, the Hague Conference, and naturalization issues between Hungary and Armenia.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-12
Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt
Whitelaw Reid writes to President Roosevelt to discuss Great Britain’s opinion of the peace treaty between Japan and Russia. Reid relays in detail his conversation with King Edward VII.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-11
Letter from Herbert H. D. Peirce to William Loeb
Herbert H. D. Peirce writes to William Loeb to ask if President Roosevelt wants the chairs used by Count Vitte and Baron Komura during the peace negotiations.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-09
Letter from William Lowell Hill to Theodore Roosevelt
William Lowell Hill writes to President Roosevelt regarding the chair used by Count Vitte during the peace negotiations, which Roosevelt has since acquired. The chair had been purchased by Mrs. Parks, but when she learned that the President was interested, she was happy to allow him to have it.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-09
Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Theodore Roosevelt
Ambassador Meyer writes to President Roosevelt to discuss his plans to visit America and Russia’s response to the peace treaty. Meyer states that overall the reaction is now favorable. There are rumors of strikes in some Russian locations but Meyer cannot acquire any information “owing to the censorship.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-08
Telegram from Herbert H. D. Peirce to William Loeb
Herbert H. D. Peirce writes to William Loeb regarding an error with dinner invitations for the Japanese and Russian envoys. Baron Jutaro Komura accidentally received a telegram intended for Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen. Peirce has clarified arrangements and rectified the situation.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-07
Invitation from George Brinton McClellan Harvey to Theodore Roosevelt
George Brinton McClellan Harvey invites President Roosevelt to dine with him, Baron Rosen, and Count Vitte at the Metropolitan Club.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-07
Telegram from Herbert H. D. Peirce to Theodore Roosevelt
Assistant Secretary of State Peirce writes to express Baron Jutaro Komura and Baron Kogoro Takahira’s thanks for the luncheon invitation. They will take the Sylph to Oyster Bay. Peirce also expresses Count Sergei Vitte and Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen’s appreciation of the dinner invitation. They will arrive on the train.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-06
Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt
Whitelaw Reid discusses with President Roosevelt a conversation he had with Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson regarding British and American politics. He also discusses Great Britain’s treaty with Japan and expresses his hope that the British provided at least a hint of such an agreement with the president. He includes a lengthy, handwritten addition congratulating Roosevelt on his coordination of the peace conference.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-02
Telegram from Herbert H. D. Peirce to Theodore Roosevelt
Assistant Secretary of State Peirce forwards to President Roosevelt a message from Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen concerning the conditions of the armistice between Japan and Russia.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-01
Letter from John Callan O’Laughlin to Theodore Roosevelt
John Callan O’Laughlin credits President Roosevelt for establishing peace between Russia and Japan.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-29
Telegram from Herbert H. D. Peirce to Theodore Roosevelt
Assistant Secretary of State Peirce reports that peace talks have been delayed one day while Baron Kogoro Takahira awaits instructions from Japan.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-28
Letter from Kentarō Kaneko to Theodore Roosevelt
Kentarō Kaneko received President Roosevelt’s message and regrets the response of Russia to Roosevelt’s peace attempts. Enclosed is a telegram from Baron Komura.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-28