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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Henry White for his letter and states it is hard work to deal with both the progressives and the conservatives. Roosevelt does not understand John R. Carter leaving the service. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is feeling much better and Theodore Roosevelt invites Henry White and his wife to visit the next time they are in New York.
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1911-10-24
President Roosevelt thanks Henry White for the clipping of the article by Farraro and agrees that he would like to speak in the Sorbonne itself.
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1909-01-12
Ambassador White’s assessment, that unlike big financiers in Europe, American financiers are largely speculators, is correct. President Roosevelt believes this is the main problem his administration is facing, and that the proposed legislation will not solve the underlying problem. He also thanks Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherford White for remembering him at Christmas and sends his love.
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1908-01-13
President Roosevelt would like to know what Ambassador to France Henry White thought about the visit from Haakon VII, King of Norway. Roosevelt is extremely concerned with the race riots in San Francisco. He expects that there will be more trouble, and has arranged troops to be nearby, but he needs to make sure the situation warrants troops. He blames some of the problems on Japanese extremists, but states Japanese are right to want Japanese treated better here. Roosevelt says “every nation has, of course, the right to limit immigration and naturalization according to its own view of public policy.”
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1907-06-15
President Roosevelt sympathizes with Ambassador White in regard to his wife’s illness, bringing up her kindness towards Edith’s sister Emily Tyler Carow when Archie was ill. He believes White has conducted himself properly “in the matter of the acceptance of the orders.”
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1907-04-09
President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador to France Henry White and Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherford White for the cable about Archie. Archibald B. Roosevelt is improving.
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1907-03-11
President Roosevelt heartily congratulates Ambassador to Italy White on his ibex hunt and asks him to thank King of Italy Victor Emmanuel for the report volumes. He shares his frustration over the situation in Cuba.
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1906-09-13
President Roosevelt informs Ambassador White that Joseph Hodges Choate will not attend the Morocco Conference, which will likely not be important, but will head the U.S. delegation to the Hague Conference.
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1905-10-15
President Roosevelt thanks Henry White and gives his regards to White’s wife.
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1904-11-21
President Roosevelt is pleased that the British statesman John Morley will be coming to the White House, and thanks Henry White for his kind words about the recent explosion on the battleship USS Missouri.
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1904-05-06
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sends Henry White a copy of his manuscript, written in conjunction with A. T. Mahan, for W. Laird Clowes’ history of the British Navy. Roosevelt asks White to have his messenger deliver it to Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. for him. Roosevelt laments about the stresses of his new position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and confides in White that he wishes action would be taken regarding Cuba and Hawaii.
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1897-05-24
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt received Henry White’s letter. He and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt have become fond of White and his wife, Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherford White. Roosevelt wants to visit England to research naval matters. He was amused at George W. Smalley’s comment about his “supposed jingoism,” especially as he wishes “we were more jingo about Cuba and Hawaii.”
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1897-04-30
Henry White is pleased by Theodore Roosevelt’s enthusiastic reception in the West and found his recent editorials interesting. He discusses the mobilization of troops to Mexico and his suggestion to President William H. Taft that an informal, friendly message be sent to the other Central and South American countries. During his upcoming stay in New York City, White plans to visit Roosevelt’s office and discuss topics of interest.
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1911-04-13
George Otto Trevelyan thanks President Roosevelt for the books, particularly American Hunter and its discussion of Yellowstone Park, bears and bison. Trevelyan describes his and his wife’s experiences in and appreciation for Rome. He also mentions Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s wedding, being ill with typhoid, and other books he has recently read.
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1906-01-08
Ambassador White thanks President Roosevelt for the honor of naming him his representative to the Algeciras Conference. He will update Roosevelt and Secretary of State Root by cipher when matters involving the conference develop. White describes his social events on Thanksgiving Day, including a Thanksgiving dinner where he hosted George Otto Trevelyan, who was very pleased to attend and spoke highly of Roosevelt.
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1905-12-10
George Otto Trevelyan discusses the books that President Roosevelt sent, and assures him that “trash” is published in England, alongside good old books that are reprinted. He has discovered a newfound love of Cicero. Trevelyan describes his apartment in Rome, and talks about his pleasant experiences with Americans there. He is particularly glad to be near his old friends Ambassador Henry White and his wife.
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1905-12-01