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Note Regarding Panama Canal Tolling, February 1913
Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
The document is a handwritten note by the Assistant Secretary of State giving favored nation status to Great Britain in the matter of Panama Canal tolls.
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Notes on the Program for the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture 128th Anniversary, February 27, 1913
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The document is a typed memorandum on the order of speakers at the 128th anniversary meeting of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture.
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Panama Canal Tolls: Instruction of the Secretary of State of January 17, 1913, to the American Charge D'Affaires at London, and the British Notes of July 8, 1912, and November 14, 1912, to Which it Replies
Philander C. Knox, A. Mitchell Innes, Edward Grey, William Howard Taft, and James Bryce
This book is a collection of typed letters and documents between the Taft administration and the foreign service of Great Britain on the opening of the Panama Canal and the placing of tolls on vessels using the canal. The reports draw on the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850 giving equal importance of the US and Great Britain in New World trading as well as the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901 allowing the US to build the Panama canal.
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Note on the Panama Canal, December 1912
Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
The document is a handwritten note by the Assistant Secretary of State on the possible fortification and defense of the Panama Canal by the United States.
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Speech by Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson and James T. Dubois, November 27, 1912
Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson and James T. Dubois
The document is a carbon copy of speeches given by the Assistant Secretary of State and James T. Dubois at Alvey A. Adee's seventieth birthday party on the indispensability of Mr. Adee in the State Department.
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Address by Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, November 1, 1912
Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
The document is a carbon copy of a speech by the Assistant Secretary of State in Carthage, Missouri reminding voters of the successes of the Taft administration and the Republican party and encouraging them to re-elect President Taft.
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Notes on Foreign Trade and Dollar Diplomacy, January 2, 1912
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The document is a carbon copy of typed notes respecting the spread and permanency of Dollar Diplomacy and the relationship between the Government and businesses in such policy.
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Notes on Dollar Diplomacy and the Monroe Doctrine, July 17, 1911
Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
The document is a copy of typed notes on how the Monroe Doctrine and Dollar Diplomacy affects governments and diplomacy in the Americas.
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Notes on Official Receptions, June 8, 1911
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The document is a copy of typed notes concerning official receptions for newly arrived ambassadors.
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Notes for Diplomatic Correspondence, May 25, 1911
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The document is a carbon copy of typed notes regarding diplomatic correspondence and setting up formal and informal audiences with the President of the United States of America.
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Notes of a Meeting Held in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the Department of State on Monday, March 20, 1911
Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, Wilbur J. Carr, William McNeir, Chandler Hale, Sydney Y. Smith, William T. S. Doyle, George T. Weitzel, Herbert C. Hengstler, Charles F. Wilson, and Ransford S. Miller
The document is a carbon transcript of notes from a meeting held in the State Department respecting the necessity of more such meetings, the present organization of the Department, expenditures, and esprit de corps.
Present at the meeting were: The Assistant Secretaries, the Solicitor, the Director of the Consular Service, the Chief Clerk and the Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs of the Divisions and Bureaus of the Department.
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Memorandum on the American Loan to Honduras, February 26, 1911
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The document is a transcribed copy of a newspaper article from the Washington Star concerning the American loan and interference in Honduras. The loan was made by a group of American bankers, and so the American government also has to ally itself with the Honduras government to protect the interests of its citizens. This interference relies on the backing of the Monroe Doctrine and the idea that the United States should promote peace and prosperity in its neighbors.
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Article From the Washington Post, January 25, 1911
Unknown
The document is a copy of a typed article from the Washington Post concerning the best form of diplomacy for the Americas, whether it is military or monetary, and the intent of the Monroe Doctrine.
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Address of Mr. Huntington Wilson, July 3, 1909
Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
The document is a typed address from the Assistant Secretary of State to diplomatic officers. Wilson discusses the postponement of nominations for consular appointments along with upcoming vacancies and changes in assignments for current officers. He also speaks to the process of selecting men for posts and the importance of work efficiency. He explains diplomatic procedures, organization, languages that should be spoken, calling cards, and proper form for dispatches.
