TAFT, WILLIAM, H. President. Typed letter signed ("Wm H Taft") as President, TO TEXAS GOVERNOR O.B. COLQUITT, Washington, D.C., 3 April 1911. 1 page, 4to, integral blank, White House stationery, signature slightly faded. TROUBLE ON THE BORDER: A month after the U.S. sent troops to garrison the border with Mexico, Taft alludes to the unsettled border: "I have yours...with reference to the protest against the appointment of General Anson Mills [as American delegate to the International Boundary Commission]. It is quite evident that there is a confusion over the line between Texas and New Mexico and the line between Texas and Mexico. I think I shall be able to straighten this out. I have forwarded your letter to the Attorney General [George W. Wickersham] for his consideration and comment..." In spite of Taft's optimism, the long-standing border disagreements over the borders between Mexico, Texas and New Mexico were not resolved until the 1940's.

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TAFT, WILLIAM, H. President. Typed letter signed ("Wm H Taft") as President, TO TEXAS GOVERNOR O.B. COLQUITT, Washington, D.C., 3 April 1911. 1 page, 4to, integral blank, White House stationery, signature slightly faded. TROUBLE ON THE BORDER: A month after the U.S. sent troops to garrison the border with Mexico, Taft alludes to the unsettled border: "I have yours...with reference to the protest against the appointment of General Anson Mills [as American delegate to the International Boundary Commission]. It is quite evident that there is a confusion over the line between Texas and New Mexico and the line between Texas and Mexico. I think I shall be able to straighten this out. I have forwarded your letter to the Attorney General [George W. Wickersham] for his consideration and comment..." In spite of Taft's optimism, the long-standing border disagreements over the borders between Mexico, Texas and New Mexico were not resolved until the 1940's.