[1] During much of his first term, President Joseph Jenkins Roberts spent time traveling Europe and the Caribbean, making state visits to gain recognition for his newly independent nation.

[3] Under the administration of President Edward James Roye, border disputes continued, with President Roye making two trips to London to discuss the matters with Foreign Affairs Minister Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville regarding the competing claims over the disputed land.

He demanded from the Liberian government the cessation of all claims to territory west of the Mano River, with the threat of bombardment.

While President Anthony W. Gardiner agreed with Havelock's terms, the Liberian Senate would not ratify the proposed treaty.

[6] Economic problems involving a lack of funds for developing and industrializing Liberia's agricultural economy and its interior became pressing during the Roye administration.

The loan borrowed $1,700,000, with the conditions including that the four countries would be able to each appoint General Receivers of Customs, which limited the powers of the Liberian Secretary of the Treasury.

[11] At the onset of World War II, Liberia's economic ties with the United Kingdom threatened its neutrality early in the conflict.

The United Kingdom ordered the Bank of Monrovia to stop handling German accounts.

Cadell saw himself as being under the command of the British Receiver Generals in charge of customs revenue, rather than the Liberian government.

Cadell held a number of civil offices while still a part of the LFF, including chief of police, as which he replaced many Liberian policemen with Sierra Leonean soldiers.