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Letter from C. Hart Merriam to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from C. Hart Merriam to Theodore Roosevelt

C. Hart Merriam is pleased with the skulls and cat skins that Theodore Roosevelt sent. One of the skulls is the largest of the Felis concolor group that Merriam has ever seen. Roosevelt’s series of skulls from Colorado is “incomparably the largest, most complete, and most valuable series ever brought together.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-05-03

Letter from Dewitt C. Middleton to Gifford Pinchot

Letter from Dewitt C. Middleton to Gifford Pinchot

Commissioner Dewitt C. Middleton of New York informs Gifford Pinchot that Governor Benjamin Odell has approved the Annual Supply Bill which contains $8500 to be paid to the Division of Forestry for work conducted in Hamilton County, New York. In recognition of the assistance given by Assemblyman Jothan Powers Allds, Middleton requests that Pinchot employ Allds’ friend as a laborer.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-05-07

Letter from David E. Warford to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from David E. Warford to Theodore Roosevelt

David E. Warford introduces himself to Vice-President Roosevelt as a former Rough Rider who was wounded in the Spanish-American War. Warford currently draws a government pension, but is unable to do hard work and cannot maintain himself on the sum he gets from his pension. He asks Roosevelt to use his influence to get him a position as a line rider in the Timber Reserve.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-05-08

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to D. C. Middleton

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to D. C. Middleton

Gifford Pinchot is pleased that Governor Benjamin B. Odell has approved the $8500 for the Division of Forestry. Pinchot will appoint an unnamed man based on D. C. Middleton’s recommendation, but the man must maintain satisfactory work performance. Pinchot is glad that Middleton was pleased with the report on Township 40 and will be happy to distribute to any names that Middleton forwards to him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-05-11

Letter from C. Hart Merriam to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from C. Hart Merriam to Theodore Roosevelt

With Theodore Roosevelt’s assistance, C. Hart Merriam has been able to reach a conclusion regarding the bobcats of the southern Rocky Mountain region. Merriam was interested in seeing large skulls from Colorado to see if they match specimens from the Uinta Mountains. Merriam thanks Roosevelt for his contribution to the Biological Survey, and asks to keep some of the skulls. Merriam also responds to Roosevelt’s request for information about deer. Merriam has not been able to obtain a white-tailed deer specimen from any location in the far west.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-05-18