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Edward North Buxton makes recommendations about the types of guns that President Roosevelt should bring on his hunting trip to Africa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-24
Edward North Buxton is pleased that President Roosevelt is working hard on planning his hunting trip to Africa. He encloses a map with places marked where Roosevelt will easily find big game and discusses routes he might take.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-21
Edward North Buxton provides President Roosevelt with more information about a proposed itinerary for his upcoming safari to Africa. He sends maps of Uganda and British East Africa, marked with potential routes and areas that are the best for hunting big game. Buxton is glad that Kermit Roosevelt is coming along, and asks Roosevelt to pass along his regards to Leigh S. J. Hunt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-10
Edward North Buxton is pleased that President Roosevelt is beginning to get excited about his coming trip to Africa. He discusses recommendations for the timing and route of the trip, and mentions people who may help along the way. Buxton is also pleased to hear that Secretary of War William H. Taft will likely become the Republican nominee. He encloses an article by Winston Churchill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-28
Edward North Buxton encloses an old map of Africa highlighting the areas from the Cape to Cairo that President Roosevelt may want to visit on his safari. He discusses the merits of several different routes and the best time of year to visit each place.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-15
Edward North Buxton sends President Roosevelt communication from Alfred E. Pease, who owns an ostrich farm in British East Africa to get him excited for his upcoming safari. Buxton details several travel plans and recommendations to Roosevelt, citing the weather and transportation options of various routes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-08
Edward North Buxton has ordered the mosquito netting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-17
Edward North Buxton informs President Roosevelt that he is giving some of his best hunting trophies to the Norwich Museum where he feels they will be “finely housed.” One of the items to be donated is a white goat’s head that Roosevelt shot, so Buxton wanted Roosevelt to know of the donation. Buxton wishes the Roosevelts a very happy Christmas and a New Year filled with success in accomplishing the President’s “high ideals.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-16
Edward North Buxton sends news to President Roosevelt pertaining to Buxton’s organization, the Association for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire, that may be of interest to him. Buxton also requests that Roosevelt write a short contribution for an upcoming symposium, as well as become a regular contributor to the Association’s journal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-31
Edward North Buxton, conservationist, sends President Roosevelt the book The Life of Lord Dufferin and sends his greeting to Roosevelt’s wife and daughter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-25
Edward North Buxton congratulates President Roosevelt on the peace between Japan and Russia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-02
Edward North Buxton forwards President Roosevelt some letters from his cousins describing their experiences in British East Africa. He also advises Roosevelt about who the proper people would be to contact regarding his upcoming time in Africa, and predicts that they will all enthusiastically help Roosevelt gain access to the best places for hunting. Buxton acknowledges that the route Roosevelt takes will depend on the time of year that he is on his safari, and says he can give more advice once Roosevelt’s plans are firmer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04
Edward North Buxton sends President Roosevelt some equipment for the trip he will take to Africa, along with some instructions for their use. He hopes that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will not worry, and trusts that Roosevelt has taken all due precautions. Buxton also writes to say that the supplies and provisions have been sent to Mombasa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-28
Edward North Buxton informs President Roosevelt that the elephant rifle is ready, and that he hopes to send it to Roosevelt for any adjustments. Buxton has spoken with Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, who believes he will be able to send the gun as a foreign office parcel. He sends Roosevelt a list of the people who donated to have the gun made for Roosevelt, and says that they all wish Roosevelt a good time on safari in British East Africa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-20
Edward North Buxton asks Theodore Roosevelt to become an honorary member of Buxton’s new society, an association for the protection of the wild fauna in Africa and other parts of the [British] empire. Roosevelt has already been helpful in the Sudan, as people have learned from him what can be done with a national park.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-18
Edward North Buxton congratulates President Roosevelt on his upcoming trip to the West and wishes that he had been able to accompany him. Buxton thanks Roosevelt for the useful information procured for him from Major John Pitcher regarding Yellowstone National Park. He hopes to visit the park when he travels to the United States.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
2012-07-16
English
Edward North Buxton is planning a trip to the United States from Knighton, England and hopes to visit President Roosevelt at the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-21
Edward North Buxton requests information on the national park system of the United States for a paper he will be presenting on big game preservation to the Society of Arts in London.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-15
British conservationist Edward North Buxton thanks President Roosevelt for the book The Deer Hunter and enjoys following President Roosevelt’s career. He hopes to accept the President’s proffered hospitality, but he does not travel much in consideration of his wife. He closes his letter with a note, “In England we recognize only two strong men, yourself and Chamberlain, with the Prussian Emperor a bad third.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-19
Edward North Buxton expresses his sympathy and shares President Roosevelt’s grief at the death of William McKinley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-14