Wadsworth, William Austin, 1847-1918 Archives

William Austin Wadsworth tells President Roosevelt that his children Ethel and Kermit enjoyed themselves, although the weather was too dry to be conducive to good sport. Wadsworth will invite the people Roosevelt wants to the dinner. He booked the banquet room of the Metropolitan Club for the 12th. Roosevelt’s friend General F. V. Greene visited yesterday, and Winthrop Chanler came to announce the results of the football game.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-22

Creator(s)

Wadsworth, William Austin, 1847-1918

Letter from William Austin Wadsworth to Theodore Roosevelt

William Austin Wadsworth is glad that President Roosevelt took his remarks in the way they were intended. He asks if Roosevelt can tell him who to invite to the Boone & Crockett Club dinner about the Vienna Exposition. Kermit Roosevelt will arrive tomorrow, and Wadsworth will not bore Roosevelt with details about his “safety skirt.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-13

Creator(s)

Wadsworth, William Austin, 1847-1918

Letter from William Austin Wadsworth to Theodore Roosevelt

William Austin Wadsworth asks President Roosevelt if they can have the dinner on December 12th. He will write to Secretary of State Elihu Root endorsing Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon for the Boone & Crockett Club. National politics look better than state politics to Wadsworth, and he worries that there is silent support for Lieutenant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler. To combat talk of Roosevelt’s intent to stay on as a figurehead instead of going to Africa, Wadsworth thinks someone should outright say he could have had another term if he had wanted it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-30

Creator(s)

Wadsworth, William Austin, 1847-1918

Letter from William Austin Wadsworth to Theodore Roosevelt

William Austin Wadsworth apologizes for not replying to President Roosevelt sooner, but he could not as he was helping care for his son, who had been sick. Wadsworth is going to New York tomorrow and would like to visit Roosevelt when convenient. He read in the paper that Roosevelt supports renominating Governor Charles Evans Hughes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-01

Creator(s)

Wadsworth, William Austin, 1847-1918

Letter from William Austin Wadsworth to Theodore Roosevelt

William Austin Wadsworth reports on the conduct and character of Colonel Samuel R. Jones, who served under him in Manila. Jones is worthy of any promotion or rank President Roosevelt sees fit to give him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-07

Creator(s)

Wadsworth, William Austin, 1847-1918

Letter from William Austin Wadsworth to Theodore Roosevelt

William Austin Wadsworth of the Boone and Crockett Club tells President Roosevelt that the club is collecting examples of “American hunting arms, implements and paraphernalia” for an exhibition at the New York Zoological Society. In particular, Wadsworth is interested in collecting American items such as Bowie knives, hunting hatchets, and powder horns. Contributions to the collection should be sent to George Bird Grinnell.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-15

Creator(s)

Wadsworth, William Austin, 1847-1918

Letter from William Austin Wadsworth to Theodore Roosevelt

William Austin Wadsworth gives a “chirp of joy” over President Roosevelt’s letter regarding Charles H. Moyer and Big Bill Haywood.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-01

Creator(s)

Wadsworth, William Austin, 1847-1918

Telegram from William Austin Wadsworth to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

William Austin Wadsworth thanks Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for the letter. Elizabeth Green Perkins Wadsworth is also fine and seems pleased.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-17

Creator(s)

Wadsworth, William Austin, 1847-1918

Letter from William Austin Wadsworth to Theodore Roosevelt

William Austin Wadsworth would like President Roosevelt’s opinion on the Boone and Crockett “game book,” as they are working on another edition and want to “get it right.” This is most likely in reference to the 1906 edition of Big Game Measurements, edited by James Hathaway Kidder and published by Forest and Stream Publishing Company. Wadsworth also notes that he was in town today and would have liked to see Roosevelt, but heard Roosevelt was overrun with unwelcome visitors.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-23

Creator(s)

Wadsworth, William Austin, 1847-1918