Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney is sorry that President Roosevelt “shooed off” Alexander Lambert from writing a study of him in the field. Lambert gave Whitney a couple photographs of Roosevelt, one of which will be printed in Collier’s Weekly. The other one shows Roosevelt sitting in the door of a cabin with a dog on his lap, which is Whitney’s favorite photograph of Roosevelt, and he prizes it highly. Whitney will send Roosevelt the photographs by express, and asks that Roosevelt autograph and return them.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1909-02-11

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney understands President Roosevelt’s decision to not write a feature about his upcoming safari, and resolved that he will not have anyone else write it. Whitney instead suggests that Collier’s publish an article on the guns Roosevelt will be taking with him to Africa and proposes Horace Kephart, an avid sportsman himself, to write it. However, if Roosevelt has another author in mind, Whitney will be glad for him to write it.

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Creation Date

1909-01-14

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney wants to publish an authoritative account of President Roosevelt’s plans for his safari in Collier’s magazine. He would like to feature a short article written by Roosevelt himself. If this is not possible, Whitney requests Roosevelt’s permission to contact his safari companion, Edgar Alexander Mearns, to ask the same. Whitney attaches a press release about his new column “Outdoor America” in Collier’s magazine.

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1909-01-06

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to William Loeb

Caspar Whitney sends the bill for the two Roorkee chairs that Major Roller purchased for President Roosevelt at the Army and Navy store.

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1908-10-21

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney advises that if President Roosevelt follows his advice of his previous letter, to be sure to get protection in the case of making a contract–to get a guarantee that the company would be able to pay Roosevelt. Whitney says that the company he wrote to Roosevelt about is entirely solvent, but is carrying a big load, and the $100,000 that they offered is a lot of money. Whitney hopes he is not intruding too much, but he is interested in helping Roosevelt claim opportunities available to him, and offers Roosevelt his services in other areas as well.

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Creation Date

1908-07-03

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney tells President Roosevelt that S. S. McClure hopes to get the rights to publish articles from Roosevelt’s African safari. Whitney suggested that McClure propose expanding Roosevelt’s trip to places like India and the Philippines, and offer to pay more. Whitney is not sure why McClure approached him to talk, but Whitney tells Roosevelt that in making this suggestion he hoped to help Roosevelt get the most out of his trip, and wanted to make sure the facts were straight when McClure approached Roosevelt.

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Creation Date

1908-07-01

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney thinks that President Roosevelt, in causing William H. Taft to be the Republican candidate for president, has done a great service to the United States. Whitney asks if Roosevelt is really going to be going on safari in Africa, and if there is any chance that he can write anything for Outing. He suggests the possibility of publishing articles in Outing and then having Scribner’s publish the book, instead of having Scribner’s do both. Whitney has also been planning a trip to Africa in the near future. He also updates an opinion of a writer he had previously given.

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Creation Date

1908-06-22

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

In response to a statement by Venezuelan president Cipriano Castro, Caspar Whitney offers to go to Caracas and “kidnap that son-of-a-gun.” He also tells President Roosevelt that he almost went to an event held for William Jennings Bryan by New York State Senator Patrick Henry McCarren, and comments that the convention is only two months away.

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Creation Date

1908-04-15

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney has recently received a copy of President Roosevelt’s new book Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter, and asks whether Roosevelt himself sent it. Whitney greatly enjoyed reading the book, and mentions several chapters he particularly enjoyed. Whitney wonders if Roosevelt has a copy of his book, Jungle Trails and Jungle People–if he does not, Whitney would be pleased to send him one. He does not completely agree with Roosevelt’s list of travel-hunting books, and highlights several that he believes Roosevelt omitted.

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Creation Date

1908-03-04

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney thanks President Roosevelt for giving him the letter for White and assures Roosevelt of his dependability.

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Creation Date

1907-11-08

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney describes his travel plans across the Sahara Desert and into Sudan for the coming winter. He has to take a roundabout way to get to his destination, the Baḥr al Ghazāl region of Sudan, because the English will not allow him to travel through their territory in Egypt, as they do not want to be responsible for him. The solution, according to Whitney’s friend Vance Thompson, is to travel with French military caravans. Whitney asks Roosevelt to give him a letter, such as Thompson suggests, to endorse his experience and fitness to the French government to allow him to travel with them.

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Creation Date

1907-11-06

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney, editor of the Outing Magazine, sends President Roosevelt the proofs for his upcoming article on nature fakers. He criticizes author and naturalist William J. Long’s supposed observations of wolf cubs. Whitney believes Roosevelt was right to attack Long as “one word from you will…reach every ear.”

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Creation Date

1907-08-16

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Casper Whitney, editor of Outing Magazine, informs President Roosevelt that he ended up not using any of George Shiras’s material in an upcoming article on the “nature fakers” controversy. Casper has previously avoided the topic as it makes him “mad to have to seriously discuss the perfectly idiotic stuff which Long puts forth as natural history.” He feels Roosevelt and John Burroughs have expressed themselves well in this matter.

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Creation Date

1907-08-10

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney sends President Roosevelt the extracts from George Shiras’s letter to Roosevelt which he proposes to publish in response to William J. Long in the nature fakers controversy. Whitney suggests framing the statement not as coming from a letter to Roosevelt, but merely from someone who has studied animals in the field more carefully than has Long.

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Creation Date

1907-07-22

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney, editor of The Outing Magazine, thanks President Roosevelt for the galley proofs by George Shiras, but wants to clarify that he can only use the parts of the text which relate to Shiras’ knowledge of wolves, which is a small portion of the full article. Whitney mentions that William J. Long is “making another effort for additional advertising.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-15

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney shares his plan to write about the “naturalist fakirs” in The Outing with President Roosevelt, and asks Roosevelt about his experience as a naturalist for the article. Whitney also asks for information regarding John Burroughs’s experience as a naturalist.

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Creation Date

1907-07-03

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney describes the recent growth of Outing Magazine and asks President Roosevelt to write an introduction of a series and a history of the United States Navy.

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Creation Date

1905-11-03

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney, editor of Outing magazine, tells President Roosevelt that he believes special envoy to Venezuela Herbert Wolcott Bowen to be innocent of accusations of slandering Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis in the newspapers. The scandal involved Bowen blaming Loomis for misrepresenting or compromising American commitments to defend the administration of Cipriano Castro from European intervention. Whitney warns Roosevelt against believing “the Asphalt people,” i.e. the oil interests, in the matter. Whitney also requests that Roosevelt contribute to the Outing magazine a book, article, or papers on deer or bear hunting. Whitney claims his magazine is the only one to preach Roosevelt’s doctrine regarding outdoorsmanship.

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Creation Date

1905-05-23

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Editor and owner of Outing magazine, Caspar Whitney, writes that he would be happy to publish President Roosevelt’s book containing the “deer article.” Whitney states that he espouses “wholesome living in the broadest sense.” He also volunteers to assist with the Bureau of American Republics.

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Creation Date

1905-02-08

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

Letter from Caspar Whitney to William Loeb

Caspar Whitney writes to William Loeb seeking President Roosevelt’s opinion about an article.

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Creation Date

1904-08-22

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929