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Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929

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Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-04

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-06

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney informs President Roosevelt that he had received four letters where people had made fun of him for taking up “cudgels for Roosevelt” although Whitney was not included in the roll of honor in the September issue of Everybody’s magazine. Whitney tells Roosevelt that his “interest in life is not to be reckoned on rolls of honor,” but the letters have made him wonder if the absence of his name from the rolls meant more than he originally thought. Whitney would like to know where he stands with the president.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-07

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

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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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-16

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-10

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-22

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

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.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-15

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney, editor of The Outing Magazine, wishes President Roosevelt a happy New Year and says he speaks for all “real Americans” when he thanks God for giving the country a brave and right administration. He encourages Roosevelt to read a book by Fiona MacLeod (pseudonym of Scottish writer and poet William Sharp), titled Where the Forest Murmurs. Whitney especially points out the inclusion of a Swedish poem that reminded him of Roosevelt’s recently published essay on Irish Sagas in The Century Magazine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-01

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-23

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney will come to Washington, D.C., as President Roosevelt has suggested. Whitney believes Roosevelt should be able to use material he wrote for the Sportman’s Library in a new book of his own. Whitney asks who Roosevelt will use as publisher in the future and encloses a copy of the article Whitney wrote about the election results. Whitney recommends an article by White recently published in the Saturday Evening Post.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-03