Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick Courteney Selous
Subject(s): Authors, Books and reading, Boone and Crockett Club, Deer, Elk, Families, Family, Hobbies, Hunting, Littledale, St. George, 1851-1931, Selous, Percy, Travel
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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt will see if he can find anything out about the monograph of the deer of North America. Roosevelt is critical of authors Percy Selous and Colonel Pollock, and wonders if Frederick Courteney Selous is familiar with them. Although Roosevelt is happy with his work and family life, he does envy Selous’ life, “spent going through the waste places, in all parts of the world, after big game.” In a postscript, Roosevelt thanks Selous for thinking of sending him a book, but says that if he has not sent it yet he would prefer to get the next book Selous himself publishes.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1898-01-17
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Selous, Frederick Courteney, 1851-1917
Language
English
Period
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (April 1897-April 1898)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
3
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick Courteney Selous. [January 17, 1898]. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o161042. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick Courteney Selous. [17 Jan. 1898]. Multi-image. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 4, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o161042.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.: , [1898, January 17]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick Courteney Selous. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o161042.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 4, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
