Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mason Mitchell
Subject(s): Big game hunting, Diplomacy, Elephant hunting, Gifts to politicians, Kenya--Mount Kenya, Pigeons, Samoa, Thank-you notes, Uganda
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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Mason Mitchell for the tooth-billed pigeon and for Mitchell’s success in getting the Governor of German Samoa to issue an ordinance. Roosevelt also discusses the Uganda elephant foot that was just about the size of Roosevelt’s biggest bull killed at Mount Kenya.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-05-07
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Language
English
Period
Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
1
Production Method
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mason Mitchell. [May 7, 1912]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285798. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mason Mitchell. [7 May. 1912]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285798.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1912, May 7]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mason Mitchell.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285798.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
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 Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
