Letter from Frank Wayland Higgins to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Barnsdall, Theodore N. (Theodore Newton), 1851-1917, Cherokee Indians, Gas companies, Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909, Kansas, Missouri--Saint Louis, Natural gas--Government policy, Natural gas--Taxation, Oklahoma
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Governor Higgins writes to President Roosevelt that his friend, Theodore N. Barnsdall of the Kansas Natural Gas Company, would like to build a pipeline to St. Louis to supply its residents with natural gas. Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock has asked that Barnsdall install a meter on the wells so that a percentage of the receipts can be paid to the Cherokees, on whose land the wells are located. Higgins writes that this will be too expensive and a fixed rate should be paid instead.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-05-10
Creator(s)
Higgins, Frank Wayland, 1856-1907
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
5
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Frank Wayland Higgins to Theodore Roosevelt. [May 10, 1906]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o53074. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Higgins, Frank Wayland, 1856-1907. Letter from Frank Wayland Higgins to Theodore Roosevelt. [10 May. 1906]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 19, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o53074.
APA:
Higgins, Frank Wayland, 1856-1907., [1906, May 10]. Letter from Frank Wayland Higgins to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o53074.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. 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. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 19, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
