Letter from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Alaska, Coal reserves--U.S. states, Colorado, Conservation of natural resources--Government policy, Forest reserves, Forster, Rudolph, 1872-1943, Geological Survey (U.S.). Geologic Division, Geological surveys, Homestead exemptions, Loeb, William, 1866-1937, Montana, New Mexico, Oil industries--Environmental aspects, Richards, William A. (William Alford), 1849-1912, United States. Department of the Interior, United States. Dept. of the Interior, United States. Forest Service, United States. General Land Office, Utah, Washington (State), Wyoming
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Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock writes President Roosevelt with his advice on the complicated matter of withdrawing coal lands. On Roosevelt’s direction, the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office began surveying and drafting a list of townships that contained rich coal lands with the intention of withdrawing them from homestead exemptions, and the Department is working quickly to wire all of Roosevelt’s orders to appropriate land offices around the country. However, it is apparent that oil industry men can use many loopholes to obtain the land.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-17
Creator(s)
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909
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
13
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Theodore Roosevelt. [December 17, 1906]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o55043. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909. Letter from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Theodore Roosevelt. [17 Dec. 1906]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 6, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o55043.
APA:
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909., [1906, December 17]. Letter from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o55043.
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. February 6, 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.
