Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): California--Sacramento, California--Susanville, Colorado--Akron, Expenditures, Public--Decision making, Fraud investigation, Fraud--Prevention, Governmental investigations, Hansbrough, Henry Clay, 1848-1933, Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909, Loeb, William, 1866-1937, Louisiana--Natchitoches, Louisiana--New Orleans, Mining claims, Montana--Great Falls, Nebraska--Valentine, North Dakota--Ward County, Oregon--Portland Region, Public lands--Law and legislation, South Dakota--Chamberlain, South Dakota--Hyde County, South Dakota--Pierre, United States. Department of the Interior, United States. Dept. of the Interior, United States. General Land Office, Washington (State)--Spokane
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Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot provides President Theodore Roosevelt with a report on land office work after claims of possible fraud and of hardship. Pinchot recommends that Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock be given an additional $500,000 to “bring the public land business of the United States up to date.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-02-11
Creator(s)
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
10
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-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 Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt. [February 11, 1907]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o55501. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946. Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt. [11 Feb. 1907]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o55501.
APA:
Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946., [1907, February 11]. Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o55501.
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.
