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Benjamin Franklin Stevens tells Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt that he does not know the date Nicholas Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s seventh cousin thrice-removed, died. While researching for Britain’s Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Stevens had discovered papers and letters among those of British officers who had served in America during the Revolution. Stevens offers copies of letters relating to a property disputes between Nicholas Roosevelt’s family and that of his brother-in-law and executor, John Thurman. One house in question once belonged to Nicholas Roosevelt, and it survived the Revolutionary War destruction that befell New York City.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-10-16

William Wells relays details of his recent hunt with Henry D. Shelden in Wyoming, where the pair caught a variety of game. Wells promises Henry S. Drinker that he will write him regarding stage lines as soon as Shelden’s visit is over.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-10-17

Margaret Foxx Day sends birthday wishes to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-10-18

Senator Lodge received the copy of The Winning of the West that Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sent and apologizes for not sending a copy of his book. He is touched and full of gratitude that Roosevelt would dedicate the volume to him. The work embodies their shared philosophy of an active life and the principles they strive towards.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-10-26

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-10-27

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Jeremiah D. Sullivan thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his promotion to police sergeant.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-01

William Wells tells Henry S. Drinker about his successful first season running a hunting business and ranch in Wyoming. He writes that he believes the area will not always be the “game paradise it is now,” as more settlers are moving in. Wells invites Drinker and several others to come out to hunt with him, but says that if they want to get a sheep they should be prepared to shoot from a distance. If they come, Wells would meet them by the railroad and head into the good hunting country, which he describes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-04

Madison Grant recommends Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, a scientist, to head up the United States Fish Commission. Grant encloses Bean’s resume.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-05

William P. Trent praises Theodore Roosevelt’s latest essays and states he will write an anonymous review of them. Trent tells Roosevelt of his own work to be published within a month, and asks Roosevelt to read it. Trent asks to discuss literary styles the next time they meet in person.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-06

C. E. Wilkinson proposes a rail line through Michigan that connects cities including Detroit, Lansing, Owossa, and Saginaw.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-09

Richard Wainwright thanks Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt for his kind letter and the esteem that he expressed for him. He values Roosevelt’s praise very highly, not only because of Roosevelt’s high office, but also because of his personal character. Wainwright’s personal and official relations with Roosevelt have given him hope that the Navy will be established on a sound basis.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-10

Holmes E. Offley is being reinstated in the Pension Office for the purpose of transfer to the Navy Department.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-13

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-13

Creator(s)

Metropolitan Club Restaurant

Language

English

Henry S. Drinker writes Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt to enclose two letters from their mutual friends, Robert Jenkins Nevin, Pastor of the American Episcopal church in Rome, and William Wells, who recently moved to a new location in Wyoming. Drinker hopes to spend next summer with Wells.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-15

Robert Jenkins Nevin reports to Henry S. Drinker on his recent hunting trip in South Africa with famous hunter Cornelius J. Van Rooyen. Nevin narrates the process of killing a giraffe and hearing a lion fight.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-15

Thomas A. Janvier thanks Assistant Secretary of the Navy for helping him get a research permit. He refuses to be dissuaded by talk about records burning in a fire. Janvier and his wife, Catherine A. Janvier, are grateful for their friendship with Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-19

Florida Secretary of State Crawford received Wallace S. Weeks’ letter and sends a duplicate of his commission as a notary public in and for Florida. Crawford was glad to hear from Weeks and wants to him. His wife’s birds died, and he wants to procure a Honduran parrot, possibly from Weeks.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-12-09

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt has purchased a subscription to The Deer of all Lands: A History of the Family Cervidae Living and Extinct by Richard Lydekker from the publisher Rowland Ward Limited.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-12-14

Rudyard Kipling writes Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asking him to meet with his friend Sidney Low, editor of the London Gazette, when he visits the United States in February.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-12-21

Douglas Robinson does not know how to advise Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt on whether to sell or keep his stock in the National Mining and Exploring Company. Robinson did not accept Mr. Post’s offer for Roosevelt’s stock in the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railway, as his bid was too low.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-12-24