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Frederick Selous acknowledges the receipt of Governor Theodore Roosevelt’s letter and writes that he will answer in a few days. He asks Roosevelt to give Selous’s regards to Montague White and encloses a copy of a letter from White to Selous.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-02-20
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-02-20
Young, S. B. M. (Samuel Baldwin Marks), 1840-1924
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-02-23
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-02-26
Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-03-01
Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-03-02
Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928
Frederick Courteney Selous endeavors to answer some of Governor Roosevelt’s question about the South African War. Selous lived for many years in South Africa and had a lot of contact with Boer hunters and frontiersmen. He provides a comprehensive history of the “Transvaal Boers” and factors which led to their current conflict with the British.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-03-04
Montagu White is glad that Frederick Courteney Selous is answering Governor Roosevelt’s questions about “the South African difficulty.” White believes that American public opinion is growing in favor of the Boers, and that those who wish to preserve the special friendship with Great Britain should push for peace in order to prevent anti-British feeling. White thinks that if the Boers lose their independence, Britain will lose South Africa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-03-06
Lieutenant Francis J. Haeseler thanks Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt for persuading Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long to replace the USS Texas’ old system. They installed the new system, and Haeseler thinks that the guns will fire within ninety seconds instead of over two minutes if some changes are made. The officers and crew feel that the Texas is in “excellent fighting condition.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-17
Harry Godey relates an incident at a recent meeting of the Harvard Club of Philadelphia, at which Theodore Roosevelt was applauded by a Yale man for his service as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Godey goes on to reminisce about letters Roosevelt wrote him of his adventures in Egypt as a young boy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-18
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for a meal that included half of a spring chicken, a glass of milk, and strawberries and cream. Theodore Roosevelt paid seventy cents for the meal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-18
Robert Harry Munro Ferguson wants to be involved in any way possible with Theodore Roosevelt’s expedition and thought of joining Troop A (of the Rough Riders).
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-24