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Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt writes that, while honored to be considered for Governor of New York, he would not leave his regiment while the war is still on.
1898-07-27
President Roosevelt thanks John Lewis Childs for sending him the nest.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-24
President Roosevelt’s mind was relieved by the information John Childs Lewis provided about long-eared owls. Roosevelt discusses the breeding and nesting habits of sandpipers and brown thrashers. Roosevelt is disappointed he found a song sparrow rather than a grasshopper sparrow near his home, Sagamore Hill, but pleased a black-throated green warbler showed up in time for him to show it to Childs and John Burroughs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-22
President Roosevelt tells John Lewis Childs that he recently shot a yellow-throated or Dominican warbler for purposes of identification and gave the skin to the American Museum of Natural History. Roosevelt also came across a recently hatched spotted sandpiper the other day while riding.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-20
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates the letter from John Lewis Childs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-05
Theodore Roosevelt declines John Lewis Childs’s request to write.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-11-24