Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-05-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-08-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-19

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Recipient

Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-09-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-06-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-05-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-09-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930

If William H. Taft is elected, President Roosevelt will speak to him about Aroostook Collector of Customs William Wingate Sewall.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-30

President Roosevelt sends William Wingate Sewall a sock, and asks if Sewall can find him more pairs like it to take to Africa. Despite his predictions about the impact of the prohibition fight, Roosevelt thinks they did well in Maine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-17

President Roosevelt tells William Wingate Sewall that if he were going to bring anyone, he would be pleased to have Sewall’s son accompany him to Africa. As it stands, however, he is only taking Kermit and two professional naturalists and field taxidermists. There would be nothing for the son to do as the natives provide the physical labor.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-03

President Roosevelt asks Customs Collector Sewall to wait until next winter to come to Washington, D.C. Although Roosevelt would enjoy a hunting trip, it will likely not happen soon, and the boys are now at school during the year. The maple sugar Sewall sent has been appreciated by the Roosevelt family.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-03

President Roosevelt was glad to hear from William Wingate Sewall, and thinks his philosophy on political scandals is sound. He was glad to see the photographs that Sewall sent. He and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt are going to Pine Knot soon, where Roosevelt shot his first turkey.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-02

Commissioner Roosevelt was pleased to receive William Wingate Sewall’s letter. He still has some cattle in North Dakota that are under the care of Sylvane M. Ferris. Roosevelt has been unable to exercise much and is “getting stout.”

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1890-11-02

Commissioner Roosevelt has another son and he hopes to take his children for hunting trips to Island Falls, Maine. He has recently returned from a successful hunting trip in Idaho. The Elkhorn Ranch house will likely be closed next year even though the cattle are doing well.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1889-10-13

Commissioner Roosevelt thanks William Wingate Sewall for the letter and gifts. He sends his greetings and wishes that they could go hunting.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1891-02-26

Commissioner Roosevelt briefly describes a trip to his Dakota ranch accompanied by his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He has decided that this will be the last year the ranch house will be kept open. In closing, Roosevelt questions if someone could kill a moose by sneaking up on it with snowshoes.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1890-10-20

Howard Eaton had to return to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to see his ailing mother. She passed away on February 9. They have had good winters in North Dakota but the range has become hardened. Commissioner Roosevelt has 350 to 400 cattle and sold half his horses. Sylvane M. Ferris and Arthur William Merrifield live at the old camp and intend to sell their stock this year. Joseph A. Ferris is still tending his store but will likely close soon. Eaton hopes to return to Idaho this fall for another hunting trip. This is the typed transcript of the original handwritten letter.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1890-03-10

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-10-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-05-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-04-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930