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President Roosevelt looks forward to reading the volume from Stewart Edward White. Roosevelt’s upcoming trip to Africa will have to be “an old man’s trip,” and he wishes he could be traveling while young and fit like White.
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1908-10-03
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1917-05-28
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White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946
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1916-11-24
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946
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1916-06-27
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White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946
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White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946
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1914-11-05
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White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946
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1914-08-31
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White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946
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1914-08-10
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Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks to Stewart Edward White for the telegram and is pleased how Ohio was handled.
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1912-05-24
Theodore Roosevelt will try to help Stewart Edward White. He suggests that White send him a letter that he can forward to British Ambassador James Bryce, along with one from him, vouching for White and requesting permission.
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1911-11-28
Theodore Roosevelt shares with Stewart Edward White the complimentary words that R. J. Cuninghame wrote about White. He hopes to see White’s wife, Elizabeth Colvert Grant White, the next time they come out East.
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1911-11-24
Theodore Roosevelt tried to have Stewart Edward White out for lunch with Carl Ethan Akeley and Delia J. Akeley. He asks if he can share White’s comments about the sable antelope with Edmund Heller. Roosevelt feels naturalists have gone to extremes in creating new species without evidence.
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1911-11-08
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary invites Stewart Edward White and his wife, Elizabeth Colvert Grant White, to lunch on November 4.
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1911-10-31
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary asks Stewart Edward White how long he will be in the East.
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1911-10-27
Theodore Roosevelt is happy to hear from Stewart Edward White, and informs him that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is bedridden after a fall from her horse last Saturday, so he will not be taking visitors at Oyster Bay. Roosevelt hopes White can come to his office for lunch on Friday.
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1911-10-10
Theodore Roosevelt apologizes for unwittingly plagiarizing a phrase from Stewart Edward White’s book The Rediscovered Country in his upcoming article in Scribner’s “The Bird Refuges of Louisiana.” He again expresses admiration for the book, which he had reread. Roosevelt says his old 1905 Springfield rifle is no longer functioning and asks for White’s recommendation on a new one, although Roosevelt doubts he will ever hunt again. Roosevelt mentions receiving letters from men involved in the war, including hunter R. J. Cuninghame.
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1916-10-18
Theodore Roosevelt tells Stewart Edward White that he has read White’s book Rediscovered Country about a hunting expedition in East Africa and was delighted by it. Roosevelt compares it to one of his own trips and earlier expeditions from European explorers including Sámuel Teleki, William Louis Abbott, and Arthur Henry Neumann. Roosevelt remarks that he felt better about bringing a camp chair on his South American expedition since White took one on his. Roosevelt notes how much the Wilson Administration is annoying him, and hopes that White and his wife Elizabeth White will visit soon.
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1915-04-06
Theodore Roosevelt wants the book from Edward Stewart White. Roosevelt asks if White has seen the latest issue of Metropolitan in which he writes about Mexico and Japan. Roosevelt feels like one race problem is enough for this country.
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1915-03-29
Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed reading about Stewart Edward White’s adventure with the four lions and asks when White’s book is being published. Due to the government’s failure to make any military preparations, a movement is beginning to organize and train citizens for military service. Roosevelt has suggested that White serve on the advisory council. Americans “seem incapable of learning except by disaster.” Roosevelt has heard that Californians are supporting President Wilson because they want peace, but their policies towards Japanese immigration are most responsible for antagonizing Japan.
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1915-03-03
Theodore Roosevelt compliments Stewart Edward White on the picture of him and the lions.
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1915-01-24