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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to F. R. Wingate

President Roosevelt thanks British Governor General of the Sudan Wingate for providing a boat in Gondokoro and offering assistance with guides and camp set up. He details his feelings regarding hunting in the reserves, and inquires about finding elephant, white rhinoceros, and giant eland. Roosevelt knows General George Wood Wingate and respects him as a soldier, and he is grateful that Lady Catherine Leslie Rundle Wingate will host Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt. S. J. Leigh Hunt has said that Reginald has accomplished a great deal in Sudan, which Roosevelt knows is a difficult feat.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Crozier

Theodore Roosevelt provides a satisfactory report on the short pointed army bullets that William Crozier had asked Roosevelt to try on his hunting trip.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-12-31

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to R. J. Cuninghame

Theodore Roosevelt is delighted to receive R. J. Cuninghame’s letter. Roosevelt thinks Cuninghame is right in having come to England instead of staying in British East Africa.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward North Buxton

President Roosevelt describes his plans for his upcoming African safari to Edward North Buxton. Roosevelt does not want to be given any special consideration and only wants access to reserves that anyone else might have access to. Roosevelt assures Buxton he only intends to take specimens for the National Museum and for food, and only taking half a dozen trophies for Kermit Roosevelt and himself. Roosevelt lists the types of animals he wants to shoot.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-21