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Letter from George Bird Grinnell to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from George Bird Grinnell to Theodore Roosevelt

George Bird Grinnell asks Theodore Roosevelt for a contribution to the Collection of American Hunting Arms that the Boone and Crockett Club is starting. Grinnell specifically asks Roosevelt if he can donate the suit of buckskin clothing that he wore when hunting in the west. Grinnell plans to donate a suit of regulation old time trapper’s clothes, an old Hudson’s Bay flint lock fuke, and an old Hawkin’s rifle among other interesting things.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-18

Creator(s)

Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938

Letter from William Austin Wadsworth to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William Austin Wadsworth to Theodore Roosevelt

William Austin Wadsworth of the Boone and Crockett Club tells President Roosevelt that the club is collecting examples of “American hunting arms, implements and paraphernalia” for an exhibition at the New York Zoological Society. In particular, Wadsworth is interested in collecting American items such as Bowie knives, hunting hatchets, and powder horns. Contributions to the collection should be sent to George Bird Grinnell.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-15

Creator(s)

Wadsworth, William Austin, 1847-1918