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George Bird Grinnell thanks Theodore Roosevelt for sending the letter that Roosevelt just received from Earl Grey. Grinnell is gratified to know that the Governor General of Canada is interested in protecting buffalo. Grinnell closes by sending his well wishes to Archie Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-15
Earl Grey reassures President Roosevelt that he will support George Bird Grinnell’s conservation efforts. Grey has spoken with multiple people about the killing of wolves and buffalo.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-10
The brochure for Theodore Roosevelt’s Maltese Cross Cabin at the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park was published by the Theodore Roosevelt Nature and History Association in cooperation with the National Park Service sometime after 1959. It features photographs of the cabin and the items that were left in the there that belonged to Roosevelt. William Barnhart describes the history of Roosevelt’s cabin and how it came to part of the of the National Park Service.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
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Theodore Roosevelt sends Charles Hammond a buffalo foot and a rhinoceros tail to give to the “Hammond boys,” cousins or nephews of Hammond’s, who had given Roosevelt a Navajo head star when they met in Los Angeles.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-28
Theodore Roosevelt is fascinated by Frederick Courteney Selous’s stories about his trip and articles about “concealing coloration.” He hopes that Selous is able to go to the Upper Nile.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-12-03
President Roosevelt is very interested in Ernest Harold Baynes’s success in securing the buffalo, but says that he could not write a letter to each of the four people involved, as he would then be obligated “to write to innumerable other people about various matters.” Many people petition Roosevelt about various plans, and if he helped one in particular, he would need to do similarly for each of the others as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-06
President Roosevelt has very much enjoyed Frederick Courteney Selous’s articles and hopes he will write a book about the natural history of big game. Roosevelt appreciates Selous’s ability to describe sights vividly and accurately.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-18
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt writes to Frederick Courteney Selous about big game hunting and authors of the sport. Roosevelt was disappointed by the inaccuracies in Percy Selous’s book, which he bought because it was co-authored with Henry Anderson Bryden. Roosevelt offers congratulations to Selous and his wife on the upcoming birth of their first child and talks about his own family life and the obstacles it produces for getting away despite being fond of his wife and six children. He longs for an extended hunt but will settle for reading of other wildernesses like those in Selous’s book. Roosevelt presumes they would both count Fitzwilliam Thomas Pollok a fake based on his writings since he includes some experiences “that are all nonsense,” much like the writing of Henry Astbury Leveson, the Old Shikari. Roosevelt says that both Pollok and Leveson’s work would “have done credit” to the adventure writer Mayne Reid. Roosevelt also thinks William Henry Drummond “was not always an exact observer” based on what Selous wrote. Roosevelt mentions the black rhinoceros attacks William Astor Chanler and Ludwig Ritter von Höhnel experienced when in Africa and that he has just finished the book by John Guille Millais that Selous sent him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-02-15
Frederick Courtney Selous discusses concerns about President Roosevelt’s upcoming trip to Africa. Selous gives his opinions on the provisions, safari guides, equipment porters, and the hunting of big game animals. Selous includes a postscript informing Roosevelt that everything has been shipped and should arrive in Nairobi by early March.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-25
Alfred E. Pease discusses the possibility of President Roosevelt’s shooting gazelle, wildebeest, hartebeast, and lions while at his ranch. He includes excerpts of letters from his manager, describing a hunt of several lions there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-15
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1908
English
(1905, March-1909, February) U.S. President – 2nd Term
Kermit Roosevelt will continue to write to Robert Harry Munro and Isabella Ferguson although he has not received a reply yet. Roosevelt recounts his hunting exploits, interactions with the indigenous peoples, and his hopes of visiting the Fergusons at Saranac after returning from Africa.
1909-12-26
An unpublished excerpt from The Birch Bark Roll on hunting big game.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-11