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Charles Sheldon thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter. Sheldon describes his second book Scribner will publish next spring including several hunting experiences on Pacific Coast Islands and Alaska. Sheldon shares his opinions on Roosevelt’s Concealing Coloration pamphlet and what other’s have written to him about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-03
Alexander Lambert informs Theodore Roosevelt he received Roosevelt’s letter as he was leaving the woods. Lambert will be in New York soon and can meet with Roosevelt then to discuss opium morphine and cocaine. Lambert has been at his club hunting moose and caribou. He recently shot and killed a very large moose, which reminded him of when Roosevelt killed a hippo on a hunting trip.There are many beavers at the club now, and Lambert suggests Roosevelt visit to study them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-29
Theodore Roosevelt would like to take a trip to Alaska with his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt. Roosevelt would like to give the younger Roosevelt a chance to kill giant moose, big bear, white sheep, and caribou, and asks E. Marshall Scull for his advice on whom Roosevelt should contact to help set up the trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-08
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Charles Sheldon about an Alaska big game hunt that his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt, would like to take in the summer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-08
A statement authored by William T. Hornaday criticizes the Sulzer bill which would allow for the sale of moose, caribou, and white mountain sheep meat in Northern Alaska. Hornaday reports that he and several prominent game conservation associations were shocked to discover that the legal sale of big game in Alaska had been occurring for some time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-03-04
William T. Hornaday is disturbed by events at home and abroad. The American Defense Society is fighting against pacifism and working hard to prevent “disloyal meetings” from taking place in New York. Hornaday is alarmed by a bill drawn up Congressman Sulzer and the Department of Agriculture, and supported by Charles Sheldon and Edward William Nelson, allowing the sale of Alaskan big game all year round.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-03-02
Kermit Roosevelt describes his recent hunting trip in New Brunswick and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s accident.
1911-08-26
Kermit Roosevelt thanks Isabella Ferguson for the “most wonderful blanket.” He recently attended a polo tournament and is working on his final examinations. Roosevelt hopes to visit the Fergusons in August.
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President Roosevelt has enclosed a letter for Acting Secretary of War Oliver from the Department of Agriculture that explains itself. Roosevelt asks Shaw to wire “the Commander of Military Post at Eagle” and notify him to only have the troops shoot caribou for subsistence and that to prevent the slaughter of caribou. Commercial hunting is prohibited.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-04
An unpublished excerpt from The Birch Bark Roll on hunting big game.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-11
Handwritten draft of chapter eight of The Wilderness Hunter. Page 27 is missing.
1893
According to Frank Vance, a well-known hunter in northern Minnesota, President Roosevelt agreed to join him on a moose hunt in the Bow String area of Minnesota next year. Vance had written a letter to Roosevelt inviting him to hunt moose and caribou.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-26