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Chanler, William Astor, 1867-1934

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Oric Bates

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Oric Bates

Theodore Roosevelt encourages Oric Bates to continue on the work and research, likely referring to Bates’s anthropological studies of North Africa. Roosevelt reports that if soldier and African-explorer William Astor Chanler was not in a hospital in France, he would be fighting for the Allies, and, in any case, Chanler likely does not have much money to help with Bates’s project. Roosevelt tells Bates that he is happy to offer whatever advice he might have and write any letters of introduction that might be helpful, but he regrets he can not do more than that.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-06-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Winthrop Chanler

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Winthrop Chanler

President Roosevelt tells Winthrop Chanler that William Astor Chanler can wait until the day of the dinner to decide if he can come, provided he wires Roosevelt whether or not he is coming on that day. On his birthday, Roosevelt took out the horse that he was riding with Winthrop Chanler on Sunday, and took him over “all the things in the park.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick Courteney Selous

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick Courteney Selous

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-02-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Wright’s Official History of the Spanish-American War

Wright’s Official History of the Spanish-American War

This exhaustively illustrated account of the Spanish-American war seeks to present the official history of the war according to the United States War Records Office. It encompasses the events leading up to the war, the war itself, as well as its resolution and aftermath. While it mentions the various engagements taking place during the war, most of the focus is on Cuba and the action of the United States Navy and Army in fighting Spanish forces there in support of Cuban rebels. It additionally includes general information on the theaters of war, including Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.

Collection

Smithsonian

Creation Date

1900

Creator(s)

Wright, Marcus J. (Marcus Joseph), 1831-1922

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna at his disappointment over the Lodges leaving Washington and says he is disconcerted over what Anna told him about the Whites. William Astor Chanler stopped by and he was most interesting. This will be Roosevelt’s last week in Washington for some time and he just finished writing the third volume of Winning of the West.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1894-07-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919