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President Roosevelt encloses photographs and a letter from Julius Fleischmann relating to an incident of a crocodile attacking a rhinoceros. Roosevelt has read that a cheetah can “distance” a horse with ease. Roosevelt asks Federick Courteney Selous when he thinks he will publish his book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-27
President Roosevelt is most interested in what Frederick Courteney Selous wrote about the cheetahs. Roosevelt hopes that Selous will take a hunting trip to India and advance the knowledge of big game.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-22
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
Frederick Courteney Selous thanks President Roosevelt for allowing him to use Julius Fleischmann’s account of witnessing crocodiles attack a rhinoceros in his upcoming book, African Nature Notes and Reminiscences. Although Selous is dubious about certain details in Fleischmann’s story, he nevertheless believes in its overall veracity and shares his own recollection of attempting to chase after a cheetah while on horseback.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-25
Frederick Courteney Selous, British explorer, writes to President Roosevelt, detailing two separate instances where Selous encountered cheetahs while on horseback in Africa. Selous also thanks Roosevelt for his friendship and a photo.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-31
Theodore Roosevelt recounts for George von Lengerke Meyer the “really great sport” he and son Kermit Roosevelt are encountering on their African safari, including the numbers and types of animals they’ve killed. Roosevelt hopes Meyer will give his regards to his wife Marian Alice Appleton Meyer and President Taft, whom he thinks “has done admirably.”
Massachusetts Historical Society
1909-05-17
Theodore Roosevelt always knew George von Lengerke Meyer would do well as head of the Navy and congratulates him on his speech. Roosevelt describes the luck he has had hunting on African safari and the numbers and types of animals shot, 33 in total for Roosevelt, and 27 for his son Kermit Roosevelt. The elder Roosevelt apologizes for the short pencil-written letter and sends well wishes to Meyer’s wife, Marian Alice Appleton Meyer.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1909-09-10
Kermit Roosevelt describes his travels in Africa. He has hunted giraffe, lion, and cheetah. There have been issues with smallpox, particularly among their native guides.
1910-02-05
Handwritten draft of life history descriptions of African game animals. The descriptions were published in Life Histories of African Game Animals.
1914