Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Barbour
Theodore Roosevelt writes Thomas Barbour, the curator of reptiles and amphibians at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, to complain about Allen’s attack on Roosevelt’s article about animal coloration. He may be referring to Barbour’s colleague Glover M. Allen. He defends his article and also cites Abbott Handerson Thayer’s work. Roosevelt feels The Auk should be ashamed of publishing Allen’s piece and tells Barbour to show this letter to any ornithologists he wishes. He wants Barbour to come to Oyster Bay so they can do experiments with black and white cloths.
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1912-12-03