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Commissioner Roosevelt was pleased to receive William Wingate Sewall’s letter. He still has some cattle in North Dakota that are under the care of Sylvane M. Ferris. Roosevelt has been unable to exercise much and is “getting stout.”
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1890-11-02
Mary Alice Sherman Sewall describes life and ranch activities at the Elkhorn Ranch for her sister.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1886-06-13
Commissioner Roosevelt briefly describes a trip to his Dakota ranch accompanied by his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He has decided that this will be the last year the ranch house will be kept open. In closing, Roosevelt questions if someone could kill a moose by sneaking up on it with snowshoes.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1890-10-20
Historian Ray H. Mattison believes that the Dow letter was written in 1886 while Wilmot Dow, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Wingate Sewall were attempting to capture thieves that stole Roosevelt’s boat.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1960-02-25
Park naturalist Arthur A. Henderson Henderson encloses a letter from Wilmot Dow donated by Dow’s grandson, Levi S. Dow. William Wingate Sewall and Theodore Roosevelt are mentioned in the letter but Henderson is unsure of the letter’s date. Levi S. Dow also donated a pair of chaps and sterling silverware given to his grandmother from Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1960-02-06
Theodore Roosevelt tells Charles R. Brown that he remembers both him and his wife well and recalls an event from Brown’s service during the Civil War where he was injured. Roosevelt mentions the passing of Wilmot S. Dow and recalls a story from his own stay at a lumber camp and encounter with a lumberjack.
Starting in 1878 Theodore Roosevelt made trips up to Island Falls, Maine for the purpose of improving his health. There he became acquainted with William “Bill” Wingate Sewall and his nephew Wilmot S. Dow and the logging camp that they had which left a lasting impression on Roosevelt who kept in touch with Sewall throughout his life.
Hermann Hagedorn describes the results of a trip he made to Island Park, Maine, to visit William Wingate Sewall, his wife Mary Alice Sherman Sewall, and Elizabeth Edwards Pride, widow of Mr. Wilmot S. Dow. [William Sewall and Wilmot Dow had acted as guides to the young Theodore Roosevelt during his hunting trips in Maine and later as ranch managers for him in the Dakota Badlands. Hagedorn went to gather information for a book about Roosevelt.]
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-10-20