Fisheries--Protection

President Roosevelt has read the report from Solicitor of the Department of Commerce and Labor Edwin Walter Sims and instructs Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf to carry out his recommendations without involving Congress. Roosevelt directs the Treasury Department to investigate the “dereliction of duty” of the Revenue Cutter Services and believes that more protection from the United States Marines might be necessary to safeguard the Alaskan seal fur fisheries from seal pirates. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt wants an “immediate and exhaustive” investigation of the Revenue Cutter Service regarding its failure to properly patrol the Alaskan seal fisheries. Roosevelt directs Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to review the report on the matter from Solicitor of the Department of Commerce and Labor Edwin Walter Sims.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Charles S. Hamlin invites President Roosevelt to the annual dinner of the Old Colony Club. Through the club’s efforts, Buzzard Bay is reserved for hand-line fishing only, with sieves being strictly forbidden. As the club stands for “clean, honest sport” and the preservation of fisheries, Hamlin says it would be a great honor to have Roosevelt give a speech on conservation. Hamlin gives Roosevelt many options for traveling to the area with the least trouble.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-30

Creator(s)

Hamlin, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1861-1938

Tweed Roosevelt asks why there has been so little consideration of Theodore Roosevelt’s record as a conservationist. He reviews some of the major biographies and histories of Roosevelt and his time and finds that their examination of Roosevelt as a conservationist is scanty at best. Tweed Roosevelt identifies Roosevelt’s father, Theodore Roosevelt, and his uncle, Robert Barnwall Roosevelt, as important figures in shaping Roosevelt’s interest in the natural world, and he surveys the actions taken by Roosevelt as Governor of New York and President of the United States to safeguard rivers, forests, birds, and natural wonders such as the Grand Canyon. 

Two photographs of Theodore Roosevelt and one of Robert Barnwall Roosevelt supplement the text. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal