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Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit and daughter-in-law Belle about his trip to the West Indies with Edith, specifically about spending time with William Beebe and three other naturalists. Roosevelt gives updates on the family and says he and Edith smile every time they think of Kermit, Belle, and baby Kermit.
1916-03-04
Poultney Bigelow compares the challenges Ferdinand de Lesseps faced constructing the Suez Canal to those of the Panama Canal. He argues that real-estate ownership among canal officials is responsible for the crowded, unsanitary conditions of Colon and that the government has failed in its administration of the canal zone.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09
Theodore Roosevelt will soon be leaving on a trip to Demerara and Trinidad but the ship’s departure keeps being delayed. He hopes that Admiral Cowles will like his new book, Fear God and Take Your Own Part.
1916-02-09