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Arrangements will be made for the shipment of one horse and one man, to take care of the horse, by train from Washington, D.C., to Oyster Bay, NY, for the use of President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-02
Photograph of two rangers loading a staff horse onto a trailer at Painted Canyon in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1968-07-30
Thomas H. Netherland informs Noah Seaman that President Roosevelt has changed the date when his horses and supplies will be shipped to Oyster Bay. Netherland has not had a chance to see a dealer about hay, but expects to purchase one ton, which will be shipped with the horses.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-08
Thomas H. Netherland asks Noah Seaman to write him as soon as possible about whether or not timothy hay should be purchased in Washington, D.C., and shipped to Oyster Bay with the horses. He advises Seaman that horses, supplies, and other various trunks and boxes will arrive at Oyster Bay on June 16 and asks for wagons to meet them at the station. The Roosevelts will arrive on June 20.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-02
After letters and enclosures from William Augustus Patton that seem to prove that Charles H. Lee was at fault in not riding in the caboose of the train that brought President Roosevelt’s horse to Washington, D.C., William Loeb asks Patton to send him the bill for transportation charges.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-13
William Loeb informs William Augustus Patton that his instructions to allow Charles H. Lee to ride in the caboose while accompanying President Roosevelt’s horse from Oyster Bay to Washington, D.C., were not followed. Lee had to purchase a ticket on another passenger train. Loeb asks for the ticket cost to be refunded.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-06
Charles H. Lee recounts his trip from Oyster Bay to Washington, D.C., transporting a horse for President Roosevelt. Although a letter had been written giving him permission to ride in the caboose, he was not allowed to do so and followed on the next passenger train. In Washington, the agent at first did not want to release the horse without payment, but finally did so after Lee assured that a message from the White House would be telephoned to protect him from punishment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-05
William Loeb clarifies for William Augustus Patton the arrangements he would like to be made for the shipment of a horse from Oyster Bay to Washington, D.C. The man in charge of the horse should be allowed to ride in the caboose of the train, and the horse should be accepted without prepayment of freight, and a bill sent to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-02
President Roosevelt would like to transport a horse from Oyster Bay to Washington. He asks William Augustus Patton if the man in charge of the horse could ride in the caboose of the train on the journey.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-27
William H. Miller Jr. writes to inform Theodore Roosevelt on the status of the stallion he gifted the United States government by way of Roosevelt. The horse, “Pat Murphy”, is in good shape and Miller would be honored to have the chance to cooperate with the government further, should they show interest in breeding more Morgan Horses. He once again thanks Roosevelt for the opportunity to work together before sharing several memories he has of South Dakota.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-25
William Augustus Patton has investigated the complaint by Charles H. Lee, and sends William Loeb copies of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s reports. Patton believes that Loeb’s instructions were fully carried out by railroad employees, and that Lee’s reports of the journey are misleading and untrue. He assures Loeb that the railroad is happy to provide services for the President.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-12
A. D. Robertson sends Oswald J. DeRousse papers regarding a complaint related to the transportation of President Roosevelt’s horse from Jersey City to Washington, D.C..
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-10
Walter Worthington Bowie provides George D. Dixon with information relating to the shipment of President Roosevelt’s horse from Jersey City to Washington, D.C.. The horse was able to be delivered immediately after arrival, and the White House had no complaints about the service from their station, although the person accompanying the horse had some issues while traveling on the train.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-09
Anna Roosevelt Cowles is glad President Roosevelt is at Sagamore and done with all of the hand shaking. Her husband William S. Cowles was home for the Fourth of July but has returned to Washington, D.C. Cowles recommends to her brother the volume Heretics by G. K. Chesterton. The Chinese minister mentioned while visiting that he plans to give suffrage to land owners based on a conversation he had with Roosevelt. Cowles’s son William Sheffield Cowles Jr. has been homebound much of the summer to avoid catching the whooping cough which is being passed around children in town, although he is canoeing, playing tennis, and vegetable gardening. The Chinese minister and Cowles both agree that horses are preferable to automobiles, as she is “in deadly terror of running into some one.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-08
John Campbell Greenway will be leaving for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to look for job opportunities and hopes to be home for Thanksgiving. He advises that investment in real estate at Oyster Bay, New York, is a good speculation, and he has picked out a place for a cottage. Greenway will be spending some time with Theodore Roosevelt and John Avery McIlhenny. He is sending two horses to Gilbert Christian Greenway and the government should cover most of the expenses.
1898-09-23
A circular from the Transvaal League is being prepared which will request that President Roosevelt put a stop to the shipment of horses from New Orleans, Louisiana, to the British. The circular does not have Wilhelm Snyman’s support. He hopes to discuss the matter personally with Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-15
Someone needs to be sent to meet the horses which are leaving Jersey City, New Jersey, at 9:15.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-14
President Roosevelt’s horse should be delivered on Thursday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-01
George Bleistein’s horse, Koran, will be shipped to President Roosevelt soon. Bleistein will send further details today.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-01
George Bleistein is sending President Roosevelt an eight-year-old, three-quarters Thoroughbred horse named Koran. The horse has an easy disposition and is a good hunter. Bleistein will be heading south and will try to visit Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-01