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Edward North Buxton discusses the supplies President Roosevelt will need on his upcoming safari. These items include rifles, cartridges, hats, nailed boots, and hunting glasses.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-08
Percy C. Madeira encloses a letter from Frederick John Jackson detailing President Roosevelt’s upcoming trip to Africa. He feels that Roosevelt will have a very good trip. Madeira hopes that Jackson is wrong, and that Roosevelt has secured R. J. Cunninghame’s services. He also says that the .350 magazine Jackson writes about is a good one. He asks Roosevelt to return Jackson’s letter when he is done with it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-23
W. S. Rainsford offers President Roosevelt advice about his upcoming trip to Africa. In particular, he advises Roosevelt not to engage William C. Judd as a guide for his son Kermit. Rainsford had a bad experience with Judd as his guide. He also advises Roosevelt about good hunting rifles and the precautions to take in hot weather. He tells Roosevelt to follow the advice of Frederick John Jackson, lieutenant-governor of British East Africa. Item includes a handwritten letter and a typed transcription.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-19
Edward North Buxton assures President Roosevelt that he will have a good experience hunting in Africa and will not struggle to get game as he fears after reading Abel Chapman’s book. He offers Roosevelt advice on scoping out game on Alfred Pease’s ranch and about testing his rifle before he travels. In a handwritten postscript, he assures Roosevelt that the press will understand his going straight to Pease’s ranch if he tells them he wants a quiet time. He also offers advice on mosquitos.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-10
Edward North Buxton tells President Roosevelt that he need not say more about his decision regarding the use of an English head man for his safari, as Buxton was merely providing his opinion. He tells Roosevelt that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt might consider meeting him further upriver than Khartoum, so that she can travel further in luxury. Buxton discusses the arrangements he is making with different supplies, rifles, and shells. Frederick Courteney Selous will be seeing William Northrup McMillan soon and can discuss Roosevelt taking an English head man with him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-26
Ezra H. Fitch, President of the Abercrombie & Fitch Company, describes a few hunting sights President Roosevelt might consider for his upcoming African safari, which would fit Roosevelt’s ’86 or ’95 Winchester rifles. Fitch is sending a new sight called the “Daniel concentric” for Roosevelt’s review. Fitch also describes several new rifles Abercrombie & Fitch has imported, offering to send any Roosevelt would like for inspection.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-07
Frederick Courteney Selous apologises for the delay in answering President Roosevelt’s letter, but he has been preparing lists of equipment and supplies and will write more fully once he has heard from outfitters Lawn & Alder. Selous says the best rifles for hunting “very heavy game” are made in England and hopes to acquire one for Roosevelt and a smaller one for Kermit Roosevelt. Selous thanks Roosevelt for the copy of National Geographic magazine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-26
Percy C. Madeira sends detailed notes about the people President Roosevelt should contact regarding his upcoming African Safari, and includes details on equipment, personnel, and the best routes to take.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-24
Sir Alfred E. Pease provides Edward North Buxton with a large amount of information regarding gear, supplies, and travel in British East Africa and Uganda. Pease recommends various outfitters to supply what is needed, and gives accounts of the best methods for hunting lion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-01
Frederick Courteney Selous discusses the types of rifles that President Roosevelt should take on his upcoming hunting trip to Africa. Selous does not recommend the ball and shot gun, as it would be inferior to other types of firearms in the situations that Roosevelt would likely use it. He also discusses various other supplies that Roosevelt will need, and which Selous can acquire from Lawn and Alder.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-24
Edward North Buxton makes recommendations about the types of guns that President Roosevelt should bring on his hunting trip to Africa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-24
Nathaniel Henchman Davis shares an excerpt of a letter from a schoolboy who gave a speech praising and defending President Roosevelt’s actions during the financial panic. He also writes about the Winchester rifle Roosevelt may have used on his hunting trip in the South.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-25
Clive Metcalf thanks President Roosevelt for the rifle he had sent and looks forward to going to Washington, D.C., with his brother Harley Metcalf to see the president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-26
Frederick Courteney Selous describes hunting trips in a game reserve south of the Zambezi River in Africa, in particular the types and behavior of the game animals in the reserve.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903
The conferring of the annual Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) police awards for New York City, Boston, and Western New York state opens this edition of the “News and Notes” section. The accomplishments of each of the winners are detailed as are the ceremonies marking each award. A report on the TRA’s annual meeting and dinner follows with details of its speakers, field trips, and annual elections. The conferring of the TRA’s Junior Officer Leadership Award for a member of the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt is highlighted, and the section reprints an address by Edith Derby Williams given at the annual meeting.
Other news from the section includes the marking of twenty years as Executive Director of the TRA by John A. Gable; the awarding of the annual natural history research grants by the American Museum of Natural History; and the passing of TRA Trustee Oren Root. New York Governor George E. Pataki’s admiration for Theodore Roosevelt is noted as are the accomplishments of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and his son, Quentin, on the fiftieth anniversary of the invasion of Normandy in World War II. “News and Notes” also trumpets recent works on Theodore Roosevelt by Caleb Carr, H. Paul Jeffers, and Joseph R. Ornig.
Eleven photographs appear in the section, including eight from the annual meeting, two from the police awards ceremonies, and one of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. with his son Quentin.
Pamphlet advertising the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. In particular, the pamphlet urges buyers to look for the Winchester ‘W,’ which signals uniformity in rifles, shotguns, and ammunition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908
A shooting target used by Edward North Buxton with a hunting rifle. He made eight shots at 100 yards.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-12
In honor of President Roosevelt’s upcoming African safari, C. Bryson Taylor writes about the sights, conditions, hazards, and necessary supplies of a hunting trip in safari. Taylor details the guides, provisions, ammunition, and medicines travelers will need when embarking into the “dark and brooding heart” of Africa. Taylor also weaves in two fictional stories about previous hunting parties, which demonstrate the harshness of the expeditions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-09
Theodore Roosevelt would like a .22 automatic repeating rifle and 1000 cartridges charged to his account and sent to Alfred E. Pease. Roosevelt has done well with the .405 on safari in Africa.
Buffalo Bill Center of the West
1909-05-12
A man labeled “Dingley,” holding a smoking blunderbuss labeled “High Protective Tariff,” stands over a dead sheep labeled “Wool Industries.” He was aiming at a wolf labeled “Foreign Products” that is looking over the top of a fence.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-11-30