Hunting

President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador Hill for the write-up of the funeral of his good friend and former German Ambassador, Hermann Speck von Sternburg. In the future Roosevelt may ask Hill to enquire about accommodations for hunting in German East Africa, in case his safari brings him to that region. While he is abroad Roosevelt will likely be presented, as a private citizen, to King Edward VII of Great Britain while visiting Oxford University. Should the German Emperor William II expressly request a visit, he would also visit Berlin.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-10

President Roosevelt writes to A. H. Fox to say that he has decided to bring a shotgun on his African safari, to load with ball and use in emergencies. If Fox’s offer still stands, he would like to know the cost of such a gun.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1908-09-10

President Roosevelt would like to accept Albert M. Smith’s invitation to hunt, but it is simply not possible.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-07

President Roosevelt asks Emily Tyler Carow if she could bring a book about Rome by Italian historian Guglielmo Ferrero, which he believes is entitled The Greatness and Decline of Rome. Roosevelt tells Carow the family is looking forward to her visit and updates her on their last days at Oyster Bay, New York.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-13

President Roosevelt gives Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge an update on his life and family. He laments the end of summer and tells Lodge how each member of the family has spent it, remarking upon how his children are growing up. Roosevelt has been vacationing during the summer months and now looks to his work ahead. He wants to ensure that his plans for the Navy and Panama Canal cannot be undone by his successor.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-20

President Roosevelt asks Customs Collector Sewall to wait until next winter to come to Washington, D.C. Although Roosevelt would enjoy a hunting trip, it will likely not happen soon, and the boys are now at school during the year. The maple sugar Sewall sent has been appreciated by the Roosevelt family.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-03

President Roosevelt finds Henry P. Bridges’s hunting invitation appealing but is unable to accept. However, he asks permission to write Bridges “in the very improbable event” that he can.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-23

President Roosevelt thanks Charles R. Flint for the fish and game birds from his recent shooting trip, but is unable to accept Flint’s “kind invitation.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-08

President Roosevelt wishes W. Sloan Simpson luck with peccary hunting and encloses a self-explanatory letter from the War Department.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-06

President Roosevelt asks U.S. Marshal Merrifield to write to Laura d’Oremieulx Roosevelt to tell her what steps her son, Oliver Roosevelt, should take to get out to a ranch in the coming year to do some hunting. He advises Merrifield that Roosevelt, being sixteen years of age, is small for his age and is not used to working outdoors, but is a fine musician.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-16

President Roosevelt was glad to hear from William Wingate Sewall, and thinks his philosophy on political scandals is sound. He was glad to see the photographs that Sewall sent. He and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt are going to Pine Knot soon, where Roosevelt shot his first turkey.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-02

President Roosevelt would be happy to have Paul Niedieck inscribe the book for him, and would like to hear about his hunting trip.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-01

President Roosevelt regrets that he cannot go on the hunting trip with James M. Ashton. If he travels to the Pacific Coast next year, Roosevelt will look forward to seeing Ashton and his family.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-18

President Roosevelt appreciates how Charles Scribner has handled the publication of his articles and any future hunting trips will be written for him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-05

George B. Cortelyou thanks Philip Battell Stewart for the letter and invites him and his wife to stay at the White House when they come east. Cortelyou intends to take the bear and cougar hunt a year from next spring and hopes to get Secretary of War Elihu Root to join their party.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-14

Joseph G. Sachs invites Theodore Roosevelt on behalf of the Kentucky Fish and Game Protective Association to come on a hunting trip in Kentucky in November for a few days. The Association hopes to promote legislation conserving Kentucky’s game and match other U.S. state’s game laws.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-13

Winthrop Chanler has just returned from Canada and was shocked to hear about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s recent accident. He hope she is recovering well, and expresses his dread over horse accidents. Chanler shares some tales from his hunting excursions in New Brunswick.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-11

Francisco Figueras asks Theodore Roosevelt if he has permission to include Roosevelt’s name and illustrated picture at the beginning of Figueras’s book on hunting. He admires Roosevelt for his hunting skills and his time at San Juan Hill.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Leon S. Thompson has read Theodore Roosevelt’s account of his trip to Africa and would like to meet because he and 3 others are planning a similar trip and would appreciate discussing certain points concerning travel.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-05

Kermit Roosevelt describes the success of his hunting trip and lists the animals he has shot. He tells Theodore Roosevelt he has “quite a reputation” among the guides because of the clothes he has worn while hunting.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09