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Theodore Roosevelt is obliged to Edmund Heller for the interesting letter. Roosevelt discusses the hunting abilities and experience of Charles Jesse Jones, Paul James Rainey, and R. J. Cunninghame. Roosevelt also discusses his article Concealing and Revealing Coloration in Birds and Mammals.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-28
President Roosevelt tells Superintendent Pitcher, of Yellowstone National Park, that he thinks it best to kill off mountain lions only where they interfere with deer and sheep wintering and to leave them alone in the rest of the park.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-27
President Roosevelt informs John Burroughs that Yellowstone Park bears have been getting their paws stuck in tin cans from garbage heaps, and that Buffalo Jones has been trying to capture the bears to “cure” them. He says the White House is lovely, and red-headed woodpeckers are their most decorative birds.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-12
John Burroughs was very interested to hear Buffalo Jones and the Yellowstone grizzly bears with tin cans stuck on their feet. If President Roosevelt has read any of his latest articles, Burroughs would be glad to receive his thoughts and criticism. Burroughs is considering buying a farm in the southern Catskill region and offers it as a place of rest for Roosevelt and his family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-15
G. H. Seule expresses his thanks to Theodore Roosevelt for writing the introductions in articles about Charles Jesse Jones.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-04
Charles Sumner Bird reminds Theodore Roosevelt that earlier, he said that he would be happy to write a few words for his book about Charles “Buffalo” Jones if the book itself was written by E. Marshall Scull. Bird encloses a copy of a letter he wrote to Ernest Thompson Seton and says that he is fond of Jones, and resented what Madison Grant told him, although some other men share Grant’s opinion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-06
Charles Sumner Bird follows up with Ernest Thompson Seton on his idea to write a book about Charles “Buffalo” Jones’s African expedition. He would like to write a preface about his “northern” trip, and notes that Madison Grant believes that this trip is a lie. Bird acknowledges that Jones is very enthusiastic, but says that he believes he is truthful. He notes that Seton and Theodore Roosevelt also believe Jones’s stories.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-06
Edmund Heller discusses Paul James Rainey and his offer to collect specimens in British East Africa for the Smithsonian. Museum officials urge Heller to accompany Painey, but he feels responsible for completing the work on Roosevelt’s collection. He asks Roosevelt’s opinion on the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-31
Charles Sumner Bird reminds Theodore Roosevelt of his request for Roosevelt to contribute to a short book on the “Buffalo Jones Trip to Africa.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-23
Charles Jesse Jones sends photographs of a “catalo robe” and two captured wood buffalo calves. He provides details on the calves’ capture. Jones thanks President Roosevelt for the cordial reception in Topeka, Kansas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-02
John Pitcher reviews plans for President Roosevelt’s visit to Yellowstone. The mountain lion population needs thinning and the hounds are set to arrive soon. He requests confirmation of Roosevelt’s visit so that arrangements can be completed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-02