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Telegram from Elihu Root to David E. Thompson

Telegram from Elihu Root to David E. Thompson

Secretary of State Root sends Ambassador Thompson a telegram about failing levees as part of a dam project on the Colorado River; Root does not believe that Mexico will take the necessary action to fix the levees, so urges Thompson to ask discreetly whether the United States might enter Mexican territory to make the repairs.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-11

Letter from C. B. Nordhoff to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from C. B. Nordhoff to Theodore Roosevelt

C. B. Nordhoff has read President Roosevelt’s The Wilderness Hunter and is interested in the goats that Roosevelt describes as living in Southern and Baja California. Nordhoff argues that he has hunted in this region and has never heard of any goats such as Roosevelt described, although he does admit to seeing bighorn sheep.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-27