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Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about a recent newspaper article and new horses being delivered to his ranch. Wilmot Dow had two horses stolen. Roosevelt has also been hunting and shot a ram.
1884-12-14
An article featuring a postcard photograph of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his brother Kermit Roosevelt. It shows the two huntsmen as they appeared at Srinagar, Kashmir, India, on emerging from the Himalayas after their successful quest for specimens of the rare sheep. Postcard was sent to Robert L. Bacon.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1926-01-24
Edward L. Burlingame praises Kermit Roosevelt’s article about mountain sheep hunting. He informs Theodore Roosevelt that they will happily publish it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-20
John Pitcher will let President Roosevelt know when he arrives in Washington, D.C., and hopes he will take a hunt at Yellowstone National Park in the fall of 1905.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-19
An article detailing Kermit Roosevelt’s hunting trip at the head of the Gulf of California and through the nearby Tinajas Altas mountains. He plans to hunt for mountain sheep, lobos and woller.
1911-08-09
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to say he is glad to hear about the success of his mountain sheep hunt and that he did not encounter an insurrectos. Roosevelt says his latest book African Game Trails is selling moderately well and he is in futile correspondence with the Smithsonian concerning Kermit’s New Brunswick trip.
1911-08-22
Theodore Roosevelt expresses regret to John W. Osborn that he can not accept the hunting invitation due to public attention. He says he’d rather hunt a black bear with Osborn than lions in Africa and adds that Kermit would be perfect for the trip but is busy with school.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-08
Theodore Roosevelt writes to President Lowell of Harvard University, explaining that Archibald B. Roosevelt is going hunting and may be delayed by weather in his return to school. Roosevelt asks that Archie be excused if he arrives a few days late when the school term begins.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-08-07
John Jay White encloses a picture of a mounted mountain sheep head that he had told President Roosevelt about. He believes it is a good example of American game shot in the country and not in Canada. If White is successful in going to Africa on a hunting trip, he will visit Roosevelt and tell him about it when he returns, and leave him with a specimen.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-07
Kermit Roosevelt describes a recent hunting trip. He will be unable to visit the Fergusons and must return to Long Island.
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An unpublished excerpt from The Birch Bark Roll on hunting big game.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-11
Gifford Pinchot has received President Roosevelt’s letter which will be very helpful while traveling across Russia. He regrets that he will not have time to hunt the “wooly tiger” or “big sheep” while in Russia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-30