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Theodore Roosevelt recommends John Julius Dargan write to his cousin, Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch, to request genealogical information. Roosevelt also encloses a copy of The Outlook containing his uncle’s lecture.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-09-04
President Roosevelt is engaged in a dispute with Governor Long over an article published by Long. Roosevelt feels that Long suggested that Roosevelt advocated attacking the Spanish fleet without declaring war. Roosevelt admits that he wanted a declaration of war long before it was declared and wanted the Spanish Government warned that the departure of their fleet would be considered an act of war.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-15
President Roosevelt has taken issue with an article written by Governor Long that appeared in the Outlook. The article suggests that Roosevelt, while Assistant Secretary to Long, wanted to send a squadron to attack the Spanish fleet while the United States was still at peace with Spain. President Roosevelt remembers events differently and considers Long’s accusation to be serious, especially since it appears to have been accepted by the public at large.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-12
Theodore Roosevelt asks C. Hart Merriam if he has received the skulls, skins, and Roosevelt’s note on them. Roosevelt is eager to send his article on the hunt to Scribner’s.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-05-04
Vice President Roosevelt will quote five or six of C. Hart Merriam’s lines in his article. Roosevelt has found his twelfth skull and asks if he should send it onto Merriam. Roosevelt would also like to know if the skulls should be kept in the skins or not. Roosevelt asks Merriam what he found out about the bobcat skulls.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-05-06
President Roosevelt sends George Bird Grinnell the piece and the photographs. Roosevelt wants all of the photographs included in the piece. He emphasizes that grizzlies and black bears are shown in the photographs. Roosevelt urges Grinnell to be cautious in calling sheep animals of the plains, as this is a misrepresentation of the animal’s real character.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-27
The writing must be strictly controlled in the latest publishing venture of Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell. There cannot be a repeat of the controversy A. G. Wallihan’s book had with the fake pictures. Roosevelt and Grinnell must have a definitive understanding from Wallihan as to the publication of the book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-02-23
Theodore Roosevelt advises George Bird Grinnell how to approach a controversy involving fake pictures in A. G. Wallihan’s book. Wallihan isn’t responsible for the pictures and they were added without his knowledge and “against his protest.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-03-15
Theodore Roosevelt addresses the faked pictures in A. G. Wallihan’s book. When Roosevelt wrote the preface to the book, he vouched only for the pictures that he saw. Wallihan’s name is responsible for all of the pictures.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-03-28
Theodore Roosevelt sends George Bird Grinnell two letters. In one of the letters, A. G. Wallihan “practically admits that we didn’t do him any injustices.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-07
Theodore Roosevelt received Trail and Campfire. He believes it is the best volume that the Boone and Crockett Club has put out. Roosevelt would like to give Frederick Selous honorary membership in the Boone and Crockett Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-12-27
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt is glad that Frederick Courteney Selous enjoyed his hunting trip, but is melancholy to realize that the United States has lost so much of its hunting grounds. Roosevelt recalls a few of his own hunting experiences: “I was just in time to see the last of the real wilderness life and real wilderness hunting.” Roosevelt also recommends several books to Selous and provides information about his experience ranching in North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-11-30
Theodore Roosevelt writes George Bird Grinnell that the copyright for the articles Roosevelt publishes lies with him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-11-03
Theodore Roosevelt encloses the edited version of Pierce’s article. He has cut the article drastically, while noting that Pierce “has a genuine eye for scenery.” Roosevelt also sends George Bird Grinnell the books on big game and asks to see the proofs of articles he sent to Grinnell.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-08-28
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Colonel Young that he has asked George Bird Grinnell to send Young a copy of Forest and Stream and will propose Young for a membership in the Boon and Crockett Club if he wishes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-08-30
Theodore Roosevelt thinks the proof of George Bird Grinnell’s article is “one of the most interesting articles I have ever read” and thinks it offers a more descriptive narrative than a scientist, such as Schufeldt, could ever provide. Roosevelt does question Grinnell’s point about the wolves regarding the Indians as friends, since the Indians were killing many wolves for their furs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-08-30
Theodore Roosevelt would like to see the proof of his article on big game that he co-wrote with George Bird Grinnell. Roosevelt notes that the older he gets the less he cares about the actual killing, but does not want to get too sentimental. Roosevelt requests that Grinnell send him the wolf article, because he may have been confusing the wolf and the coyote.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-08-27
Theodore Roosevelt tells George Bird Grinnell that the title of General A. W. Greely’s book is Three Years of Arctic Service. Roosevelt agrees with putting the moose head on the cover of the book and if Grinnell gets short of copy, Roosevelt can give him some writing. Another idea if they are short of copy is for Grinnell and Roosevelt to write a composite article on the distribution of “big game animals of temperate North America.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-08-03
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Charles A. Dana he has sent the Sun a copy of his Naval War College address about the Navy and foreign policy. Roosevelt understands it may be too long to print but believes Dana will agree with the points he makes. Roosevelt informs Dana he enjoys his position with the Navy and thanks Dana for his help getting him the position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-28
Theodore Roosevelt questions the accuracy of the character sketch written by Ernest Thompson Seton. Roosevelt will send his article about his trip on the Little Missouri River to George Bird Grinnell.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-05