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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. Robert Foran

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. Robert Foran

Theodore Roosevelt informs W. Robert Foran he has received the cables. Roosevelt provides a statement in support of Robert E. Peary’s expedition success to be published if the reports of his success in the North Pole is true. Roosevelt is confused by the cable about Frederick Albert Cook because he is unaware of who the man is or what he has accomplished. He informs Foran he and Kermit Roosevelt have had success hunting elephants and rhinoceros together, but they will soon separate to travel and hunt separately.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-09-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. Robert Foran

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. Robert Foran

Theodore Roosevelt informs W. Robert Foran he has received the cables. Roosevelt provides a statement in support of Robert E. Peary’s expedition success to be published if the reports of his success in the North Pole is true. Roosevelt is confused by the cable about Frederick Albert Cook because he is unaware of who the man is or what he has accomplished. He informs Foran he and Kermit Roosevelt have had success hunting elephants and rhinoceros together, but they will soon separate to travel and hunt separately.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-09-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Luther S. Kelly

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Luther S. Kelly

Theodore Roosevelt praises Luther S. Kelly for his article on peace and war. He thinks the closing sentence of Kelly’s article should be memorized by all “professional pacifists.” Roosevelt tells Kelly that he had an “interesting time” in South America, and he thinks Kelly’s description of Alaska is “interesting and remarkable.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leo E. Miller

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leo E. Miller

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Leo E. Miller expressing his pleasure at having a Saki monkey named after him. Roosevelt is also pleased that many specimens have been added to the mammal collection at the American Museum of Natural History and that Miller intends to have his stories published in a short volume.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-11-04