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President Roosevelt sends Ernest Hamlin Abbott, and the Abbott family as a whole, an advanced copy of Caspar Whitney’s upcoming article on nature-fakers for The Outing. Roosevelt wants the family to review it, so they understand “not to lend the weight of names . . . to help a noxious impostor.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-23
President Roosevelt provides details about his experience as a hunter and a naturalist for Caspar Whitney, editor of The Outing Magazine, for his upcoming article on the nature fakers controversy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-04
President Roosevelt responds to a letter from Douglas W. Clinch, sharing his opinion that Charles G. D. Roberts and William J. Long write fiction in regards to nature matters.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-06
Caspar Whitney shares his plan to write about the “naturalist fakirs” in The Outing with President Roosevelt, and asks Roosevelt about his experience as a naturalist for the article. Whitney also asks for information regarding John Burroughs’s experience as a naturalist.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-03