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Horace P. Bennett read in a newspaper that Ted Roosevelt has a collection of minerals and curiosities. Bennett has a similar collection and would like to give it to someone that can appreciate it. He suggests his collection could be given to Ted and offers to discuss the matter when Vice President Roosevelt opens the Minnesota State Fair in September.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-08-23
John Burroughs thanks Governor Roosevelt for the book and invites Ted Roosevelt to spend the following weekend with him. He invites Governor Roosevelt to his ranch and talks about the Eastern and Western Meadow Larks and the Mourning Dove Warblers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-05-04
John Burroughs enjoyed Ted Roosevelt’s visit and was impressed with his proficiency at climbing trees. He wishes Roosevelt would come back during eagle season.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-05-25
Hermann Speck von Sternburg thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his thoughtful Christmas gift and discusses hunting for antelope in Northern China. He describes his life in China and notes that he hopes to visit Japan and Korea in the fall, before returning home via the United States to deal with his affairs there next year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1893-06-01
Robert Munro Ferguson writes that Anna Roosevelt will not come home (from London) until fall. Ferguson extends good wishes on the expected new addition to Roosevelt’s family and discusses the travels of Joseph Burr Tyrrell across northern Canada by canoe and on foot.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1894-03-17
Hermann Speck von Sternburg reports on the fighting between Japanese and Chinese forces in Manchuria. He finds the Chinese ill prepared both on land and sea to meet the Japanese offensive and believes the Japanese could approach Peking within two months. In the naval battle of Yalu, for instance, the Chinese had the wrong ammunition on their ships. Had they had the right ammunition, they ought to have won the battle and kept control of the sea.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1895-02-19