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President Roosevelt thanks Edward North Buxton for sending him The Life of Lord Dufferin. He will tell his daughter Alice and her future husband Nicholas Longworth that Buxton has invited them to visit if they travel to England. He wishes Buxton and his daughter luck on their trip up the Nile.
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1906-01-09
President Roosevelt agrees with his son Kermit’s thoughts on Nicholas Nickleby, and says that in general, he prefers novels that have joyous and noble aspects, rather than ones that are depressing and have sorrow, shame, and suffering in them. He updates his son on the activities at the White House, including a visit from African big game hunter Frederick Courteney Selous, and Quentin Roosevelt’s birthday celebrations.
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1905-11-19
President Roosevelt is glad that his son Theodore Roosevelt visited Kermit Roosevelt at Groton School, and is glad that Kermit had a chance to play football this fall. He encourages him to “peg away” at his studies. He is having his “usual number of difficulties” that any President has, and has taken scramble walks in Rock Creek Park and gone riding with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Roosevelt discusses the books that Edith is reading to Archibald B. Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt, and the books that he plans to read them in her absence.
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1905-11-12
President Roosevelt tells Charles Sheldon that Frederick Courteney Selous is visiting for a night or two, and asks him to come to Washington. He will try to get Gifford Pinchot and a few other men to come to dinner to discuss “nothing but forests and big game.”
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1905-11-12
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.
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1897-12-27
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs James Bryce he is acting Secretary of the Navy due to the absence of Secretary of the Navy Long but would like to meet with Bryce in New York in late September or early October. Roosevelt asks if Bryce knows Frederick Courteney Selous, as he would like to meet him, and also inquires if Bryce has an address for Spencer Walpole.
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1897-08-17
James D. Stearnes enjoyed Theodore Roosevelt’s African Game Trails and asks if Frederick Courteney Selous has a book about the expedition. He asks for suggestions on further reading materials.
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1911-11-06
Duncan Tovey requests a brief meeting in the afternoon with Theodore Roosevelt for advice on arranging Frederick Courteney Selous’ lecture tour. The reverse side lists a potential schedule.
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1911-02-21
Hugh H. Heatley understands that Theodore Roosevelt has him to call at his office and asks what time on Friday is most convenient. He is leaving for England soon and has been busy making inquiries about forming a club.
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1910-11-28
Hugh H. Heatley recently arrived in the United States and hopes to meet with Theodore Roosevelt even though he is busy.
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1910-10-03
Ernest Ingersoll sends Theodore Roosevelt a clipping he wrote about Roosevelt’s book describing his travels in Africa for the Literary Digest. Ingersoll remarks that he likes to get the books in his library signed by their contributors, and while he already has Roosevelt’s autograph, asks if he might help him get the signatures of Frederick Courteney Selous and R. J. Cunninghame, who accompanied Roosevelt on his safari.
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1910-10-13
Edward North Buxton discusses the equipment and supplies he has sent to President Roosevelt in preparation for his upcoming African safari, including the proper guns, bullets, hats, and shoes. Buxton also discusses Winston Churchill’s remarks on quinine as a treatment for malaria. He asks Roosevelt if he will come dine with the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire, of which Buxton is a founding member, when Roosevelt visits England the following year.
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1909-02-09
Alfred E. Pease discusses President Roosevelt’s travel plans for his upcoming trip to Africa. Pease, who will be hosting Roosevelt, suggests he visit Nairobi and take the Athi River to Mombasa. Pease also updates Roosevelt on his own family’s travel plans, and discusses the big game present in the area.
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1909-01-07
Edward North Buxton discusses the supplies President Roosevelt will need on his upcoming safari. These items include rifles, cartridges, hats, nailed boots, and hunting glasses.
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1909-01-08
W. S. Rainsford advises President Roosevelt on several details regarding his upcoming African safari. Rainsford believes Roosevelt will become fast friends with R. J. Cunninghame, with whom he has had the chance to spend some time with recently. He also mentions some of the dangers Roosevelt may face, and cites several casualties that have occurred since he has been in Africa.
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1908-12-25
John St. Loe Strachey approves of President Roosevelt’s recent article on ex-presidents, and opines that if Roosevelt were the only man to ever become an ex-president, then there would be no worry, but that people have to consider normal men rather than only Roosevelt. If the United States were to retain the services of ex-presidents by paying them, it would forestall any chance that an ex-president would take a job that seems unsuitable for an ex-president. Strachey extended his earlier invitation to Roosevelt not to set a definite date to visit, but merely to make sure that Roosevelt’s calendar did not fill up. Recent accusations against Roosevelt in newspapers by Joseph Pulitzer disgust Strachey, and he hopes that Roosevelt’s sister and brother-in-law, Corinne and Douglas Robinson, have not been worried by the attack.
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1908-12-19
James J. Harrison thanks President Roosevelt for the letter, and is glad that he received it before leaving for Africa. He wishes he could meet with Roosevelt in Africa to renew their friendship, but will be leaving shortly before Roosevelt’s planned arrival, so they will pass each other on the sea. Harrison promises to collect whatever information he can about Africa that might be of interest to Roosevelt and have it ready for him when he lands. He offers Roosevelt some advice about planning his itinerary in Africa.
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1908-11-26
Ambassador Reid has discussed President Roosevelt’s upcoming trip to Africa with Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, and reports that the issue regarding permits to enter game reserves has been resolved. The licenses will be taken care of. Crewe-Milnes assured Reid that Roosevelt’s needs will be taken care of, but that the British government understands that he does not want a fuss. Reid also discusses a number of domestic political issues in England, as well as the state of international affairs in Europe. He thinks that in spite of rumors in the British press about southwestern Europe, a war is unlikely. Reid encloses a caricature of Roosevelt that he thinks he will find amusing.
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1908-11-03
Edward North Buxton assures President Roosevelt that he enjoys planning Roosevelt’s trip to Africa, and that there is no need to thank him. He discusses the supplies, including boots, that he is arranging for Roosevelt. Buxton has nothing more to say about Roosevelt’s decision to hire a white man to lead his trip, although he expresses his concerns about having too many white men in the party. He also suggests limiting the number of guns and shooters to two. He discusses which native guides Roosevelt should hire, and the merits of Roosevelt hiring them himself, rather than delegating it to his head man.
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1908-10-13
Alfred E. Pease informs President Roosevelt about what it would cost Captain George Hutton Riddell to supply his party in Nairobi. He also hopes that Roosevelt will not allow his having committed to stay with him prevent him from staying with William Northrup McMillan, who Pease believes has better resources at his disposal. Pease assures Roosevelt that if he does stay with him, he will provide him with good hunting.
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1908-10-24