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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.”
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1907-08-23
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Edward Coffin for the extracts from Field and Stream and is happy to be of assistance with the Bayne Bill. He enjoyed having Coffin and Seton Thompson for lunch.
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1911-06-02
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary invites William T. Hornaday to dinner with Ernest Thompson Seton and William E. Coffin.
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1911-05-08
Theodore Roosevelt pleads with James Rudolph Garfield not to ask him to write a foreword, as it would be pointless to make another statement on the subject. Roosevelt has already written to West and Ernest Thompson Seton about the Boy Scouts, and that statement could still be used if necessary. Roosevelt wants Garfield to join him at Oyster Bay the next time he visits New York so that they can discuss politics, particularly Taft’s “blunders.” Taft’s reliance upon Congress in relation to the matter with Mexico is, Roosevelt feels, a failure of a president’s duty to lead.
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1911-04-28
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary has spoken with Roosevelt about Ernest Thompson Seton’s inability to come to Sagamore Hill next Monday for lunch. Roosevelt’s secretary would like to know if perhaps Monday, May 15, would be a more convenient date.
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1911-04-27
Theodore Roosevelt sends William E. Coffin the list. However, he is confused by the question of guides and professional hunters. He describes how during the kills on his safari, he was usually alone or had another amateur, white hunter with him. The native gun-bearers typically found the game. As such, Roosevelt does not feel he deserves “high honor” in these cases. The same is mostly true for his American hunts, although sometimes he did have guides.
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1911-03-25
President Roosevelt thanks Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson for the scale and for her company at lunch.
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1909-02-19
President Roosevelt tells Hamlin Garland that he is looking forward to seeing Ernest Thompson Seton and learning about his new book. Roosevelt thinks that while Seton’s early work was somewhat dubious and “did very emphatically confound fact and fiction,” his later books have been excellent.
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1908-11-27
“Teddy” Crombie writes to Theodore Roosevelt about his desire to join the Boy Scouts and that he wants to see Roosevelt. He missed him on his last trip, because Crombie lives on a ranch five miles from town. Crombie also wishes he could have gone to Africa with Roosevelt. He says, “I hope that you will be President and I will try to grow up into as good and honest a man as you are.”
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1912-02-25
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.
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1897-05-05
William T. Hornaday agrees with James E. West’s newspaper comments about former Chief Scout Ernest Thompson Seton. Hornaday believes that someone who holds such negative opinions of the United States should not lead an organization of American children, and he regrets that Seton is reviving the Woodcraft League of America.
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1915-12-08
Maud Nathan informs Theodore Roosevelt that he is surprised to see Roosevelt be so unwilling to male a public statement on equal suffrage and recalls a luncheon where Roosevelt was firm on his belief on women’s suffrage. Nathan inquires why Roosevelt did not make recommendations for equal suffrage as Governor to the New York legislature and why he is still unwilling to make a public statement.
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1911-10-23
Caspar Whitney informs Theodore Roosevelt about a symposium of opinions he is planning on the relative value of recreational fishing versus recreational shooting, an inquires if Roosevelt would like to contribute an opinion. Whitney lists individuals he has already solicited opinions from, and requests to hear back from Roosevelt by the end of next week, as any symposium on the subject matter would be incomplete without a word from him.
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1911-05-31
William E. Coffin encloses to Theodore Roosevelt relevant pages from the June 1911 issue of Field and Stream that feature an article on Roosevelt’s achievements and honors, though due to lack of space the list of awards will be included in the following issue. He discusses the Bayne Bill, which prohibits the sale of game, that has passed the New York State Senate and will likely be signed into law. Coffin fondly recalls the hours spent at Sagamore Hill with Roosevelt and Ernest Thompson Seton, and the invitation was appreciated.
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1911-05-26
William E. Coffin informs Frank Harper that he received a telegram from Ernest Thompson Seton confirming plans for May 15.
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1911-05-01
William E. Coffin believes he is authorized to accept Frank Harper’s invitation for May 15 on Ernest Thompson Seton’s behalf but will confirm. He assumes they are to take the Long Island train with plans to arrive at Sagamore Hill at 12:30.
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1911-04-28
Charles Sumner Bird reminds Theodore Roosevelt that earlier, he said that he would be happy to write a few words for his book about Charles “Buffalo” Jones if the book itself was written by E. Marshall Scull. Bird encloses a copy of a letter he wrote to Ernest Thompson Seton and says that he is fond of Jones, and resented what Madison Grant told him, although some other men share Grant’s opinion.
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1911-02-06
Edward B. Clark writes to President Roosevelt, refuting the claim in the editorial in The Washington Herald that he sold his interview to the highest bidder. He instead that simply submitted it to one publication – Everybody’s Magazine.
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1907-07-05
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.
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1907-07-03
John Burroughs congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on a safe return to Oyster Bay after his remarks at the Capitol. Burroughs also feels that Theodore and Edith Roosevelt would enjoy learning about the work Ernest Thompson Seton is doing with the Boy Scouts and Seton’s knowledge of Indian Country.
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1906-07-02