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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

President Roosevelt has enclosed a letter for Acting Secretary of War Oliver from the Department of Agriculture that explains itself. Roosevelt asks Shaw to wire “the Commander of Military Post at Eagle” and notify him to only have the troops shoot caribou for subsistence and that to prevent the slaughter of caribou. Commercial hunting is prohibited.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-04