Travel--Planning

President Roosevelt requests that Ambassador Reid explain to Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes that his African trip is a scientific expedition to collect specimens for the National Museum, not “a game butchering trip.” However, if given the opportunity, Roosevelt may collect some trophies. The invitation from the chancellor of Oxford, George Nathaniel Curzon, to present the Romanes lecture gives Roosevelt a genuine reason to visit England on his return from Africa. He details his travel itinerary, plans for appropriate formal attire, and people to call upon. Roosevelt is interested in what the Japanese minister for foreign affairs Jutarō Komura says and includes his letter to Japanese ambassador Kogoro Takahira and the reply. Reid’s full statement on the incidents of the Olympics pleases Roosevelt, who believes intense international matches inevitably result in misunderstandings.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-20

President Roosevelt asks Edward North Buxton if his letter to Alfred E. Pease was clear on specific points relating to his Africa trip. He has been advised to hire an Englishman but would rather have a native guide. Roosevelt continues to gather supplies and equipment, agreeing that footwear is too important to consider the expense. He shares his travel plans and ideas with Buxton.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-20

President Roosevelt encloses the revised lists of supplies for Frederick Courteney Selous. He discusses his reasoning behind the revisions and provides Selous with his travel itinerary. Gerrit Forbes recently visited Roosevelt and recounted his recent hunt in Africa. Roosevelt is reluctant to hire a white man for the trip but will do so if Selous suggests it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-19

President Roosevelt is looking forward to visiting Arthur Hamilton Lee while in England. If Roosevelt visits in the fall he would be pleased to visit Lee’s hunting lodge, and he details his experiences in deer stalking and fox hunting. Roosevelt agrees with Lee on international athletics and finds that such competition often ends in an unhealthy bitterness. Roosevelt will read The Quarterly, in particular the article on Germany, and he has things to say to Lee in person rather than on paper.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-17

Moreton Frewen’s letter interests President Roosevelt. He invites Frewen to visit when he is in Washington. Roosevelt does not have exact travel plans and will wait until reaching Nairobi. If Frewen knows William Northrup McMillan, Roosevelt would like a letter of introduction.

This letter was returned undelivered and not sent out again.

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President Roosevelt believes his brother-in-law, Douglas Robinson, is handling the details of a reception exactly as it should be handled. Roosevelt confirms the details of his trip to the dedication of a library in Herkimer, New York.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-12

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt informs Roger Williams that her children, Theodore and Ethel Roosevelt, will meet the USS Sylph at 4:20 p.m.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-12

President Roosevelt thanks Lewis Morris Iddings for giving him a letter from F. R. Wingate and says he will write to him at once.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-12

Theodore Roosevelt knows that Edgar Alexander Mearns will have his travel accommodations made in advance, but reminds him to make plans for where he will stay on the steamer.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-10

President Roosevelt hopes to be able to rely upon A. Blayney Percival for direction in locating the different types of game he wishes to hunt on his upcoming African safari, including lion, elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, giraffe, hippopotamus, eland, wildebeests, roan, oryx, and waterbuck.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-08

President Roosevelt is counting on seeing J. H. Patterson and his wife, Frances Helena Patterson, in the White House in October, and offers his assistance in planning a trip to the West.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-08

President Roosevelt updates Henry Cabot Lodge on personal and political matters. Roosevelt feels obligated to enjoy a series of essays by Westerlick because his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, assumes he would not care for them; the puzzling problem of the re-nomination for Charles Evans Hughes for governor of New York; the plans for Roosevelt’s upcoming African safari, and his desire to tour Europe on the way home as a private citizen without pomp; his plans to write for Scribner’s and The Outlook post-presidency, and his reasoning for selecting those offers.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-08

President Roosevelt tells Edward North Buxton that he has never used a peep sight for hunting, and describes the type of rifle sights he likes best, including a hand-drawn sketch. Roosevelt relays some details about the timing of travel for his upcoming African safari, saying he is pleased to be able to start the hard physical part of the trip by degrees at Alfred E. Pease’s ranch. The president hopes to stop over in England on the return trip to see Buxton, Frederick Courteney Selous, and other friends. Roosevelt has ordered the books Buxton recommended, and thanks him for sending an interesting extract from a report by J. H. Patterson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-08

President Roosevelt sends Kermit Roosevelt a poem that reminds him of Quentin, as well as letters relating to his upcoming African safari. He tells Kermit that he will come with him, provided he does not let it distract him from preparing for his future and will treat it as a college course. Roosevelt also updates his son on the activities of other members of the family.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-23

President Roosevelt encloses Bishop Charles Henry Brent’s sermon and assures Silas McBee that he will talk to Brent. Unfortunately, Roosevelt must return to Washington, D.C., early, and he asks if it would be possible for McBee to bring Bishop of London Arthur F. Winnington Ingram to visit in Washington, D.C., rather than Oyster Bay. Roosevelt will play tennis with Ingram on the White House court.

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Creation Date

1907-08-31

President Roosevelt is deeply touched by Francis J. Heney’s letter. Wall Street believes Roosevelt’s policies have ruined the country, and many individuals have written to Roosevelt on the matter, two of which letters he encloses for Heney. Roosevelt begins his Mississippi River trip on October first and asks Heney if he can join him.

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Creation Date

1907-08-17

Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry’s letter helped President Roosevelt better understand the situation. Roosevelt believes the best itinerary for the Great White Fleet to follow is through the Straits of Magellan and returning through the Suez Canal, but he seeks advice from the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Admiral Willard H. Brownson. Roosevelt also believes several reporters should accompany the fleet.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-10

President Roosevelt invites John Campbell Greenway to visit for a night or two on his way to the Yale bicentennial celebration.

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Creation Date

1901-10-18

President Roosevelt hopes that Secretary of War Root will take the USS Dolphin.

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Creation Date

1901-09-30

President Roosevelt will not reach New Haven, Connecticut, until the morning of October 23. William Whitman Farnam and Henry Walcott Farnam have both invited Roosevelt to be their guest. He asks Arthur Twining Hadley to determine whose guest he should be.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-30