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President Roosevelt assures Gifford Pinchot that he will have a completely “free hand” in the Bureau of Forestry in terms of policies pursued and persons appointed. There will be no difference than if he was the “independent head of the bureau.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-18
William Davenport Hulbert sent Abbott a rough draft of his article on Clarence Cunningham’s Alaskan land claims. If it comes to him, Hulbert asks Theodore Roosevelt to critique it. Additionally, Hulbert requests Roosevelt show it to anyone involved in Alaskan affairs. B. D. Townsend, a special assistant with the Department of Justice, approved the article after discussing the issue with Hulbert. Hulbert includes a passage he is considering adding regarding the controversy between then Secretary of the Interior Richard Achilles Ballinger and Chief Forrester Gifford Pinchot.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-02
Chief of the United States Forest Service Gifford Pinchot writes to Stanford University President Jordan, to follow up on a letter that Jordan wrote to Congressman James Carson Needham. In the letter, Jordan sent a petition from citizens of San Benito County, California, asking that the Pinnacles area be set aside as a National Park. While Pinchot has received reports that this area should be preserved, “its picturesque qualities alone would not warrant the Government in spending money to protect and administer it.” If it is of scientific interest, however, the government would be more justified in doing this, and Pinchot therefore asks Jordan to judge the area’s value to geological science.
1905-02-09
Dr. Jordan forwards to Congressman Needham a petition from several residents of San Benito County, California, to set aside lands containing the Pinnacles and establish them as a National Park. Jordan encloses a map of the proposed park, the book A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean by George Vancouver, who describes the area, and a book of photographs of the area. Jordan endorses the effort to create this National Park and asks Needham to pass along the request to Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock.
1904-04-23