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Theodore Roosevelt informs H. D. Minot that he should be able to meet him in the White Mountains for a weekend. He writes that he spent most of his summer in Oyster Bay, but visited Maine for a month. Roosevelt has started work again and is going to try to keep his grades up.
1879-09-30
Profile House and cottages, in the White Mountains, New Hampshire.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906
Louis A. Coolidge requests information related to an enclosed letter from Frank O. Lowden. Coolidge has been entertaining friends and sight seeing. Coolidge discusses Charles E. Littlefield, the election for governor, and the effect of “Pinkerton issues.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-23
Twelve-year-old Theodore Roosevelt’s diary chronicling a trip through the northeastern United States with his family including the Adirondack Mountains, Lake George, and Lake Placid in New York, the White Mountains and North Conway in New Hampshire, Worcester, Massachusetts and New Haven, Connecticut and others.
1871-08
Edward Everett Hale writes of forest depletion in New Hampshire and suggests establishing a National Park in the White Mountains. Hale sends a copy of the New Hampshire forest commission’s conclusions, since he has learned from the Bureau of Agriculture that President Roosevelt is interested.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-28
Around 500,000 acres are desired for the proposed White Mountains reservation. The cost should be around $10 per acre.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-28