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Governor Roosevelt has firmly decided he will not accept the Vice Presidency. He is corresponding with Frederick Courtenay Selous, a big game hunter from South Africa, about the Second Boer War.
1900-02-05
Montagu White sent autographs of the Boer generals for Kermit Roosevelt and congratulated President Roosevelt on mediating the Anthracite Coal Strike. He requests that Roosevelt speak out regarding conditions in the Transvaal which is attempting to recover after the South African War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-18
The Boer delegates; Montague White, A. D. W. Wolmarans, and Cornelius Hermanus Wessels; would like to meet with President Roosevelt and deliver a letter from Paul Kruger, the former President of the South African Republic. In a handwritten note, President Roosevelt agrees to the meeting and asks if it will be informal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-05