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John W. Osborn enjoyed seeing Theodore Roosevelt last March, but is disappoint Roosevelt will not join him for a bear hunt in November. Osborn hopes Kermit Roosevelt might come and that Roosevelt will also come. Osborn and his wife have had another little girl making four girls and two boys in his family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-01
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William H. Carroll for the interesting clippings and hopes Carroll will be able to secure a wild turkey.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-09
President Roosevelt is envious of Dr. Yarrow’s “magnificent gobbler” (turkey).
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-06
A timeline of major milestones and events at Sullys Hill National Game Preserve from 1867 to 1995.
1995
President Roosevelt thanks James A. Cruikshank for the letter and enclosures. He cannot grant Cruikshank permission to quote him, because if he gave him permission, he would have to grant all other such requests. Roosevelt has only done a little wolf hunting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-07
John Milliken Parker sends a copy of Frank H. Tompkins’ book, Riparian Lands of the Mississippi River, and photographs of wild turkeys to President Roosevelt. Parker relays that Holt Collier, Major George M. Helm, Hugh Foote, and John Avery McIlhenny are on a bear-hunting expedition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-24