Wyoming

President Roosevelt expresses his gratitude to Senator Warren and Wyoming.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-02

President Roosevelt thanks Senator Warren and Wyoming and is “mighty grateful to both.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-14

President Roosevelt was unaware of the movement and will look into the matter. He assures Governor Chatterton that no injustice will be done to the people of Wyoming.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-18

President Roosevelt would like Captain Bullock to join him in Butte, Montana, and travel with him at least until Cheyenne, Wyoming.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-27

President Roosevelt wants to know what is being done about the Alaskan forest reserves and would like to see Mr. Anderson appointed assistant superintendent in Wyoming.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-16

President Roosevelt received a letter from J. D. Sargent regarding the violation of game laws in Wyoming and asks for Gifford Pinchot’s opinion on the issue.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-16

President Roosevelt writes regarding a letter from Catherine Winthrop Sargent on protecting game in Wyoming. After consulting Gifford Pinchot, Roosevelt believes that the matter should be turned over to the Boone and Crockett Club.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-20

After receiving a letter from Caspar Whitney, President Roosevelt would like to know if he can do anything to help protect game in Wyoming.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-08

Vice President Roosevelt thanks Charles Harcourt and the Grand Army of Colorado and Wyoming for the letter of sympathy. They have every reason to hope that President McKinley will recover from the attempted assassination.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-09

Vice President Roosevelt is unsure how to advise Winthrop Murray Crane. He knows of a hunter in Wyoming who has hunted mountain lions during the winter and he has dogs. If Crane’s son would like to spend the winter further south, there is a man with hunting dogs near Meeker, Colorado, although that area’s climate is as severe as that of Wyoming. Roosevelt wants to talk with Crane about what has happened in several states.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-10

Vice President Roosevelt is content with the speech he made and is happy for the way Mrs. G. A. Cook felt about her children. He thinks that a good family with healthy children stands “head and shoulders” above all citizens. Roosevelt did not take a stand on Rough Rider organizations in “sister states” because he realizes the response that might come because of his position. However, he views Wyoming as the “real home of the Rough Riders.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-27

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt is glad that Frederick Courteney Selous enjoyed his hunting trip, but is melancholy to realize that the United States has lost so much of its hunting grounds. Roosevelt recalls a few of his own hunting experiences: “I was just in time to see the last of the real wilderness life and real wilderness hunting.” Roosevelt also recommends several books to Selous and provides information about his experience ranching in North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-30

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt suggests to M. J. Herron that Western Montana and Northwestern Wyoming would be the best places. However, he explains that there is no good game country around the big ranches.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-10-25

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sends Frederik Courteney Selous maps of Montana and Wyoming to use on his upcoming hunting trip to the region around Yellowstone National Park. Roosevelt has marked these maps with the routes he believes he had taken when he hunted in the areas, but he is unsure of their accuracy. Roosevelt informs Selous of the areas where he successfully hunted various big game animals, such as elk, bighorn sheep, and wolves.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-18

On behalf of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, William Howell informs C. S. Roberts that he is not establishing a game preserve in Wyoming.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-04-30

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Terry and Stowell that he is not interested in a park in Wyoming.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-04-25

C. D. Kellogg writes on behalf of John Dwyer who worked for the benefit of the Roosevelt campaign at the Republican National Convention. Dwyer’s actions have put his position in danger and Kellogg hopes that Senator Dixon can do something on Dwyer’s behalf.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-08

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-10

Creator(s)

O'Laughlin, John Callan, 1873-1949

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Paul Joseph Dashiell sends Theodore Roosevelt a pouch of “larb,” which Native Americans sometimes smoke in place of tobacco. He says that mixed with tobacco, it tastes and smells like campfire smoke. The pouch used to belong to W. Hallett Phillips. Dashiell thinks that Roosevelt will appreciate the pouch, because he appreciates the West.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-14

Owen Wister remarks how Ethel Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt’s kind letters tempt Wister into traveling to Sagamore Hill the next time he is able. Wister is planning a trip to Wyoming, though is delayed due to an emergency on the part of his attendant. He discusses the “books of length” he plans to take on his journey, including A Pluralistic Universe by William James that explores the work of Henri Bergson. He also suggests From Kant to Nietzsche by Jules de Gaultier. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-27