In the Heart of Africa, On Safari, Theodore Roosevelt Writes a Friend
Immediately after the inauguration of William H. Taft, Roosevelt set out with son Kermit for an African safari and to gather specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. In April 1909 he arrived in Mambasa in the Congo. This fulfilled a lifelong dream for the former president, who had always dreamt of big game...
Immediately after the inauguration of William H. Taft, Roosevelt set out with son Kermit for an African safari and to gather specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. In April 1909 he arrived in Mambasa in the Congo. This fulfilled a lifelong dream for the former president, who had always dreamt of big game hunting Africa.
In January 1910, the expedition was particularly prolific. TR arrived north of Lake Victoria in Uganda on the shores of Lake Albert Nyanza and camped here in what is called the Lado country, an enclave that ceased to exist just months later and was located in south Sudan/northwest Uganda. On January 8, he and Kermit successfully went Rhinoceros hunting, killing a cow and calf. On the 10th they were fire fighting on the African plains.
TR’s correspondence during this period is sparse, and just a handful of letters postmarked from Africa survive. They usually relate to invitations contain acknowledgements that he simply cannot commit to any engagements. This is one of those surviving letters.
Autograph letter signed, “In the Lado”, February 1, 1910, to Frank La Lanne, President of the National Board of Trade, who had invited him to an engagement. “Dear Mr. La Lanne, It was pleasant to hear from you; but unfortunately I simply can not make an additional engagement of any kind; I wrote M. Jolhand to express my regret. With thanks for your courtesy, Sincerely Yours, Theodore Roosevelt.”
The envelope is still present, with its “East Africa and Uganda Protectorates” stamp. We cannot recall having seen another such envelope on a TR letter.
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