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Records, 1890-1929

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Series 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1890-1929. Arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
Box 48
Folders 9-13 Roosevelt African Expedition, correspondence, June 1908-February 1909. Theodore Roosevelt invited the Smithsonian to send a naturalist along on his intended expedition to Africa. Finally three were sent: Edgar A. Mearns; Edmund Heller; and J. A. Loring. The party sailed from New York in March 1909 and disbanded at Khartoum in March 1910. The National Museum acquired about 1,000 skins of large mammals, 4,000 of small ones, and other specimens, totaling about 11,400 items.
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