Heading: (Hornaday Archive)
Author: Seton, Ernest Thompson
Title: Eight letters from Ernest Thompson Seton to William T. Hornaday
Place Published: Connecticut
Publisher:
Date Published: 1907-1914
Description:

Typed letters signed by Ernest Thompson Seton, with his characteristic sketch of a bear paw following each signature. Most letters with ink corrections by Seton. Some multiple pages, totaling 14 pages in all.

British-born, Canadian-raised author Ernest Thompson Seton, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America, writes to naturalist William T. Hornaday, director of the Bronx Zoological Park. A number of matters are covered, including discussion of the Camp Fire Club, Seton's estrangement from his old friend Dan Beard, the Boy Scouts, G.O. Shields, setting aside land for a buffalo reserve, and the invention of a Peacock muzzle, "practically invisible and shuts off the squawk." In one letter he notes that he has "just had a nice autograph letter from Mr. Roosevelt, written in camp, of which I am enclosing a copy." The typed copy of the TR letter, dated "On Safari, Oct. 16, 1909," accepts an invitation to address the Camp Fire Club, but asks that, "if possible, have no reporters present."

Some normal wear and edge creasing, overall very good.