Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to E. A. Hitchcock

This item includes a letter in which President Roosevelt advises Secretary Hitchcock on providing some of the Indian Agents with amenities.

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Supervisor on the first of every month as to the industrial condition of the Indians, and their proposed industrial plans for the coming summer, and then as to the progress from month to month on the several reservations. Give the General Super- visor a copy of the letter to all the agents and superintend- ents notified as above. Then after the notification has been sent, order the General Supervisor to visit the reservations in the States and Territories mentioned, so that by the end of the season he can report to the Department in full as to the general conditions and industrial progress, and make such recormmendations as may seom necessary. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevely Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior.