Jim's lost Olympic gifts and praise after Olympics

 

*** Grace Thorpe asked me to find these items and get them returned to her family (VIKING SHIP FROM THE CZAR OF RUSSIA and BRONZE BUST FROM THE KING OF SWEDEN)

 

AFTER HIS OLYMPIC WIN:

Letters From the President, Secretary of the Interior, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
 

So far has the fame of Thorpe spread, that his achievements have been noted by the highest officials of the United States Government, and congratulatory letters have been received from President William H. Taft; Hon. Walter L. Fisher, Secretary of the Interior Department of the United States; Hon. Robert G. Valentine, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Congressman Marlin E. Olmsted, of this district. 

Following are copies of the letters: The White House,
Washington, July 29, 1912.

 

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https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/default/files/docs-publications/CarlisleArrow_v09n02.pdf