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C. Hart Merriam questions whether William J. Long is deliberately preying on the public or whether he has psychological issues. Merriam notes that Long has given several animals “new cunning, new habits, and new physical strength.” He concludes that Long possesses “creative memory.”
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1903
C. Hart Merriam thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the skin and skeleton of the dark-colored wolf from north of Quebec. This is the first skin from eastern Canada.
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1917-01-19
C. Hart Merriam will lunch with Theodore Roosevelt on Tuesday at Oyster Bay. Edmund Heller will also join. Merriam is glad Roosevelt is pleased with his review of Life Histories of African Game Animals.
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1916-05-04
C. Hart Merriam is in the process of revising a review of Roosevelt’s Life Histories of African Game Animals. Merriam says that the book is “one of the most complete and useful works ever written on the game animals of any country.” The delay has been caused by the desire for books about the war.
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1916-01-15
C. Hart Merriam will meet Theodore Roosevelt at the train on Tuesday. He will gladly drive Roosevelt and three others around for the day.
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1914-05-24
C. Hart Merriam congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on the successful accomplishment of Roosevelt’s explorations in South America. He trusts that the newspapers have exaggerated accounts of Roosevelt’s poor health.
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1914-05-20
C. Hart Merriam has reviewed Theodore Roosevelt’s chapter on concealing and revealing coloration. His criticisms include a belligerent tone to the article, Roosevelt’s annihilation of Abbott Handerson Thayer, and a disbelief in natural selection.
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1913-05-05
A manuscript that Theodore Roosevelt wrote C. Hart Merriam about has not yet been received. Merriam sends the information Roosevelt requested on the spotted skunk.
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1913-03-31
C. Hart Merriam does not know of anything that would prevent him from coming to dinner at Oyster Bay on Monday. He tells Theodore Roosevelt that Edward William Nelson, who has also been invited to dinner, is currently home with a cold, but should be recovered before Monday.
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1912-03-12
C. Hart Merriam’s visit to Oyster Bay has again been delayed, as he must attend court. He believes he should be free any day after Thursday.
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1912-03-06
C. Hart Merriam coordinates a visit of himself and Edward William Nelson with Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay.
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1912-03-04
C. Hart Merriam has a cold, forcing a delay in his visit to Theodore Roosevelt. In the meantime, he will read Roosevelt’s paper on coloration published by The American Museum. While he was in British Columbia, Merriam photographed caribou specimens. Merriam also mentions having visited with several people while he was in British Columbia, including Warburton Pike, Clive Phillips-Wolley, and Marshall Bond.
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1912-01-07
C. Hart Merriam sends President Roosevelt information he requested about the Biological Survey for use in Roosevelt’s message to Congress. Merriam just returned from a trip along the Mexican boundary. He learned that the Desert Bighorn is still common in the Colorado desert and that the mule deer sticks to the desert.
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1907-11-01
C. Hart Merriam thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the wolf skull. Merriam will add the wolf skull to the national collection.
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1907-08-18
C. Hart Merriam thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the letter that came just as he was leaving Washington, D.C., for the west. He appreciated the information about the pigeons and the context for Shiras’ letter. Merriam also describes work that Nelson is doing to collect opinions from well known naturalists.
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1907-07-04
C. Hart Merriam returns the manuscript written by Frederick Courteney Selous with thanks. Merriam found the facts about the cape hunting dog most interesting.
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1907-06-03
C. Hart Merriam received a batch of bear skulls from Colorado but did not receive any data to accompany them. He will ask his officer about the rattlesnakes, but kindly requests the data.
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1905-08-03
C. Hart Merriam received the coyote specimens. There are ten hides and eleven skulls and they appear to be coyotes from the Plains.
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1905-05-29
C. Hart Merriam responds to President Roosevelt’s recent letter, expressing that he was “mortified” and “hurt” by Roosevelt’s interpretation of his actions.
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1904-03-26
C. Hart Merriam has received further letters from Native Americans on the Blackfoot Reservation. They are impoverished and are paid for their work in the store in “duebills” which must be used in the store.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-21