Robert Harry Munro Ferguson thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the Christmas letter and understands the issue with travel distances in Arizona. He offers to organize a hunt on Roosevelt’s return trip, should he want. Ferguson appreciates Roosevelt’s personally edited edition of policies. He asks if the “hydrophobic skunk” poses any danger to his children and puppy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-25

Creator(s)

Ferguson, Robert Harry Munro, 1868-1922

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Period

Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

2

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Letter

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Robert Harry Munro Ferguson to Theodore Roosevelt. [January 25, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o63852. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Ferguson, Robert Harry Munro, 1868-1922. Letter from Robert Harry Munro Ferguson to Theodore Roosevelt. [25 Jan. 1911]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 6, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o63852.

APA:

Ferguson, Robert Harry Munro, 1868-1922., [1911, January 25]. Letter from Robert Harry Munro Ferguson to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o63852.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 6, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.

APA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.