Ammunition

Cap-Chur darts and a rifle rest on a blanket.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1960

Cap-Chur darts are used by park staff in wildlife management at Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1960

President Roosevelt asks Edward North Buxton about mosquito boots and requests that he review the supply list and make any needed changes. Alfred E. Pease’s description of where to hunt lion and other game thoroughly excites Roosevelt. The Winchester Repeating Arms Company has arranged for shipping ammunition. Roosevelt intends to follow Buxton’s advice and “shall travel as comfortably as possible.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-07

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, Rudolph Forster orders ammunition and target stickers from M. Hartley Company.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-24

On behalf of President Roosevelt, Rudolph Forster orders ammunition and stickers for targets from M. Hartley Company.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-24

President Roosevelt thanks Frederick Courteney Selous for helping him prepare for his African trip, and reviews the supplies that have been arranged. Although hesitant at first, Roosevelt agrees with Selous on hiring “a reliable white man to manage the caravan and the like.” He requests that Selous hire William C. Judd for the position. Arrangements have been made for shipping the ammunition.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-22

President Roosevelt holds two revolvers and fires at a dictionary, which has a variety of holes in it. Beside him is “amunishon from A. Carnege Skidoo Castel” and a bouquet “from the Simplified Spelling Board.” Ghosts of Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, and Samuel Johnson come out of the dictionary. Caption: “What Mr. Roosevelt means is to scrap the English language. He is a patriot, not a pottering philologist.”—The London “Saturday Review.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-22

The Union Metallic Cartridge Company made cartridges for Luger pistols that are identical to those used in carbines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-02

An invoice from the M. Hartley Company to President Theodore Roosevelt for gun cartridges and shells.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-08-31

Rear Admiral Newton E. Mason explains the budget and spending of the United States Navy Bureau of Ordnance including expenditures for ships, guns, ammunition, equipment, and facilities. Mason defends the budget in an attempt to secure ideal funding for the upcoming year.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-11

New York Mayor Seth Low directs the bombardment of a Tammany Hall bunker flying a flag labeled “Tammany Graft.” Several men, among them former President Grover Cleveland, and Charles V. Fornes, pass shells labeled “Clean record, Capable administration, [and] Just return for taxes” for an “Anti-Tammany” howitzer. They are behind a sand-bag bunker labeled “Honest Government” and are flying the flag of “Municipal Reform.” Caption: “That ammunition fits our gun only.”

comments and context

Comments and Context

“Regulars and Irregulars” — cartoonist Keppler illustrated the “fusion” aspect of Mayor Seth Low’s New York City administration.In 1901 Low had been elected as a Reform Republican and Fusion candidate, on the Citizen’s Union ticket.

William II, Emperor of Germany, with a Bible propped up on a Gatling gun, reads aloud from the gospels. There is a box of ammunition at his feet.

comments and context

Comments and Context

In 1900, Kaiser Wilhelm delivered a speech to German troops embarking to China to help suppress the Boxer rebellion. It is notable for two reasons. He ordered the troops to invoke the fighting spirit of Atilla the Hun, which invited a long-standing epithet used against Germans ever since. The other theme was addressed by cartoonist Keppler: the Kaiser resurrected the mantle of the Holy Roman Empire. Implicitly he, a Lutheran, inherited the legacy of the ancient religious and political confederation, hence the Bible and bullets in Keppler’s commentary. 

Dana Wright thanks Harry F. Roberts for the maps. Some ammunition casings have been found near Flat Top Butte and Wright is interested in finding out what guns they fitted.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-09-31

Harmon Olstad found some old army cartridges northeast of Square Top Butte which may help corroborate Historian Chester L. Brooks’s findings that General Sully’s skirmish was near the water hole east of the butte.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-09-16

Historian Chester L. Brooks would like to examine the northeast corner of Flat Top Butte where he believes the skirmish took place and the spring is located. Some of the ammunition found at the site might be from a different skirmish during the retreat from the Little Bighorn. An examination of the ammunition could successfully date the site.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1953-07-27

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary showed Roosevelt the letter and bill from A. Fauconnet. Roosevelt does not recall purchasing ammunition from Bremen, Germany, and asks if Jacob Friedenberg can provide more information.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-13

Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed hearing from Herbert de H. Haag. His last letter was short because of the “incredible number of letters” he receives. He answers Haag’s questions about the firearm and ammunition he used during his safari at length.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-11-07

President Roosevelt is happy to have Lawn & Alder outfit his entire safari and send the supplies to Alfred E. Pease’s ranch. He is particularly glad to hear that they can get certain provisions that he wanted, such as Boston baked beans. After much thought, he agrees with Frederick Courteney Selous’s suggestion that he should hire a white man to manage the caravan, and will take Selous’s suggestion of William C. Judd.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-22

President Roosevelt questions Edward North Buxton about whether or not he should bring a gun for close-range shooting. He clarifies his decision to hire an Englishman to manage his caravan, and his choice of hunting guides for himself and his son Kermit. He hopes that he will be able to get permission to visit game reserves in British East Africa to shoot specimens for the National Museum, but he does not want special privileges that would not be extended to others. He plans to start his hunt at Alfred E. Pease’s ranch, and wants to know if it will be possible to keep the press away. He notes that his son Ted will be starting his new job while he and Kermit are hunting.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-10

President Roosevelt discusses various matters regarding provisions, hunting rifles, and ammunition for his upcoming African safari. He would like them to be sent to Mombasa and Alfred E. Pease’s ranch for him to pick up when he arrives. Roosevelt informs Edward North Buxton that he has decided to take Frederick Courteney Selous’s advice and hire a white man to manage his caravan; this will allow Roosevelt to focus on hunting and not on the logistics of the caravan. While Roosevelt and his son Kermit are staying with Pease, the manager and taxidermists and naturalists that are coming along can stay nearby. Roosevelt discusses the areas he would like to hunt and the animals that he hopes to shoot.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-12