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President Roosevelt is happy to hear about “the game” and thanks Charles Jesse Jones for the photographs. Archibald Roosevelt will enjoy the picture of the two bears.
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1904-04-13
President Roosevelt likes the bear photographs and hopes to go hunting with John B. Goff when his present job is through.
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1903-10-24
President Roosevelt thanks Perkins for the bear skin and believes it will be a great ornament in the White House.
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1903-05-23
President Roosevelt thanks Michael F. Cronin for the bear skin.
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1903-03-12
President Roosevelt and Philip Battell Stewart are working out the arrangements for a hunting trip.
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1902-12-30
Vice President Roosevelt identifies John Goff of Meeker, Colorado, as the name of his guide. He does not think that Goff would part with his dogs. He speculates that the dogs would “step” a bear since he has seen them with mountain lions.
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1901-08-28
Alexander Lambert details his recent goat hunt in the mountains for President Roosevelt. Lambert has responded to Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield with his honest opinion about Yellowstone National Park. Although Lambert does not have legal evidence, he details William H. Wright’s observations on the military custodians and the diminishing bear population. Lambert inquires about scheduling for his visit, and will discuss the details further in person.
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1908-09-29
John W. Osborn has shipped some large bear heads to the Department of Agriculture that he would like President Roosevelt to see. He describes the hunts they were killed on, and wishes that Roosevelt had been there. Osborn enjoyed his time visiting Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., and hopes to visit there again next summer.
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1908-03-01
William W. Hart writes President Roosevelt about the conditions of several bear skulls and skins that Roosevelt has asked to be shipped. A few of the skins are shedding but overall in good condition, while the skulls are somewhat damaged and mutilated. Hart will send the specimens on receipt of Roosevelt’s instructions.
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1907-07-05
William W. Hart has received President Roosevelt’s letters and has the skulls from inside the heads of Roosevelt’s bear rugs.
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1907-06-27
John Burroughs writes to Lyman Abbott, editor of The Outlook, to defend the remarks Theodore Roosevelt made about the “nature faker” controversy. Abbott wrote an editorial saying that Roosevelt made a “too sharp distinction between fiction and fact.” Burroughs believes that there is “a legitimate and an illegitimate use of the imagination in writing human history.”
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1907-06-11
The William W. Hart taxidermy company writes to William Loeb about a bear rug, which has been cleaned. The canvas lining did not need to be replaced. A note on the back of the letter asks whether a letter should be written regarding a beaver robe.
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1906-12-05
William W. Hart confirms with Secretary Latta that he is sending three bear skins to be taxidermied for Oyster Bay. Hart recommends that the heads be checked by an expert familiar with destructive moths that make “priceless trophies” into a “source of continual annoyance.”
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1906-09-27
George Otto Trevelyan thanks President Roosevelt for the books, particularly American Hunter and its discussion of Yellowstone Park, bears and bison. Trevelyan describes his and his wife’s experiences in and appreciation for Rome. He also mentions Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s wedding, being ill with typhoid, and other books he has recently read.
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1906-01-08
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
St. George Littledale writes to President Roosevelt to describe a hunting trip to Alaska where he saw moose and bears and camped with Indians.
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1904-10-05
Colorized postcard showing a close-up of a bear at Yellowstone National Park. The number designation on the front indicates the postcard is part of a series.
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