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Edward Lazansky acknowledges Theodore Roosevelt’s previous letter and encloses a copy of Chapter 95 of the Laws of 1911 which contains legislation pertaining to procuring a concealed carry license for firearms.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-16
Photograph showing President Roosevelt on horseback, holding a rifle.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905
Cap-Chur darts and a rifle rest on a blanket.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1960
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt responds to a request by the Society of Colonial Dames for gun mounts. Roosevelt regrets that there are no available mounts that would fit the specified guns, but sends a blue print design for mounts that the Society could have made.
1897-08-07
President Roosevelt encloses the revised lists of supplies for Frederick Courteney Selous. He discusses his reasoning behind the revisions and provides Selous with his travel itinerary. Gerrit Forbes recently visited Roosevelt and recounted his recent hunt in Africa. Roosevelt is reluctant to hire a white man for the trip but will do so if Selous suggests it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-19
President Roosevelt appreciates A. H. Fox’s offer to build him a shotgun for his upcoming African safari, but Roosevelt prefers hunting with a rifle and so cannot accept Fox’s offer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-14
President Roosevelt looked over Admiral Sims’s letter and the “accompanying admirable article.” He agrees it is discouraging to have previously resolved arguments resurrected, especially those concerning the relationship between rapidity of shots and accuracy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-29
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of War Taft of a recent report comparing army and navy fire control. He is concerned by the army’s “backwardness,” as evidenced by the report. Until recently, the navy showed a similar deficiency but has since improved, as can the army. Roosevelt requests Taft take up the issue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-21
Walter Franklin informs Theodore Roosevelt that he is required to get a license for his revolvers from the Justice of the Peace. However, he is waiting for an official judicial decision before officially taking a position on the topic.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-21
German Ambassador Sternburg shares military intelligence about Japan with President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-01
James Andrew Drain writes to President Roosevelt as president of the National Rifle Association. Drain shares his goals for the organization, which include the promotion of rifle practice. Drain would like Roosevelt to become a lifetime member of the NRA and to send a letter suitable for publication that endorses the objects and purposes of the Association.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-16
Captain Dickson returns to President Roosevelt his rifle, and notifies Roosevelt that he will test some new bullets for him using service muskets.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-05
President Roosevelt holding a gun faces a grizzly bear. In the background stands a wounded bull while in the foreground a teddy bear, also with a gun, reads a book entitled, “Hunting the Grizzly–T.R.”
Clifford Kennedy Berryman drew the simplest of political cartoons about relatively screaming headlines — a momentous national event, well addressed in a drawing that relied on the double meanings of cartoon iconography.
President Roosevelt greets Kermit Roosevelt after they both went hunting. The president carries two dead “war” dogs while Kermit holds a bear carcass.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-01
President Roosevelt holds a rifle and looks at several bears in a tree. Caption: Roosevelt: “Let me see, there’s one for each member of the cabinet and—two for Taft!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-02
A number of bears dressed up in suits greet President Roosevelt, who has a rifle over his shoulder. One bear holds a “reception committee” flag while the “chairman” holds a “speech of welcome.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-22
Several bears wearing snowshoes greet President Roosevelt, who holds a rifle. They say, “The pleasure is all ours, Mr. President!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-16
President Roosevelt holds a “legislation” gun that is smoking as two dogs—”the Senate” and “the House”—run away.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-31
The Union Metallic Cartridge Company made cartridges for Luger pistols that are identical to those used in carbines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-02
Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt’s Winchester Model 1876, 40-60 cal. (Serial Number 45520) and L.C. Smith 10 grain shotgun with a rifle barrel, on display in the South Unit visitor center of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1969-11-15