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Theodore Roosevelt writes to William Robinson Brown. Roosevelt responds to Brown’s question about a stallion once given to Roosevelt as a gift. Roosevelt elaborates about the procedure of gift receiving.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-11-14
Chase S. Osborn asks President Roosevelt about topics from his recent article in Scribner’s Magazine about bear hunting and the origins of the horse. Osborn expresses amazement at Roosevelt’s ability to continue writing about nature while performing his duties as president. Osborn is particularly curious about Roosevelt’s tree-climbing dogs and the mention of a ‘hyenadon’ that allegedly fed on early horses.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-28
Alfred E. Pease updates Edward North Buxton about life at his ranch in Africa. Pease says that his wife Helen Ann Fowler Pease and daughter Lavender Mary Pease are getting more adjusted to the “very rough life.” Pease is amazed by the amount of game in the area and says it no longer seems strange to see such a diverse lot of animals. He details several attempts to hunt wildebeest, hyenas, and lions and concludes by discussing the output of his farm.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-02
Theodore Roosevelt recounts for George von Lengerke Meyer the “really great sport” he and son Kermit Roosevelt are encountering on their African safari, including the numbers and types of animals they’ve killed. Roosevelt hopes Meyer will give his regards to his wife Marian Alice Appleton Meyer and President Taft, whom he thinks “has done admirably.”
Massachusetts Historical Society
1909-05-17
Print shows a pack of hyenas labeled “N. Y. Commercial, N. Y. Sun, N. Y. Herald, Washtn. Post, The Rosecrans Letters, [and] 306” crowded around a sepulchral monument to James A. Garfield labeled “Fame.” Those hyenas labeled “306” are pulling on a rope that spells “Slander” tied to the top of the monument. A lightning bolt labeled “Public Contempt” has severed the rope, spilling the hyenas into an abyss labeled “Oblivion.” The number “306” represents the number of delegates who supported Ulysses S. Grant for a third term at the 1880 Republican Convention.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-03-22
Handwritten draft of life history descriptions of African game animals. The descriptions were published in Life Histories of African Game Animals.
1914