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President Roosevelt points a gun at a “statehood bill” animal while a “Panama” alligator, a “R.R. rates” walrus, a “Philippine tariff” water buffalo, and a “Morocco” leopard look on.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-21
Theodore Roosevelt thanks John M. Phillips for the photographs and letter. He is intrigued that jaguars will attack humans, unlike the mountain lion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-13
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Reverend William Way that there are no tigers in any part of Africa, but the leopard is sometimes called the “tiger,” similar to how the jaguar in South America is sometimes called a “tiger.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-17
President Roosevelt thanks Ellen Velvin for the information on Pumas, and reflects that there is quite a difference in the ways that the different species of big cats act.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-01
Alton B. Parker points his “Parker gun” at a “Rooseveltism” leopard. The spots spell, “Negro policy.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-28
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
Kermit Roosevelt will continue to write to Robert Harry Munro and Isabella Ferguson although he has not received a reply yet. Roosevelt recounts his hunting exploits, interactions with the indigenous peoples, and his hopes of visiting the Fergusons at Saranac after returning from Africa.
1909-12-26
Handwritten draft of life history descriptions of African game animals. The descriptions were published in Life Histories of African Game Animals.
1914