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President Roosevelt holds a big stick as he steps on the footprints of “government evils” and says, “Me for disarmament? No!” A raccoon behind him holds a stick with an exposed nail in the top of it and says, “Naw!!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-16
President Roosevelt thanks Henry P. Bridges for the turkeys, and wishes he had been hunting with him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-27
President Roosevelt describes the pets aboard the U. S. S. Louisiana, including two dogs, a cat, three raccoons, and a “tiny Cuban goat.” One of the raccoons sniffed Roosevelt’s fingers, making him afraid of becoming something for the racoon to eat. The crew is very fond of the animals but is not allowed off the boat at landing, otherwise they would bring even more pets aboard. A few days later, Roosevelt recounts their passing by San Salvador, where Christopher Columbus first landed in the Americas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-14
Theodore Roosevelt sends C. Hart Merriam a list of deer specimens. Roosevelt had arranged for the skulls to be kept with the skins and is sorry that this was not done. The specimens were obtained twenty miles from Frederick, Oklahoma.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-31
President Roosevelt tells Kermit Roosevelt about the family’s trip to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and how he walked through the exposition grounds with an enormous bruise without letting any reporters know he was experiencing pain in his leg. The president was most interested in the North Dakota and Philippine exhibits. President Roosevelt includes a handwritten note encouraging Kermit to “keep pegging away” in his studies and to not lose heart.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-29
Ignatius T. Werner tells The Outlook he is an avid admirer of Theodore Roosevelt. Werner asks the publication staff to tell Roosevelt to come to Virginia and go hunting for possums and raccoons in the fall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-12
Ohio Senators Marcus Alonzo Hanna and Joseph Benson Foraker both try to drive the Republican elephant. Foraker points toward the “immediate endorsement entrance” that has a sign: “to the Roosevelt enclosure.” A little raccoon says, “Come on!!” Hanna points to the “later endorsement entrance.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-26