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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
President Roosevelt holds two revolvers and fires at a dictionary, which has a variety of holes in it. Beside him is “amunishon from A. Carnege Skidoo Castel” and a bouquet “from the Simplified Spelling Board.” Ghosts of Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, and Samuel Johnson come out of the dictionary. Caption: “What Mr. Roosevelt means is to scrap the English language. He is a patriot, not a pottering philologist.”—The London “Saturday Review.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-22
President Roosevelt points revolvers toward several items: a “beef trust” bull, a “railroad rebate” locomotive, and a “Standard Oil” can. Meanwhile, John Findley Wallace runs toward the “subway.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-02
President Roosevelt fires a “tariff reform” revolver at the feet of “the trusts.” A “small producer” dog watches while the United States Capitol building with a money bag for a dome is in the background.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-30
Theodore Roosevelt applies for a written license for his revolvers from Walter Franklin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-19
Theodore Roosevelt introduces General Leonard Wood to Colonel Frank A. Edwards, a friend who he regards highly. Roosevelt first met Edwards at Yellowstone National Park and considered him to be one of the best cavalry officers. Edwards enjoys using a revolver, wrote a technical Italian-English military dictionary, and was sent as a military attache to Rome by Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-15
Theodore Roosevelt informs William M.. Davies that the Rough Riders did not learn fencing or have swords as they were accustomed to the revolver.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-17
President Roosevelt thanks Kyrle Bellew for the revolver and sends him a photograph.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-27
President Roosevelt thanks Richard Harding Davis for the revolver.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-19
President Roosevelt finds the revolver “delightful” and may give it to one of his children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-24
Kyrle Bellew thanks President Roosevelt for the autographed picture and is pleased that Roosevelt accepted the revolver.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-29
Kyrle Bellew sends President Theodore Roosevelt a revolver which he hopes Roosevelt will use while in Africa. Bellew used this revolver while in the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Northern Territories of Australia. The benefits of this revolver are that it fits into a saddle on the belt and that it is a “hard hitter.” A diagram of the lock is included with instructions on use.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-23
Historian Don Rickey attaches the report of his interview with William Eaton and is sending the “.44 Remington percussion revolver” by Railway Express.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958-01-22
Historian Don Rickey will need more information before he can provide advice on the value of the .45 Luger revolver, but he doubts that it will have much exhibit value as it is not directly connected to Theodore Roosevelt’s time in the badlands.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958-05-09
Louis Kirk requests information on the value and worth to the park of a .45 Luger revolver. Kirk’s efforts to keep the Remington revolver in “found” condition have failed.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958-05-03
Helen Kline has a .45 Luger revolver that belonged to Theodore Roosevelt for sale. The revolver was acquired by her husband from Bert Tillie, one of Roosevelt’s “scouts.”
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958-05-22
President Roosevelt stands behind a “Quaker suit” with a tag that reads, “pacific speech of acceptance for campaign purposes,” and fires a revolver at the feet of the Sultan of the Turks Abdülhamid II. Sultan of Morocco Mulai Abd al-Aziz IV watches in the background with a sign that reads, “Perdicaris alive, or Raisuli dead.” In the distance, Ahmad Raysūnī watches from a cliff.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-10
President Roosevelt fires two revolvers into the air as six different people scatter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08
President Roosevelt reclines on a stage in “Chicago” and points a revolver up at Frank Swett Black.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-24
President Roosevelt shoots a revolver that fires “nomination” bullets at the feet of “No. 1: Odell,” “No. 2: Platt,” “No. 3: Depew,” and “No. 4: Black.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-13