I have been in Sagamore Hill for two days, and have had a perfectly lovely time. I killed a rattlesnake and a copperhead, and caught a woodchuck alive and put him in a barrel. I also killed a weasel and a mink. I am going to try to catch a badger in a trap I set for him.
— Theodore Roosevelt Modern

US President, progressive era

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Letter to his son Kermit

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1903

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/TR-Encyclopedia/Family-and-Frie…

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