My Debt to Maine, Theodore Roosevelt, 1918
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Description
Theodore Roosevelt describes his visits to Island Falls in Aroostook County when he was a boy and the Sewall family with whom he stayed. The essay goes on to describe his home, the Elkhorn, where he invited the Sewalls and the Dows of Island Falls to visit and hunt with him.
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- Title: My Debt to Maine, Theodore Roosevelt, 1918
- Creator: Theodore Roosevelt
- Creation Date: 1918-03-20
- Subject Date: 1918-03-20
- Town: Island Falls
- County: Aroostook
- State: ME
- Media: Paper
- Local Code: Coll. S1248 Misc box 59/13
- Object Type: Text
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Maine Historical Society
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LC Subject Headings
Lumbering industry--Maine
Showshoeing
Roosevelt, Theodore
Presidents--United States--Personal narratives
Hunting--Maine--Island Falls
Winter camping
Winter--Maine--Island Falls
Katahdin (Mt.)
Manuscripts
Sewall family (Island Falls, Me.)
Dow family (Island Falls, Me.)
Elkhorn (house)
People
Theodore Roosevelt Bill Sewall Dave Sewall Wilmot Dow
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