Perdicaris

Once upon a time our message to Tripoli was Teddy Roosevelt's: "Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead."

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In 1904, a supposedly American citizen, Perdicaris, was captured by a Moroccan bandit, Raisuili, and held hostage.

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In 1904, when an Islamic brigand named Raisuli kidnapped an American businessman named Perdicaris, President Roosevelt won his release by sending warships and this telegram: "The U.S. government wants Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead."

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BoingBoing reader George Perdicaris points us to the work of photographer Yuri Dojc.

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It was what Hay called “a concise impropriety,” like “We want either Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead,” the famous declaration made during the Moroccan kidnapping incident in 1904 a statement Hay himself had actually written.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

It was what Hay called “a concise impropriety,” like “We want either Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead,” the famous declaration made during the Moroccan kidnapping incident in 1904 a statement Hay himself had actually written.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

His ultimatum to the Berber kidnapper Raisuli — "We want Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead" — may have arrived after Raisuli had already yielded, and may have been written by John Hay, but it expressed a muscular Americanism that millions associated with — well, Teddy.

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Raissuli, the Moroccan bandit, who had seized and held for ransom an American citizen named Perdicaris, gave up his captive on receipt of this cable: "Perdicaris alive or Raissuli dead."

My Memories of Eighty Years Depew, Chauncey M 1922

Stetson reminded him of the famous cablegram of his distinguished contemporary: ` ` Perdicaris alive or Ralsuli dead! ''

The Red Cross Girl 1917

Perdicaris, had been seized by Raisuli, a Moroccan bandit, in 1904, he wired his brusque message: "We want Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead."

History of the United States Mary Ritter Beard 1917