Zebulon Pike to Thomas Jefferson, October 29, 1807 Among the items Captain Zebulon Pike sent to President Thomas Jefferson from the western United States was a pair of grizzly bear cubs. Jefferson kept them in a garden on the south side of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/66">White House</a> for a short time before sending the animals to a museum in Philadelphia. <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Zebulon+Pike+%28author%29">Zebulon Pike (author)</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Thomas+Jefferson+%28recipient%29">Thomas Jefferson (recipient)</a> Library of Congress. <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib017832">View original</a>. 10/29/1807 Public Domain <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1800-1829">1800-1829</a>