1959/02/06

Allred, William David, 1933-1996

Typed letter signed

Title: to Sam Houston Allred

Writes to his brother about a chat he had with Senator John F. Kennedy. Dave had mentioned Sam in their conversation and Kennedy remembered him from the previous summer. Kennedy commented on his namesake, Sam Houston, being featured in his book "Profiles in Courage." They talked about Houston and inscribed a book to Sam, which Dave was sending to him from Washington. Written on stationary of the United States Senate.

GLC02530.02

1902

Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930

Photograph

Title: Theodore Roosevelt, President - at his desk in the White House, Washington, U. S. A.

The president sits turned away from his desk and towards the photographer, turned slightly off center, but gazing straight ahead. A globe on the desk behind his left shoulder occupies the center of the picture.

GLC06449.17

1902

H. C. White Co.

Photograph

Title: President Roosevelt in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, U. S. A.

Formal portrait standing. Facing 1/4 proper left. Note: Publisher's number 9902.

GLC06449.18

1902

Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930

Photograph

Title: President Theodore Roosevelt in his office - the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, U. S. A.

Roosevelt stands in front of the corner of the cabinet room table, with a paper in his right hand. The room is artfully disarranged: one chair is moved back as though the president has just risen from it.

GLC06449.19

1902/02/24

Strohmeyer & Wyman

Photograph

Title: The East Room of the White House arranged for the State Dinner to Prince Henry

Lighted chandeliers, lavishly decorated tables, and garland-draped pillars and ceilings in the empty East Room.

GLC06449.20

1903

Universal View Company

Photograph

Title: Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the U. S., In His Private Office, White House.

President Roosevelt sits in a cane chair at his desk. He holds a pen in his right hand, and faces proper right with a slightly forward orientation. He is looking slightly downwards.

GLC06449.39

1905

Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930

Photograph

Title: President Roosevelt and Booker Washington reviewing the 61 "Industry" floats .

Roosevelt and Washington are in the center of the picture, flanked by a sizable crowd. A lone black man stands guard in the foreground.

GLC06449.43

1905

Strohmeyer & Wyman

Photograph

Title: Indian Chiefs: Quanah Parker, Geronimo, Buckskin Charlie, American Horse, Little Plume, Hollow Horn Boar, in the Inaugural Parade .

The Native Americans ride in a tight cluster at the head of the parade.

GLC06449.49

1905

H. C. White Co.

Photograph

Title: Chief Justice Fuller administering the oath of office to President Roosevelt

Frontal view, taken from behind the guard at the front of the podium, slightly to the right side. The guard appears in the foreground. Roosevelt and Fuller can be seen as small figures, slightly below and to the left of center, in front of a large crowd.

GLC06449.50

February 12, 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Hoff

Orders Hoff to deliver to Colonel Stewart an order for "ten tons Grape Shot mostly the larger with some small." Sent to Hoff at Hibernia Furnace, New Jersey. Docket states that the document is a copy.

GLC02437.00532

February 13, 1777

Treat, Samuel, fl. 1775-1777

Autograph note signed

Title: to Ezekiel Cheever

Asks Cheever to deliver "twenty five yards of that White Duffle you have in your possession & two or three coats" to Lieutenant James Hall. Docket, signed by Hall, states that he received thirty yards of "Duffle," five coats, and "one Laced Hatt"

GLC02437.00533

February 16, 1777

Sutton, Thomas, fl. 1776-1777

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt for coats and a hat]

States that three Regimental Coats intended for enlisted artillery soldiers and one lace hat had arrived from ordnance. Promises to be accountable to General Knox for these goods. The name at the bottom of the document is illegible.

GLC02437.00535

27 February 1777

Treat, Samuel, fl. 1775-1777

Autograph note signed

Title: to Ezekiel Cheever

Asks Cheever to deliver "three coats & fifteen yards white duffle" to Lieutenant James Hall. Docket states that "three Coats & six yds of W Duffell" were received. Endorsed by Jonathan Terry on verso.

GLC02437.00536

February 26, 1777

Hill, Stephen, fl. 1777

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipts for coats and duffle]

States that Murphy received a coat and two and a half yards white duffle for ordnance, and that Hill received a coat and four yards white duffle. Each has signed their name next to the goods they received. Murphy's name is spelled Murffey, and he signs with his X above where his name has been written.

GLC02437.00537

February 25, 1777

Sutton, Thomas, fl. 1776-1777

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Request for coat]

Requests one coat for Sergeant Petty. Written to "the Conductor of Artillery at Fishkills." Written at Fort Constitution. Endorsed on verso by Abiel Pettie.

GLC02437.00538

February 26, 1777

Noyes, Dudley, fl. 1775-1779

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for a coat and duffle]

States that Noyes received one "Regimental coat" and two and a half yards of white duffle.

GLC02437.00539

1 March 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Abraham Livingston

Orders Captain Livingston to obtain 5000 tents for next spring for General Thomas Mifflin. Orders him to "get the cloth for tents and get them made into tents each to hold six men." Also orders him to draw any necessary funds from General Mifflin.

GLC02437.00540

1 March 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph manuscript

Title: Construction of a carriage for cannon which have their trunnions broken off [incomplete]

Drawing of a special carriage for a cannon, with the comment "A carriage for a Cannon if the trunnions be broken off. Many Cannon are mounted upon this construction at Boston." Trunnions are the knobs on both sides of a cannon that form the axis on which it pivots and hold it in place. Title from docket. The lower portion of the document may be missing.

GLC02437.00541

3 March 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Description of an artillery laboratory]

Plans for an artillery laboratory with "room for 60 men to work," store rooms, "an air furnace," shops for fifty carpenters, forty smiths, twenty wheel makers, as well as tin men and harness makers, "in all about 200 artificers." Plans also call for barracks for the workmen, as well as an academy there for the study of gunnery, a powder mill and magazines full of arms and powder. Text lost at the bottom of the document.

GLC02437.00542

4 March 1777

Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801

Manuscript letter

Title: to Lucy Knox

Later copy. Has enclosed a letter for "the heavenly Miss DeBlois," a friend of Lucy's, which he wishes Lucy to pass on to her. Has also sent a trunk of gowns to Lucy's house via Mr. Colburn, intended for Miss DeBlois. Also asks Lucy to report to him about Miss DeBlois when she next sees her. A newspaper clipping, the obituary of one of Arnold's sons, is attached to the document. The copy was made around 1855.

GLC02437.00543

9 March 1777

Clark, William, fl. 1777

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for ordnance and duffel]

States that Clark received two and a half yards of white duffle and half a yard of "Ozenb" from ordnance store. "Ozenb" is short for Ozenbrig, another name for the fabric Osnaburg. Osnaburg was a coarse linen fabric first manufactured in Prussia, but the name often was used to refer to coarse cotton similar to the original. These fabrics were often used to make various inexpensive pieces of clothing, including trousers, shirts, and jackets.

GLC02437.00545

11 March 1777

Niles, Jeremiah, 1749-1829

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for a coat]

States that one coat was received from Ordnance for Alexander Clark. Niles signs for it and writes that he will be accountable for it.

GLC02437.00547

12 March 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Record of payments]

States that Jeremiah Niles and Henry Burbeck have been paid for time served in 1776. Verso is signed by Thomas Proctor. Likely written at Fishkill, New York, where these men were stationed at the time.

GLC02437.00548

12 March 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Arrived last evening after a long trip. The roads past Hartford were so bad that "the Slay" and much of the baggage had to be abandoned. Has heard a report that at Spanktown, modern day Rahway, "our people" killed and wounded five hundred of the British during a foraging raid. Expresses his anguish over parting with her. Warns her that smallpox is spreading near her, and suggests "you and your little image" get inoculated. Warns her not to drink or stay too near fire afterward. Asks her to take care of some business affairs, saying "this is making you quite a woman of business." Also…

GLC02437.00549

16 March 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alexander McDougall

Has procured a large amount of shot from Ogden, the owner of a local iron works. Asks McDougall to procure a vessel from the quartermaster at Peekskill on which to send the shot to Albany, where it is badly needed by General Schuyler at Ticonderoga. Ogden most likely refers to Uzal Ogden, 1705-1780, a local iron manufacturer.

GLC02437.00551