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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

[Artillery record book]

Book of records for Knox's artillery regiment. Contains inventories of artillery, notes regarding regimental activities and some daily entries. Samuel Shaw created the book, which dates between 12 January 1777 and 24 March 1777. The first page...

GLC02437.00518

to William Knox

Promises Knox he will deliver letters to various people for him. Expresses his happiness on hearing that Knox had safely made the trip to Boston. Worries about Mrs. Knox, and comments on Knox's philosophy that "What is is best."

GLC02437.00523

to William Knox

Discusses letters of his which have been lost in the mail. States he will be unable to come to Boston. Privately informs Knox "that I am heartily tired of the service, from Fatigue, or from Principle," and promises to provide more details later....

GLC02437.00524

to Henry Knox

Recommends a young officer named Ebenezer Finley to Knox's artillery corps Finley is "intimately acquainted with those branches of knowledge with are connected with the Science of war." Is currently a third lieutenant in another artillery group, but...

GLC02437.00525

[Invoice of payments to Henry Knox from the Unites States] [incomplete]

List of payments made to Knox by the United States between November 1775 and January 1777. Includes dates payments were made, what they were for, how much they were for, and who actually gave the money to Knox. Figures include pay for Knox and his...

GLC02437.00527

[Invoice of payments from Henry Knox to Jotham Drury]

Lists cash paid by Knox to Drury in order to pay soldiers. Dates are listed for each payment, which total nine hundred and eighty dollars.

GLC02437.00528

[Appointment of James Mackinson to First Lieutenant] [Fragment]

Partially printed document appointing James Mackinson a first Lieutenant. Attested by Charles Thomson as secretary. The top of the document, which contained Mackinson's name, has been lost. The name is found on the docket.

GLC02437.00529

[Copy of a receipt for pay of Captain Stephen Badlam's company]

Receipt for cash paid to Stephen Badlam, consisting of one hundred eighteen pounds twelve schillings to pay his company for the month and one pound eight schillings and two pence due General Mifflin for clothing. States that this document is a copy...

GLC02437.00530

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

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

[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

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

[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...

GLC02437.00537

[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

[Receipt for a coat and duffle]

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

GLC02437.00539

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

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...

GLC02437.00541

Sundry accounts to General Knox

Date from docket. Apparently a quartermaster's account. Includes a list of named captains under Knox, including A[lexander] Hamilton, and corresponding figures (possibly their pay or money allotted for their use for supplies, etc). A note in Samuel...

GLC02437.10011

to Margaret Hester

GLC03056.02

to Aaron Hobart

Discusses auctioneering, dismissing the "boast of an honesty in their dealing" by New York auctioneers. Advises against a tax on auctions that would be prohibitive, since auctions are "the means of establishing a regularity in prices." But...

GLC06313.04.142

Rough Riders on Parade

A procession of mounted men, taken from slightly to the left of a direct frontal perspective. Written at Camp Wikoff.

GLC06449.01

Col. Roosevelt and His "Rough Riders,"

Cavalcade, men on horseback. Roosevelt, in light clothing on a dark horse, is in the center of the image.
Written at Camp Wikoff.

GLC06449.02

Troop D of the "Rough Riders" as they went into Cuba.

A line of men standing at attention with bedrolls over their left shoulders and rifles at their right sides.

GLC06449.03

Inspection - "Rough Riders"

A line of mounted men behind their commanders. Subjects are turned towards proper right at a slight front angle, so that the line crosses the picture on a diagonal from the left margin towards the horizon.

GLC06449.04