26 April 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Loves her and is glad she and their daughter are doing well after their inoculation. Longs to see her, but for her own safety and happiness denies her request to join him at Morristown. Believes the British "by no means as formidable as they were last year," since "the enemy are diminishing and we are increasing" in numbers. Confident America will prevail "not for the virtue of the people but because the heavens will it." Laughs when thinking about William Knox "doing the duty of a common soldier." Relates a drinking story. Hopes Billy has raised the necessary money and asks that he be…

GLC02437.00580

30 April 1777

Isaacs, Ralph, 1741-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Writes that his health has improved, and his wife is recovering from smallpox. Details the Battle of Ridgefield (27 April 1777) and the British actions leading up to it. Says British troops landed near Norwalk, marched to Danbury, and there destroyed Continental stores. Then relates how General Wooster and his men fought the British with "justice and bravery," but Wooster received a wound that he thinks may prove fatal. Next the British engaged General Arnold's forces, with both sides suffering heavy losses, his friend doctor Attwater of New Hampshire among them. Pierpont Edwards and "…

GLC02437.00581

April 31, 1777

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Misses Henry, her husband. Gives details of her recent bout with smallpox, noting "I have more than two hundred of them- twenty in my face..." Notes that their daughter, Lucy, has one pox. Discusses the difficulty of hiring men and boys for assistance with chores, noting they are more apt to seek work in the ports. Complains of her current lodging, an officers room in a military barracks: "but a few rough plan was my guard from the weather... two soals [soles] of old shoes served for hinges to the door, on which was chalked- the cloven footed gentleman upon his head- in short I never was…

GLC02437.00582

1 May 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: Establishment and pay for a company of artillery in the service of the United of America

Date from docket. Lists various posts, from captain to drummer, and their corresponding pay. First page and dated docket in Knox's hand, other docket in Shaw's.

GLC02437.00584

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: View of Roosevelt facing camera, presenting Remington statue.

Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front .

GLC07002.64

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Three-quarter profile of Roosevelt presenting Remington statue.

Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front . Same image as GLC07002.64, but with the top-left and top-right corners folded.

GLC07002.65

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Roosevelt addressing Rough Riders while presenting Remington statue.

View of statue is unobscured. Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front .

GLC07002.66

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: View from crowd of Roosevelt speaking to Rough Riders while presenting Remington statue.

Caption " Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front .

GLC07002.67

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: View from crowd of Roosevelt at head of receiving line upon presentation of Remington statue.

Group of women visible at back of crowd nearest the camera.

GLC07002.68

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: [Theodore Roosevelt shaking hands in receiving line]

A closer view of GLC07002.68. Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front.

GLC07002.69

1898 ca.

Rockwood, George Gardner, 1832-1911

Photograph

Title: Full-length studio portrait of Roosevelt in his Rough Rider uniform.

Caption "Roosevelt, Col. Theo." on in red ink at top of photo. photographer's stamp on mount.

GLC07002.70

1898 ca.

Rockwood, George Gardner, 1832-1911

Photograph

Title: Three-quarter-length portrait of Roosevelt in Rough Rider uniform]

Same image as GLC07002.70, but with an altered backdrop. A vignette with paint surrounds Roosevelt.

GLC07002.71

Oct 1905

Hewitt, Arthur, fl. 1904-1905

Photograph

Title: [Half-length portrait of Roosevelt in civilian clothes with hat]

Copyright by Arthur Hewitt. Published in October 1905. Photo mounted on cloth back, with completed permission to publish form affixed to back.

GLC07002.73

14 July 1904

Pach Bros.

Photograph

Title: [Oval bust portrait of Roosevelt in civilian clothes]

Completed license to publish form made out to McClure's Magazine on reverse. Top-left corner of image and mount are damaged. Bottom-left corner of mount is damaged, but image is fine.

GLC07002.74

1904

Pach Bros.

Photograph

Title: [Square bust portrait of Roosevelt]

Pose slightly varied but wearing same clothes as in image GLC07002.74. Inscription on verso reads "Return to Charles Scribner's Sr.(?)" Blind stamp of Pach Bros. of New York in lower right corner.

GLC07002.75

1905

McFarlandm, J. Horace, fl. 1905

Photograph

Title: "Pres. Roosevelt at work in his temporary executive office in his summer home at Oyster Bay"

Title from verso. Note in ink on bottom front assigns copyright to J. Horace McFarland Co., 1905. Published January 1906. Penciled note on back reads: "The President at his desk, Sagamore Hill." Completed publication form affixed to reverse.

GLC07002.76

1894-1927

Keystone View Company

Photograph

Title: "Roosevelt's Home, Oyster Bay."

Title from verso. View of the house from the front yard. Stamp of Keystone-Underwood on reverse, with Keystone scratched out in pencil.

GLC07002.78

1905

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

Photograph

Title: Seated three-quarter-length portrait of Mrs. Edith Roosevelt.

GLC07002.79

1918

Legendre, C., fl. 1918

Photograph

Title: Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt Derby

Theodore Roosevelt, in retirement, holding his granddaughter, Edith Roosevelt Derby, in 1918.

GLC07002.80

1894-1927

Photograph

Title: "Roosevelt children."

Shows Ted, Kermit, and Ethel Roosevelt playing with guinea pigs on porch of Oyster Bay home.

GLC07002.83

1900-1905 ca.

Photograph

Title: Roosevelt standing with young Kermit on the lawn in Oyster Bay.

Inscription on verso related to cropping instructions.

GLC07002.84

06 October 1912

Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943

Photograph

Title: "Col. Roosevelt standing beside a water buffalo which he has shot."

Photograph taken by Theodore Roosevelt's son, Kermit Roosevelt. Ink definition added to Roosevelt, gun and water buffalo. Stamp of New York Sunday American on reverse.

GLC07002.85

1894-1927

Photograph

Title: Large portrait of the five Roosevelt children.

GLC07002.86

[1861/08/18]

Neafie, Theodore F., fl. 1861-1877

Letter signed

Title: to: Sister Carrie.

Describes life in camp, along with his complaints of lack of pay and poor rations. Mentions his Captain's incompetence.

GLC07164.11

1861/08/27

Neafie, Theodore F., fl. 1861-1877

Letter signed

Title: to: sister.

Discusses the regiment's parade march through Washington, including the reviews by Generals. Speaks of the fear held by all of an attack on Washington.

GLC07164.12