1898 ca.

Photograph

Title: "8th Infantry Camp, Telephoto."

Image of camp showing several types of tents.

GLC07002.17

1898 ca.

Photograph

Title: Image showing the preparation of cannons

Image showing the preparation of cannons. Related to image GLC07002.16. "Spanish War" written on verso.

GLC07002.18

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Roosevelt standing outside tent in Cuba.

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

GLC07002.19

30 August 1898

Rockwood, George Gardner, 1832-1911

Photograph

Title: "Col. Roosevelt at Camp Wikoff"

Completed publication form on back, credit for photography given to Rockwood. Written at Camp Wikoff

GLC07002.20

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: "Roosevelt seated at desk in tent, writing."

Note from previous collection in pencile on verso "file: Roosevelt, Theodore, portraits."

GLC07002.21

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Roosevelt dining with Col. Wood and a reporter.

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

GLC07002.22

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Roosevelt standing with Dr. Church and Lieut. Greenway.

An unidentified man stands behind them, with a view of camp in the extreme background. Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" on front. It is the same image as GLC07002.24 and .25.

GLC07002.23

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore"

Duplicate image of GLC07002.23. Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front.

GLC07002.24

1898 ca.

Photograph

Title: "Dr. Church (Princeton), Lieut. Greenway (Yale), Col. Roosevelt (Harvard)."

Roosevelt, Church, and Greenway are labeled in black ink on the front of the image. Larger version of GLC07002.24.

GLC07002.25

1898 ca.

Photograph

Title: Twelve officers of the Rough Riders.

Roosevelt seated third from right. "Brodie" written in ink on back.

GLC07002.26

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore"

Duplicate image of item GLC07002.26. Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front.

GLC07002.27

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Roosevelt tends to horse on its side (perhaps injured or dead).

Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front. White paint used to vignette the pair on front of image

GLC07002.28

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: [Roosevelt tends to a horse]

Duplicate image of item GLC07002.28, without paint or paper mounting.

GLC07002.29

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Full-length profile of Roosevelt on horseback.

With camp visible in background.

GLC07002.30

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Three-quarter profile of Roosevelt on horseback

Camp visible in background. Stamp on verso.

GLC07002.31

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Roosevelt on horseback.

With messenger (also on horseback) approximately one length behind.Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front.

GLC07002.32

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Roosevelt on horseback, receiving message.

Image related to GLC7002.32. Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front .

GLC07002.33

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Roosevelt and an unidentified officer.

Both on horseback and facing front. Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front .

GLC07002.34

1900/10/16

Baird, G. W., fl. 1900

Typed letter signed

Title: to Edward R. Archer Esq.

Thanks Archer for the history he sent of the 42 pounder "Columbiad" cannon which sits in front of the State, War, & Navy Department Building as an ornament, asks if Archer is related to "Edward K. Archer" who resigned from the navy in 1860, compares the soldier of the Civil War to those fighting against America in the Philippines. "Whenever I look at that old 42 pdr gun, I wonder how they ever used it, for its preponderance is great. But the men who fired that gun were in terrible earnest, and not lacking in gameness nor ingenuity. There is a great difference between fighting such men as…

GLC01896.139

1917/07/25

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Document signed

Title: [Membership certificate of The American National Red Cross]

Certificate of The American National Red Cross as a "Life Member." Signed by Red Cross Secretary C.S. Magee and President Woodrow Wilson. With a printed signature of President Wilson.

GLC01896.146

20 May 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Recently arrived in Wethersfield with Generals George Washington and Duportail to meet General Rochambeau and Admiral Louis Jacques comte de Barras de Saint-Laurant to discuss "matters of great consequence." Expresses relief regarding William's management of an unspecified debt. Hopes for the safety of the Amsterdam, a ship. Comments on his distress regarding the depreciation of paper currency, asking William to procure "hard money" if he can. Adds that he will be paid as a Brigadier of Infantry, and asks William to look into the matter of his pay and "send a copy of the award." In a…

GLC02437.00953

25 May 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph note signed

Title: to William Knox

Informs his brother William that the business of the meeting held in Wethersfield between Generals George Washington and Rochambeau did not finish until the morning of 25 May. Rochambeau left 24 May. Knox expects to arrive at New Windsor, New York by evening of 26 May.

GLC02437.00954

3 June 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter

Title: to the Board of War and Ordnance

In Samuel Shaw's hand, and signed by Shaw for Knox. "I have received instructions from His Excellency the Commander in Chief to make application to your honorable board for the Ordnance in operation against New York, agreeably to the estimate before given." Discusses preparation for the operation in detail, including requests to individual states for loans (of money and weapons, such as cannons). Asks for items such as wine, quickmatch, pitch, and turpentine. Closes by stating, "His Excellency the General directed me to have everything in readiness upon the spot to commence his operation…

GLC02437.00962

6 June 1781

Humphreys, David, 1752-1818

Autograph note signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Humphreys, aide-de-camp to George Washington, informs Knox that Washington requests him to give an order for pistols for Colonel Sheldon's Regiment of Dragoons.

GLC02437.00964

04 August 1827

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Pardon of Joshua C. Bigley for violating the act supplementary to the act concerning consuls and vice consuls]

Countersigned by Secretary of State Henry Clay. Bigley was convicted in Rhode Island. Pardoned by President Adams due to certain circumstances in the case. He must still, however, pay the court costs involved.

GLC08073