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[Resolutions passed unanimously by the Church of Peterboro]

Resolutions open fellowship to "christians of every name and type," uphold the Sabbath, etc.

GLC04717.49

At the meeting of the "Church of Peterboro," held July 7th, 1849, the following Resolutions were passed, without a dissenting voice...

Accuses a clerk and store owner who sell liquor as being "out of...place" for preaching the gospel. A second resolution attests that no members of the Church of Peterboro are guilty of voting for anti-abolitionists or drinking intoxicating liquors....

GLC04717.50

To the Church of Peterboro

Uses an allegory of a tea, coffee, and liquor merchant to illustrate that "the wickedness in one branch... taints with wickedness every other branch..."

GLC04717.51

to Lucy Knox

Expresses his love for her and his sadness at being forced to part again. Mentions his travel plans as well. After months apart the couple was finally able to see each other when Washington sent Knox to Boston to recruit men and examine artillery...

GLC02437.00544

to Henry Knox

"His Excellency," George Washington, compliments Colonel Knox, asks him to come to headquarters immediately, and invites him to dinner at 2 o'clock that night. The letter must be from 1776, since this is the only year in which Knox is a Colonel in...

GLC02437.00546

to Henry Knox

Colonel Crane has been authorized to give twenty pounds as a bounty to those he enlists in the regimental artillery. But Boston is offering a town bounty of fifty pounds for anyone who joins the local army, and this is making recruiting very...

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to Henry Knox

Mentions his plan to "enter the Service" once he raises a certain sum, which he is confident he will have soon. He has bought two hundred pounds worth of quills, paper, and similar articles from Newburry, and thinks they will be easy to turn a...

GLC02437.00555

to William Knox

Says that since William's happiness is important to him, he will not prevent his brother from joining the army once William has completed certain essential family business. Arranges for William to pick up his baggage from various spots in New...

GLC02437.00556

to Henry Knox

Received Knox's letter via Captain Shaw, and was pleased by Knox's good spirits. Hopes to defeat the British, but worries about the lack of manpower, hearing that Washington only has 4,000 men. "If this is the case you must expect a whipping very...

GLC02437.00561

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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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General Ordway

Small version of image 7000.53. Ring which was present on ring finger left hand in all photos of youth no longer present.

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[General Ordway as a civilian]

An image of Ordway as a civilian in a coat with a bow tie. Close up - head and shoulders present only

GLC07000.08

[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...

GLC02437.00542

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...

GLC02437.00543

[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...

GLC02437.00545

[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

[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

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...

GLC02437.00549

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...

GLC02437.00551

to Henry Knox

Badly misses Henry and hopes to hear from him, her only comfort being her young baby, Lucy Flucker Knox. Hopes that he cries when thinking of her hardships. Reports that William Knox, who she calls Billy, has set out for Newburg, in order to...

GLC02437.00553

to Henry Knox

Reports "News Glorious News" that a French ship loaded with artillery and arms for the Americans landed at Portsmouth last week. Also carried French officers "well recommended by Doct. Franklin" and an account stating that a similar ship will soon...

GLC02437.00554

to Lucy Knox [incomplete]

The first page or pages of the letter are missing. Feels it is wrong that other officers were promoted over the more senior Benedict Arnold. Worries this action will push Arnold out of the service, and hopes it is remedied. The lack of a promotion...

GLC02437.00557

to Henry Knox

Continues the discussion about raising money from his last letter, GLC02437.00555. Still believes that he will soon have raised the necessary funds, and will then be free to join the army. Hopes to receive the quills, wax, etc. that day. A French...

GLC02437.00558

to Henry Knox

Says his main purpose in writing is to ask Knox to forward an enclosed letter to Mr. Rose. Also states that he has been marching fifty miles a day and has no artillery captain. Discusses his desire to see his wife, a feeling he knows Knox shares....

GLC02437.00559

to Lucy Knox

Loves her and thinks of her constantly. Thinks America will soon rise and Britain fall. Sees the recent arrival of arms as a positive sign from above. Feels the war has lost all virtue. If not for her he think he would not have the will to live....

GLC02437.00560

to Henry Knox

Thanks him for his letter, which Samuel Shaw delivered. When she had not heard from him for two posts she began to worry. She loves him more than ever, and will send the goods he requested in his previous letter. Details her plans to be inoculated...

GLC02437.00562

Collection of letters and documents correspondence of North Family [Decimalized .01-.29]

GLC02542.32

President Roosevelt and Party on the ruins of the old Spanish Fort at Dorchester

The president and the men and women accompanying him stand in casual attitudes on the rocks. Most have their backs toward the camera and appear to be examining something out of frame on their right.

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A Democratic Ruler of a Great Nation - President Roosevelt chatting with Mayor Smyth on the "Algonquin,"

President Roosevelt is tapping the mayor on the chest in the left middle ground, while a young naval officer converses with a woman in the right foreground.

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President Roosevelt on his arrival

Roosevelt and two other men in an open carriage traveling a cobbled street. A group of onlookers lining the road occupies the background.

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President Roosevelt on the Speaker's Stand

Picture is taken from the side of the stand, showing a pitcher of water and a table with a vase of flowers and a top hat in the foreground. In the middle ground, Roosevelt exchanges a word with an associate. A large crowd fills the background; some...

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President Roosevelt, Governor Brodie, and party .

Roosevelt standing in front of the Grand Canyon with four other men. Roosevelt is second from the left.

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President Roosevelt and his distinguished Party , before the "Grizley Giant" Big Trees of California.

Roosevelt and ten other men, lined up at the base of a giant tree. Note: stamp on back: "Return to Underwood & Underwood … This original file print is not sold and must be returned after use."

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President Roosevelt, Members of the Notification Committee and Guests, Sagamore Hill.

Formal shot of Roosevelt and a large group of people standing in front of (and partially on) a flag-draped porch.

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President and Mrs. Roosevelt entering their carriage at West pavilion.

The President, in a top hat, is already seated in an open carriage, facing proper left. His wife, also formally dressed, joins him.

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Gov. Gen. Wright, Miss Roosevelt and Secretary Taft, leaving S. S. Manchuria .

The subjects walk down a gangplank in the order listed, against a background of water and boats.

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President Roosevelt and Lieut.-Governor Winston, on speakers' stand, Fair Ground .

Roosevelt and Winston sit in the right foreground, while their associates stand in a half-circle around them. The audience forms an indistinct background for the shot.

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President Roosevelt praising the courage of the South in war and in peace.

President Roosevelt before a flag-draped podium on a wooden deck, with an American flag behind him. The picture is taken from the side; Roosevelt appears to have turned sideways, away from the audience and towards the camera. However, his audience...

GLC06449.45

Working for Peace - President Roosevelt and Envoys of Mikado and Czar

Stereoview. Roosevelt stands in the center of the picture with his top hat in his hand. The two Japanese envoys are on his left, while the Russians are on his right. An explanation of the historical situation appears on the back of the card...

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Beginning of the great hunt, President Roosevelt and party entering the bear country.

Roosevelt on horseback, riding up a trail toward the foreground of the picture with a group of other horsemen. Some hunting dogs occupy the picture's foreground.

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On the great bear hunt, President Roosevelt after leaving Newcastle for the mountains .

Roosevelt is shown in western gear, mounted on a white horse with a rifle in his hand.

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The return from the bear hunt, - President Roosevelt and party on road from Newcastle, Col.

President Roosevelt on a white horse flanked by two riders on dark horses. Behind them are a wire fence and a telegraph pole. A steep mountain forms the background.

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Pres. and Mrs. Roosevelt in Carriage with Pres. Francis, Pres. Roosevelt's visit to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition

A side view of the carriage, near an ornately decorated building. At the picture's right edge, Mrs. Roosevelt, her body in profile facing proper right, looks directly at the viewer. President Roosevelt, sitting on her right, gazes downwards.

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Pres. Roosevelt addressing a typical Western crowd from the rear of his private car, Presidential Tour, 1905.

President Roosevelt with entourage, addressing a flag-waving crowd from the back of a railway car. The shot is taken from near the front of the audience.

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"We got ten bears in all."

President Roosevelt's first interview on the road from the bear hunt. President Roosevelt, leaning from the back of a white horse, speaks with a man in a dark suit and bowler hat before a mountainous background.

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Our Famous and Fearless President Stating Facts - Opening Day at the Jamestown Exposition.

President Roosevelt, facing proper right, stands just inside a flag-festooned tent filled with people. Many in the crowd behind him share his orientation. Women in white fill the first row.

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[Officer from Md. regiment outside his tent]

Officer from Md. (Maryland?) regiment outside his tent, surrounded by picket fence. Clothing, sponges hanging, washtub, and buckets visible.[General Ordway's Estate and Officer Unknown] on back.

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