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to Henry Knox

Hopes Henry is thinking of her. Says that she is being inoculated for smallpox, but that a rash on her arm has slowed the process and led the doctor to give her more mercury. Worries about her health but says their daughter is doing quite well....

GLC02437.00572

to Henry Knox

Jackson had said that "Crane could not get his battalion through the court," but says now "he has got every bounty allow'd him" and will soon have a full regiment. Believes that Lee's, Henley's, and his regiment will never be filled by the "Honorble...

GLC02437.00564

to Lucy Knox

Loves her and acknowledges her letter. Tries to assuage her fears about the war, smallpox, and his distance from her. Assures her that "General Howe is not driving us thro' the Jersies into Pennsylvania." Discusses the character and rank of the...

GLC02437.00566

to Henry Knox

Informs Henry that "the attachment on the house is completed." Discusses other details regarding the house, but is somewhat unclear. Seems to be saying that Mr. Hitchburn still owes Knox 2,000 pounds for the house, which it appears that he has...

GLC02437.00567

[Receipt from Henry Knox to Thomas Mifflin]

Account for 2,463 pounds 9 shillings 11 pence owed by Knox to Mifflin.

GLC02437.00568

[Promissory note to William Knox]

Promissory note created by Henry Knox for payment of thirty dollars to William Knox by Ephraim Bartlett. Signed by Bartlett and countersigned by Charles Knowles. Docket in the hand of Henry Knox, who has added an autograph endorsement signed on verso...

GLC02437.00569

to Henry Knox

Hopes Henry will write more often. Captain William Dana cannot buy the two horses, but will take care of them until they are sold. William thinks they will earn one hundred pounds. Asks what would be the best way to travel to camp to join Henry....

GLC02437.00570

to William Knox [incomplete]

Answers Williams questions from a previous letter. First says his effects are stored in Springfield. Next discusses the lease on his store. Advises William on what clothes and other goods he will need to procure for Henry. Lastly says that he...

GLC02437.00571

to Lucy Knox

Expresses his love for her. Thinks Crane will soon have success in recruiting men. Feels "America trifles too much with the high matters in which she is engag'd - an infinity of happiness or misery depends upon the success or non-success of the...

GLC02437.00573

"A full Blooded Indian of the Rough Riders."

Title from inscription on verso. Shown on horseback with rifle. Camp and other soldiers visible in background.

GLC07002.38

"Pres. Roosevelt when he was Col. of the Rough Riders."

Full-length profile of Roosevelt mounted on horseback and facing right. Parts of both Roosevelt and the horse outlined in ink. Pencil notation "Pack [Pach?] Bros." on reverse.

GLC07002.39

Roosevelt on horseback

At head of column of Rough Riders in formation.

GLC07002.40

Roosevelt at the head of a long procession of mounted officers.

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

GLC07002.41

Rosevelt with officers in front of Rough Riders, all on horseback.

Similar image to GLC07002.41

GLC07002.42

"Col. Roosevelt and Staff at Camp Wikoff."

Larger version of GLC07002.42. Roosevelt is at the front of the riders.
Written at Camp Wikoff

GLC07002.43

Roosevelt and officers riding abreast of one another.

GLC07002.44

"View of El Caney."

Shows three soldiers standing on a hill overlooking the town.

GLC07002.45

"The place where the Guasimas fight started."

Shows a dirt path emerging from a wooded area.

GLC07002.46

"Rough Riders in the trenches, San Juan."

View of soldiers standing in a long, narrow trench. White paint has been applied to the upper portion of the image.

GLC07002.47

"One of the machine guns in the roughrider's trenches."

Title from inscription on verso. Image shows six men in a trench, all facing away from the camera. Machine gun visible beside second man from right. Ink and white paint have been applied to lower left corner of image.

GLC07002.48

"9th Infantry firing from Trenches on San Juan Hill, Sunday the 10th of July."

Rear view of approximately ten armed soldiers in a trench. Stamp of photographer on back; ink and white paint on lower left corner of image.

GLC07002.49

"Bomb proofs thrown up by the Rough Riders to protect them from the dread enfilade fire of sheel [shell?] and shrapnel from the Spanish lines."

Shows a single soldier standing on a battlefield littered with clothes, buckets, rifles, and other paraphernalia. The soldier's face is obscured. A crude shelter is visible behind him.

GLC07002.50

"A near view of the house and villa taken in the first charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan; they came from the right."

Shows one soldier with rifle and shovel in the foreground, and a house situated atop a hill. Two Rough Riders appear in the middleground. Image noticeably retouched on the bottom left.

GLC07002.51

"Colonel Roosevelt and Rough Riders on San Juan Hill "

Shows large group of soldiers gathered around the American flag with Theodore Roosevelt at the center. Portion of typewritten description captured in photo: "…, at the top of the hill which they captured…[B]attle of San Juan. By William Dinwiddie....

GLC07002.52

"Company K of the Rough Riders."

Shows two lines of men standing shoulder to shoulder, with area of tents separating the two lines.

GLC07002.53