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1918/03/27
Cigarette case
Cigarette case, inscribed "J.H.H." on outside; "V.E.B. to J.H.H. March 27-1918" on inside.
GLC06196.120
1918
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Captain Hugh Knyvett an Australian Galahad
The honor of Captain Hugh Knyvett, " an Australian Galahad," a World War I hero. Roosevelt contrasts him with the "mischievous weaklings, who clamor for peace without victory"
GLC08051
1917/08/15
Certificate.
Certificate of appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps.
GLC06196.238
1917/10/26
Certificate of provisional appointment as 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry.
GLC06196.239
1918/02/19
GLC06196.240
1918/08/26
Certificate of temporary appointment to the rank of 1st Lieutenant.
GLC06196.241
Legendre, C., fl. 1918
Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt Derby
Theodore Roosevelt, in retirement, holding his granddaughter, Edith Roosevelt Derby, in 1918.
GLC07002.80
1917/07/25
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
[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
1917/10/16
Phinizy, Leonard, 1854-?
to [Aaron] Jeffery
Letter thanking Jeffery for his hospitality on Phinizy's recent visit to Richmond, and mentions that "[t]he poor boy is now at rest here at our cemetery & he sleeps between his 2 little brothers who died here many years ago."
GLC01896.147
circa 1917
Jones, J.C., fl. 1917
An act providing for the return of pension warrants where the pensioner dies during the quarter for which the warrant was issued...
... (title continues) the cancellation of the same, and the issuance of a Mortuary Warrant to pay the funeral expenses of the deceased pensioner, etc., and declaring an emergency. Enacted by the Texas State Legislature. Authorized by J. C. Jones...
GLC02386.03
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