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1898 ca.
Scribner's magazine
Roosevelt on horseback, receiving message.
Image related to GLC7002.32. Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front .
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Roosevelt and an unidentified officer.
Both on horseback and facing front. Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front .
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1 April 1777
Knox, William, 1756-1795
to Henry Knox
Reassures his brother of his affection for him. Has received a trunk for Henry from Jonathan Ingersol, and will write him. Informs Knox that he will try to obtain silk stockings for him and that George Washington's coat has been charged to his...
GLC02437.00563
3 April 1777
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Says she and Mr. [Benjamin] Hichborn have completed "the affair of the house" for 5,500 pounds. Says the transaction pains her, though is sure her father will approve once he knows the circumstances. Is worried, however, that others may see Henry...
GLC02437.00565
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
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
6 April 1777
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
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
7 April 1777
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...
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Anspach, Peter, fl. 1775-1783
[Receipt from Henry Knox to Thomas Mifflin]
Account for 2,463 pounds 9 shillings 11 pence owed by Knox to Mifflin.
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8 April 1777
[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
Roosevelt and an unidentified officer .
Both on horseback and facing right in partial profile. Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front .
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Reading orders to Rough Riders.
Men gathered in a circle with officers in the center obscured. Unidentified young boy in foreground. White paint at edge to create vignette, and penciled instructions on back regarding vignette.
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Two unidentified Rough Riders .
Equipped with rifles and bedrolls, both full-length and facing front, with camp visible in background. "Spanish War" inscribed on verso
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"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
Pach Brothers (firm)
"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.
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Roosevelt on horseback
At head of column of Rough Riders in formation.
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Roosevelt at the head of a long procession of mounted officers.
Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front .
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Rosevelt with officers in front of Rough Riders, all on horseback.
Similar image to GLC07002.41
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"Col. Roosevelt and Staff at Camp Wikoff."
Larger version of GLC07002.42. Roosevelt is at the front of the riders. Written at Camp Wikoff
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Roosevelt and officers riding abreast of one another.
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Burton, James, fl. 1898
"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.
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"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.
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"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
10 July 1898
"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.
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"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
New York Herald
"Spanish officers being converged under a flag of truce to the exchange of Holson and his men."
Title from inscription on verso. Rear view of mounted officers on dirt path with additional soldiers observing from hill overlooking path.
GLC07002.54
13 April 1777
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
10 April 1777
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
11 April 1777
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
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
14 April 1777
Says he has received orders "from the Council of this State to march my Independent Company Immediately to Providence." Rhode Island needs these men for defense until 2,000 militiamen can be raised, and Jackson worries that without him his men would...
GLC02437.00574
16 April 1777
Expresses her love for him. Says she was recently inoculated, just as William Knox left town. Expects more letters from him. Sends him "stocks" and plans to send more along with a waistcoat. Mentions that she wrote the letter "with a pen of my...
GLC02437.00575
20 April 1777
Says that he always writes "by the post" and wishes she would do the same "as it is now conducted with some regularity." Hopes that her inoculation works, and that both she and their daughter not "have too many or too few" pocks. Wishes Lucy could...
GLC02437.00576
The Americans "are getting strong" while "the enemy by all accounts...must be very imbecile." Hopes she is recovering from the smallpox inoculation, and sends his love to her and their daughter.
GLC02437.00577
24 April 1777
Expects Henry will disapprove the most recent actions of the unit he is serving in. Says he did not wish to participate himself, but did so when his colonel said that not to would forever sully his name. Is living "in the stile of soldiers, lodging...
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Gardner, Joseph, ?-1788
Dr. Gardner informs Knox that both his wife and daughter have been successfully inoculated against smallpox, and are feeling well again. Also a French ship has just arrived with 58 cannons, as well as shot, powder, clothing, blankets and tents....
GLC02437.00579
26 April 1777
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...
GLC02437.00580
30 April 1777
Isaacs, Ralph, 1741-1799
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...
GLC02437.00581
Rear view of procession of mounted soldiers.
Truce flag visible in center of image. Ink applied to lower right corner of photograph.
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Rough Riders accompanying Spanish officers
Spanish officers (in white with blindfold). Image shows both mounted and unmounted men in profile.
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Roosevelt with another American officer
Possibly Col. Wood or General Wheeler. Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front.
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Roosevelt attempting to pet an eagle
Accompanied by a group of men, a dog, and a lion cub. Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front.
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Another view of Roosevelt petting eagle, while Rough Rider tames lion cub.
A group looks on, including two women at far right, one holding a child. Stamp on verso. Mount is torn on the lower right corner, but the image is fine condition.
GLC07002.59
Third view of Roosevelt petting eagle
With bird leaning forward perhaps in attempt to take flight. Dog and lion cub in center of photo, with troops looking on.
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Roosevelt and large group of officers and soldiers.
Injured man in civilian dress at far left, and camp visible in background. Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front.
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Roosevelt and several men with backs to camera and heads bowed .
Two women and two young girls at right of photograph. Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front .
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Roosevelt (in full-length profile) presenting Frederic Remington's statue of a bronco (on table behind Roosevelt)
Caption "Roosevelt, Theodore" in red ink on front,
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