Receipt from Metropolitan Club Restaurant for Theodore Roosevelt

Subject(s): Food, Metropolitan Club (New York, N.Y.), Restaurants

Assistant Secretary Roosevelt purchased two mutton chops, two scrambled eggs, one potato salad, four glasses of milk, and two cups of coffee from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for a total of $1.70.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-09

Creator(s)

Metropolitan Club (Washington, D.C.)

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Period

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (April 1897-April 1898)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

2

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Receipt

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Receipt from Metropolitan Club Restaurant for Theodore Roosevelt. [April 9, 1898]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25845. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Metropolitan Club (Washington, D.C.). Receipt from Metropolitan Club Restaurant for Theodore Roosevelt. [9 Apr. 1898]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25845.

APA:

Metropolitan Club (Washington, D.C.)., [1898, April 9]. Receipt from Metropolitan Club Restaurant for Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25845.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.

APA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.