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A colonist barters with Natives outside a stockade in the winter. He is offering them a small piece of brightly colored cloth and a clay pipe in exchange for game including deer, turkey, fish, and ducks or geese.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-12-03
Theodore Roosevelt has arrived safely in Lenox, Massachusetts. He ate eight sandwiches and twenty-four peaches while traveling. Uncle Hill picked them up and is glad to have “somebody to talk and swim with.” Martha Bulloch Roosevelt is homesick but made friends with a Shaker named Sister Belle. Roosevelt sends his love and gives instructions on how to care for his various pets.
1872-08-11
The I. X. L. Packing Company of San Francisco, California, which produces “tomales and other delicacies,” would like to send President Roosevelt some samples of their products. Senator Platt has made purchases from the company and informed them that he believes Roosevelt would accept the samples.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-11
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for a meal that included mutton chops and milk. Theodore Roosevelt paid fifty cents for the meal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-05
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for a meal that included half of a spring chicken, a glass of milk, and strawberries and cream. Theodore Roosevelt paid seventy cents for the meal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-18
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for a meal that included mutton chops, potato salad, a glass of milk, and strawberries and cream. Theodore Roosevelt paid two dollars and thirty cents for the meal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-29
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-09
Military Governor of Puerto Rico Davis sends Secretary of War Root information about the effects of a hurricane that struck Puerto Rico. He describes the damage and what relief supplies are needed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1899-08-13
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for a meal that included mutton chops, a glass of milk, and scrambled eggs. Theodore Roosevelt paid one dollar and ten cents for the meal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-14
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for a meal which included half a spring chicken and two glasses of milk. Theodore Roosevelt paid fifty-five cents for the meal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-02
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for scrambled eggs, a glass of milk, and sardines. Theodore Roosevelt paid fifty-five cents for the meal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-03-31
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for one dollar and five cents where Theodore Roosevelt ordered two luncheons and a glass of milk.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-23
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for a meal that included blue points, broiled potatoes, duck, potato salad, and Camembert. Theodore Roosevelt paid eleven dollars and thirty cents for the meal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-04
Receipt from a meal at the Metropolitan Club Restaurant that included clams, blue points, potato salad, and Camembert. Theodore Roosevelt spent four dollars and seventy-five cents on the meal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt’s bill for a meal at the Metropolitan Club Restaurant shows that he ordered mutton, toast, and a glass of milk for 45 cents.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-15