Archive of material belonging to Rough Rider and New York Police Officer Henry Ebermann, including a telegram from Theodore Roosevelt calling Ebermann to serve in the Spanish-American War

Henry Ebermann; Theodore Roosevelt

Publication Date: 1898

About this Item

A small group of material belonging to Henry J. Ebermann (1866-1898), a German emigrant who joined the 7th Cavalry in the Dakota Territory during the Indian Wars, served as a schoolteacher in at Fort Riley, Kansas, and was later appointed to the New York Police Department by Theodore Roosevelt on December 11, 1895. Assigned to the 11th Precinct on Eldridge St., he took a leave from the NYPD and enlisted as a Private in the Rough Rider's Company K. The group includes a 9.25" x 7" albumen photograph of the 1892-93 class at Fort Riley, Kansas, with all students identified and Ebermann listed as the teacher, along with two pieces from a telegraph received by Ebermann from Roosevelt giving details about reporting for duty as a Rough Rider during the Spanish-American War. (As this is the received telegram, it is not signed or in the hand of Roosevelt, though the message was written by him.).

Seller Inventory # 003471

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Archive of material belonging to Rough Rider and New York Police Officer Henry Ebermann, including a telegram from Theodore Roosevelt calling Ebermann to serve in the Spanish-American War
• Publication Date: 1898
• Language: English
• Binding: No Binding