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Chester
A. Arthur. Autograph Letter Signed to the Military Committee
of Richmond County, New York [NY], 5 September 1862. An uncommon
Civil War-date letter, written when the future President was Quartermaster
General of the New York State militia, recommending a lieutenant colonel
for a regiment being raised in Staten Island. $1500.00 Full
Description
James
Buchanan. Autograph Letter Signed to Dr. N[athaniel]. Chapman
and others, Washington [DC], 8 May 1847. Secretary of State at this
date, the future President answers an invitation to a special dinner
in honor of statesman and diplomat Richard Rush. $500.00 Full
Description
James
Buchanan. Autograph Letter Signed as President to James Gordon
Bennett, Washington, DC, 11 July 1860. The President writes the
editor of The New York Herald to arrange for the publication of his
exchange of letters with Queen Victoria (correspondence in which Buchanan
invited the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII, to make his
historic visit to the U.S.). $4000.00 Full
Description
Grover
Cleveland. Autograph Letter Signed as President to Don M. Dickinson,
Washington, DC, 11 October 1885. An eloquent letter from the President
appealing to a close associate to serve on the recently-established
Civil Service Commission. $3000.00 Full
Description
Millard
Fillmore. Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Alexander, Grand
Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, The Hague [The Netherlands], 2 November
1855. With original envelope addressed and also signed by Fillmore.
A fine letter, written during the former President’s tour
of Europe, thanking the Grand Duke for a gift and expressing America’s
regard for the nobleman. $1500.00 Full
Description
Millard
Fillmore. Partly Printed Document Signed, Buffalo,
NY, 26 March 1860. A receipt for books completed and signed by the
former President. $450.00 Full
Description
James
Garfield. Autograph Letter Signed to Joshua R. Giddings, Hiram,
OH, 13 October 1858. A very early letter inviting an anti-slavery
Congressman to speak at the school where Garfield was then headmaster.
$1000.00 Full Description
James
A. Garfield. Partly Printed Autograph Manuscript Signed in
the text, no place, no date [ca. July or August 1863]. A remarkable
biographical questionnaire, filled out by the Union general and future
President during the Civil War, detailing his military service at length.
$6500.00 Full Description
Julia
D. Grant. Signed Photograph, no place, no date [probably Washington,
DC, 4 May 1897]. A very rare signed photo of this First Lady, taken
and signed late in her life. $1500.00 Full
Description
U.
S. Grant. Autograph Letter Signed to Ruf[us Ingalls], Nashville,
TN, 16 February 1864. A fine Civil War-date letter to an old friend,
containing both military news and personal insights, written by Grant
just before he became commander-in-chief of all Union armies. $12,500.00
Full Description
U.
S. Grant. Partly Printed Document Signed as President, Washington,
DC, 27 February 1877. A fine document signed by the President during
his final week in office, authorizing the affixing of the seal of the
U.S. to a pardon. $975.00 Full
Description
Warren
G. Harding. Autograph Letter Signed to Harry Foster, Battle
Creek, MI, 19 July 1894. An exceptionally early, lengthy, and rare
handwritten letter from this future President, penned during one of
his admissions to the Battle Creek Sanitarium, discussing the affairs
of his newspaper business, and providing some insight into several biographical
puzzles about Harding. $2000.00 Full
Description
Benjamin
Harrison. Autograph Letter Signed to his daughter-in-law, Indianapolis,
IN, 5 January 1888. An uncommon and revealing family letter.
$1750.00 Full Description
William
Henry Harrison. Letter Signed to John W. Taylor and others,
Cincinnati, OH, 20 February 1836. An extraordinary letter in which
Harrison accepts his nomination for the Presidency by New York State’s
Whig Party in 1836. $17,500.00 Full
Description
Andrew
Jackson. Document Signed as President, no place, 11 February
1833. A financial document, tying Jackson to his nemesis, the Bank
of the United States. $3000.00 Full
Description
Thomas
Jefferson. Partly Engraved Document Signed as President, no
place, 18 January 1805. Also signed by seven other American
men of science. A membership certificate for the American
Philosophical Society, signed by Jefferson as the Society’s President
at a time when he was also President of the United States. $20,000.00
Full Description
Thomas
Jefferson. Autograph Letter Signed to George Ticknor, Monticello
[VA], 31 January 1816. While rebuilding his library (having sold
his first collection of books to the U.S. government), Jefferson directs
an American friend in Europe to buy him various editions of Cicero.
$25,000.00 Full Description
Andrew
Johnson. Partly Printed Document Signed as President, Washington,
DC, 19 February 1866. Appointing a collector of customs in Sag Harbor,
New York. $950.00 Full Description
James
Monroe. Partly Printed Document Signed as President, Washington,
DC, 11 July 1818. An unusual appointment of a midshipman in the
U.S. Navy, countersigned by Secretary of War John C. Calhoun
rather than by the Secretary of the Navy. $1200.00 Full
Description
Eleanor
Roosevelt. Typed Letter Signed as First Lady to Uncle Fred[eric
A. Delano], Washington [DC], 1 September 1937. An uncommon family
letter, forwarding to an uncle an inquiry received by her mother-in-law
about some property. $250.00 Full
Description
Theodore
Roosevelt. Typed Letter Signed as President to Reverend Dr.
Thomas R. Slicer, Oyster Bay, NY, 15 July 1905. True to his support
for civil service, Roosevelt explains that he cannot appoint an unqualified
man to a job with the Panama Canal commission. $1500.00 Full
Description
Helen
H. Taft. Letter Signed as First Lady to Mrs. Cox, Washington,
DC, 13 December [1911]. The First Lady answers an inquiry about
the donation of a Dolley Madison portrait to the White House. $750.00
Full Description
William
Howard Taft. Typed Letter Signed as U.S. Solicitor General
to Calderon Carlisle, Washington, DC, 12 March 1891. An unusually
early letter from the future President and Chief Justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court about the papers in a pending lawsuit. $350.00 Full
Description
Zachary
Taylor. Autograph Letter Signed to General John E.
Wool, Camp near Monterey [Mexico], 22 May 1847. A Mexican War letter
about Doniphan's Missouri volunteers, troops that won key victories
in northern Mexico. $5500.00 Full
Description
Bess
W. Truman. Typed Letter Signed as First Lady to Mrs. K. S.
Axtater, Washington, DC, 23 June 1948. The First Lady expresses
her regret that she was not able to meet an old friend during a recent
visit to California. $150.00 Full
Description
Harry
S. Truman. Typed Letter Signed as President, Washington, DC,
31 January 1951. A scarce letter on national health insurance from
the first President to propose it: Truman writes here about several
obstacles to the passage of his program, but affirms his own continuing
belief in the proposal. $3000.00 Full
Description
John
Tyler. Autograph Note Signed as President to Mr. Skinner, no
place [probably Washington, DC], 27 September 1841. The President
asks for more information about a troublesome postmaster. $1500.00
Full Description
John
Tyler. Autograph Letter Signed as President to Secretary of
the Treasury John C. Spencer, Washington, DC, 12 October 1843. The
President directs his Treasury Secretary to respond to newspaper criticisms
by explaining the arrangements he has made for the payment of claims
owed to American citizens by the Mexican government. $2500.00 Full
Description
Martin
Van Buren. Autograph Letter Signed to E. Durand, "Lindenwald"
[Kinderhook, NY], 23 December 1844. Answering a request for his
autograph. $650.00 Full
Description
George
Washington. Autograph Letter Signed to the Reverend [William]
West, Mount Vernon [VA], 28 June 1788. A gracious letter in which
Washington agrees to write a letter of introduction for a young American
artist about to go to England for study, but also observes that his
personal connections in Great Britain following the Revolution are,
by choice, very limited. $35,000.00 Full
Description
George
Washington. Letter Signed as President to Thomas McKean, New
York [NY], 24 January 1790. A significant letter, written during
his first year as President to a Signer of the Declaration of Independence,
in which Washington sets out his fundamental policy on appointments
to federal offices. $38,000.00 Full
Description
Woodrow
Wilson. Partly Printed Document Signed as President, Washington,
DC, 5 March 1919. Countersigned by Acting Secretary of State Frank
L. Polk. The official appointment
of A. Mitchell Palmer, of "Palmer Raids" fame, as U.S. Attorney
General. $7500.00 Full Description
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