Presidential & First Lady Autographs

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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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