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| [P] Andrew Jackson as President and Edward Livingston Signed Patent For Improvement In Fly Net [American President] [Science & Technology] [Supreme Court Justice] Not Framed.
Document signed "Andrew Jackson" as President, and "Edw.[ard] Livingston" as Secretary of State, and "R.[oger] B. Taney" as Attorney General; Washington, June 22, 1832, one page on vellum, with embossed white wafer and parts of the red wax presidential seal.In sample frame. Framing is extra.
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| sx: Harry Truman Typed Letter Signed Regarding Law Enforcement Problems in Alaska [American President]
Signed “H.S.T.”, as President, to J. Howard McGrath, Attorney General. One page. December 22, 1951, The White House, Washington, D.C. Paper clip stain in blank left corner, otherwise excellent. 17.4 x 22.9 cm.
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| George Washington Autograph Letter Signed regarding last minute orders as he leaves for Yorktown x: [American President] [Military]
Washington orders "the Corps of Sappers and Miners to be part of the Troops which compose the first embarkation of our army." Autograph letter signed by Washington to Major General Benjamin Lincoln, [Head of Elk, Md, September 7-8, 1781].
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| Benjamin Harrison Letter Signed Declining Invitation to Speak at 25th Anniversary of Albany High School [American President]
Signed "Benj. Harrison" to James H. Manning. Two pages printed on mourning stationary with envelope. May 19, 1893, Indianapolis, Indiana. Fine Condition, strong signature. 11.3 x 17.5 cm.
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| Gerald R. Ford White House Envelope Signed to Seymor Halpern, a Congressman and Noted Autograph Collector [American President]
Signed "Best Wishes, Gerald R. Ford." 7.75 x 4.5 inches.
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| William Henry Harrison Letter Signed regarding preparations for the Battle of the Thames x: [American President] [Maritime Document] [Military]
“I am so well persuaded that the government will approbate the measure of receiving the men whom you may bring with you above the contemplated 2000 that I will not hesitate to say that I will accept them - Every thing is in a fair train for the commencement of operations upon your arrival -Our fleet is now off Sandusky bay - I shall go down to it tomorrow morning and take with 70 men to act as marines - I wish the Comodore to go immediately to Malden and endeavour to bring the enemy to action …” Letter signed “William Henry Harrison” as Brigadier General, to Governor Isaac Shelby of Kentucky, two pages with free frank also signed “Genl Harrison” on integral address leaf; Head Quarters Seneca Town [Ohio], August 18, 1813.
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| John Tyler Autograph Envelope [American President]
In John Tyler’s hand to John G. Miller, Esq., Postmaster, Columbus, Ohio. Circa April-May 1841. With “CITY OF WASHINGTON” and “FREDERICK Md.” postmarks. Marked at top “Missent to Frederick Md”. Docketed along left side, “Autograph address of John Tyler Acting Prest. U.S.”
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| w: [-] James Monroe Military Land Grant Signed [American President]
Signed "James Monroe", as President, and "Josiah Meigs", as Commissioner of the General Land Office. One page on vellum, with "Militi Forti Et Fideli" engraving, with white wafer land office seal. Grant to Solomon Shaner of one hundred sixty acres in Illinois. July 28, 1818. 25.4 x 33 cm.
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| James Madison, James Monroe Mediterranean Ship’s Passport Signed [American President] [Maritime Document]
Document signed "James Madison" as President and "Jas Monroe" as Secretary of State; November 07, 1811. One page on parchment with scalloped top with engraved pictures of sailing ship and lighthouse, with white paper seal of the United States.
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| James Monroe Manuscript Letter Signed Regarding "Gabriel’s Insurrection" x: [American President]
Signed “Jas. Monroe”, as Governor of Virginia. Two pages. February 10, 1802, Richmond, Virginia. 7.25 x 8.75 inches. An excellent letter related to a significant event during Monroe’s governorship.
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| James Monroe Land Grant Signed [American President]
Signed “James Monroe”, as President, and “Geo:[rge] Graham”, as Commissioner of the General Land Office. One page on vellum with white wafer land office seal. May 24, 1824. Fine condition. Top right margin has 1/2 inch diagonal piece missing, well clear of text. B3/7. 35.4 x 25.3 cm.
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| John Adams Autograph Letter Signed Commenting on Delays in the Peace Negotiations x: [American President] [Declaration Signer]
Autograph letter signed “John Adams,” to Alexander Cerisier, two pages with integral address leaf; Paris, France, May 13, 1783.
A very fine letter written by Adams as peace negotiator and minister, a pivotal role that was perhaps even more important than Adams’ presidency.
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| George Washington Letter Signed Regarding The Promotion of Benedict Arnold, The Posting of Israel Putnam to Guard The Hudson Highlands and Clothing His Troops x: [American President] [Military] (c: FT Exhibit)
Letter signed “Go Washington” as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, to General Alexander McDougall, one and a half pages; Morristown, [New Jersey], May 16, 1777. Text in the hand of Washington’s Aide-de-camp Tench Tilghman.
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| James Madison Free Frank with Autograph Letter Signed from William Thornton Re Patent requirements [American President]
Autograph letter signed by William Thornton as Superintendant of the Patent Office, sent under cover of free frank signed by James Madison as U.S. Secretary of State, one page, April 26, 1806. 9.75 x 7.75 in.
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| On Hold: James Madison, James Monroe Signed privateer’s commission for the ship "Fair American" [American President] [Maritime Document]
Document signed “James Madison” as President and “Jas Monroe” as Secretary of State; December 17, 1813, one page, parchment, with white paper seal of the United States. Condition: Hole not affecting text, tape on back.
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| cxs: Gerald R. Ford Signed Copy of Pardon of Richard Nixon [American President]
A souvenir copy. Signed “Gerald R. Ford”, as President. One page on White House letterhead. Dated in type September 8, 1974, [but signed later]Washington D.C. 8.5 x 11 inches.
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| Thomas Jefferson Circular Letter Signed regarding the embargo of 1808 against British commerce x: [American President] [Declaration Signer]
“...all regard to the rights of others have been thrown aside, the belligerant powers have beset the highway of commercial intercourse with edicts which, taken together, expose our commerce and mariners... We have wished war with neither [England or France].”
Circular Letter Signed “Th: Jefferson” to Thomas Burnes and the inhabitants of the town of Gilmantown, New Hampshire, three pages; September 23, 1808, with address leaf free franked “Th: Jefferson Pr. U.S.”
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| John Kennedy Typed Letter (autopen signature) on nuclear testing and disarmament
John F. Kennedy Typed Letter with autopen signature “John Kennedy” as Senator, to Gwendolyn I. McArntey, one page; March 9, 1960.
“... The President’s announcement suspending the test ban seemed to me to hold little promise..."
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| Ulysses S. Grant Naval Commission Signed. [American President] [Maritime Document]
Signed “U.S. Grant”, as President and “Geo[rge] M. Robeson”, as Secretary of the Navy; July 9, 1870, one page on vellum, with engravings of eagle, colors and cannon, and Neptune and other mythical sea figures and with blue wafer seal of the War Office.
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| Thomas Jefferson Letter Signed regarding transmitting Acts of the First Congress of the United States- submitted to John Hancock x: [American President] [Declaration Signer] (o:) (c: FT Exhibit)
Letter signed “Th: Jefferson” as Secretary of State, to the Governor of Massachusetts [John Hancock], one page; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 30, 1791.
Circular letter from Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson sending copies of the legislation passed during the third session of the first Congress of the United States.
19.3 x 24.1 cm.
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| ww3: James Monroe as President and John Quincy Adams Signed Patent for Improvement in Archimedian Screws [American President] [Science & Technology]
Document signed "James Monroe" as President and "John Quincy Adams" as Secretary of State, and "W[illia]m Wirt" as Attorney General to James Cooper; Washington, D.C., December 14, 1819, one page, vellum, with white paper presidential seal and ribbon. Includes a one-half page description of the invention: “The improvement consists in doubling the spiral chamber that carries the water, instead of its being a single channel, as is the case in the Archimedian Screw.”
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| cxs: Thomas Jefferson as President and James Madison Signed Patent for Improvement in Power Obtained by the Rising and Falling of the Tide to Give Motion to All Kinds of Machinery [American President] [Declaration Signer] [Science & Technology]
Document signed "Th: Jefferson" as President and "James Madison" as Secretary of State, and "Levi Lincoln" as Attorney General to John Staples, Jr.; Washington, D.C., March 18, 1803, one page, vellum, with white paper presidential seal. Signed patent for an improvement in hydro-power obtained by the rising and falling of the tide to give motion to all kinds of machinery. Before the widespread use of steam engines, water was the primary power supply for American industry.
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| ww: James Buchanan Signed Patent for Improvement "In the Horse Power" of a Drive Shaft [American President] [Science & Technology]
Document signed "James Buchanan" as Secretary of State, and "Edmund Burke" as Commissioner of Patents; Washington, D.C., June 27, 1846, one page, vellum, with white paper Patent Office seal and ribbon. Includes a three page description of the invention, signed by the inventor, and with drawing of the invention.
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| Thomas Jefferson Letter Signed regarding three Congressional Acts x: [American President] [Declaration Signer] [BOTD]
Letter signed “Th: Jefferson”, as Secretary of State, to the President of Pennsylvania, one page; New York, July 6, 1790. 7.75 x 9.25 in. Splendid specimen bearing a choice signature. Very fine condition despite slight discoloration at right margin. Professionally conservation treated.
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| Benjamin Harrison Autograph Letter Signed Recommending Reverend Allen Randolph for Chaplain Post in the Army [American President] [Civil War]
Signed “Benj. Harrison”, as Colonel in the 70th Indiana Infantry. One page. October 11, 1864, Indianapolis, Indiana. 19.7 x 25 cm. Harrison’s Civil War letters are scarce.
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| ww: Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed [American President]
Content: Acknowledging Christmas WishesTyped letter signed “Dwight D. Eisenhower”, as Chief of Staff, to Mrs. Martha Sielicki, one page with original envelope; Washington, D.C., January 21, 1948. 17.8 x 22.8 cm
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| Woodrow Wilson Signed Military Commission [American President]
Document signed "Woodrow Wilson" as President and "Lindley M. Garrison" as Secretary of War; October 24, 1914, one page on vellum, with engravings of eagle and colors and equipment and with blue wafer seal of the War Office.
"Know Ye, That reposing special trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor, fidelity, and abilities of Philip Work, I have nominated, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint him First Lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States."
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| ww: Woodrow Wilson Signed Military Commission [American President]
“To all who shall see these presents greeting: Know Ye, That reposing special trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor, fidelity, and abilities of Edwin St. J. Greble and do appoint him Brigadier General in the service of the United States.”
Document signed “Woodrow Wilson” As President and “Newton D. Baker” as Secretary of War; Washington, D.C., October 13, 1916, vellum, and engraved eagle and “E Plurbis Unim” motto, and with blue paper War Office seal.
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| Print: "The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet". Framed [American President][s]
Print by F. B. Carpenter from the original 1864 painting at the White House in 1866.
In sample frame.
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| Abraham Lincoln Signed Four Language Ship’s Sea Letter [American President] [Maritime Document][s]
“TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING: BE IT KNOWN, That leave and permission is hereby given to Abraham Osborn Jr master or commander of the Ship called Almira ... lying at present in the port of Edgartown bound for Pacific Ocean laden and outfitted with Casks, Provisions, Ship’s Stores, and Whaling Utensils for a Whaling voyage... to depart and proceed with the said Ship on his said voyage”.Document signed “Abraham Lincoln” as President and “William H. Seward” as Secretary of State; August 8, 1864, one page, in French, Spanish, English and Dutch, with white wafer seal of U.S., and two U.S. revenue stamps.
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| William Howard Taft Military Commission Signed [American President]
Signed “Wm H Taft”, as President, and “Burton Winthrop”, as Acting Secretary of the Navy. One page on vellum with engravings of eagle, colors, cannon, Poseidon, and other mythical sea figures with blue wafer seal. June 28, 1909
| | | | | Woodrow Wilson Signed Military Commission [American President]
Document signed "Woodrow Wilson" as President and "Newton D. Baker" as Secretary of War; February 16, 1919, one page on vellum, with engraving of eagle and with embossed War Office stamp.
"Know Ye, That reposing special trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor, fidelity, and abilities of Charles P. Summerall, I have nominated, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint him Brigadier General."
| | | | | sx: Woodrow Wilson Military Commission Document Signed [American President]
Document signed "Woodrow Wilson" as President and "Newton D. Baker" as Secretary of War; February 25, 1920, one page on vellum, with engraving of eagle and with embossed War Office stamp.
| | | | | Jimmy Carter Free Frank [American President]
Free frank signed "J Carter", as former President, on envelope to Roland Frye. With Americus, Georgia postmark, August 18, 1987. 19.1 x 10 cm.
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| ww: Andrew Jackson as President and Martin Van Buren Signed Patent for "New and Useful Improvement in the Steam Engine" [American President] [Science & Technology]
Document signed "Andrew Jackson" as President and "M. Van Buren" as Secretary of State, and "J[oh]n: Macpherson Berrien" as Attorney General to Charles Potts; Washington, D.C., May 31, 1830, one page, vellum, with white paper presidential seal and ribbon. Includes a three and three-quarter page description of the invention, signed by the inventor, and with drawing of the invention.
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| ww3: Harry Truman Free Frank [American President]
Signed "Harry S Truman" on autograph envelope to Dean Acheson. Postmarked July 12, 1961, Independence, Missouri. Fine condition. Very rare.17.2 x 11.3 cm.
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| ww3: James Madison and James Monroe Mediterreanian Ship’s Passport Signed [American President] [Maritime Document]
Document signed “James Madison” as President and “Ja[me]s Monroe” as Secretary of State. One page on parchment, scalloped top with engraved vignettes of lighthouse and sailing ship, and with white paper seal of the United States. December 13, 1811. Madison signature has smudge over James, ans tail is slightly faded. 27.9 x 38.7 cm.
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| GOP Lunch Bucket Signed by four Republican presidents: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Sr. [American President]
On a unique impressively decorated lunch bucket, autographs of four chief executives and nearly a hundred other members of the Republican elite, including: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bob Dole, Nelson Rockefeller, Tom Dewey, Bob Hope, Barry Goldwater, Strom Thurmond, Spiro Agnew, John Mitchell, Martha Mitchell, Phyllis Schlafly, Cesar Romero, Pat Nixon, Julie Nixon, Tricia Nixon, Nancy Reagan, Mark Hatfield, George Romney, Happy Rockefeller, Judy Agnew, George Murphy, John Connally, William Saxbe, Robert Taft, Ray Bolger, Harold Stassen, Barbara Bush, John Tower, Maureen Reagan, and Barbara Eisenhower. Christine Todd Whitman signed the famous lunchbox in 1995.
Metal Thermos lunch bucket, hand painted and beautifully decorated, with rounded top, hinged at back with two front clasps catching at top. Interior lined with royal blue baize and trimmed with gold braid, the exterior painted ivory and decorated with seven GOP elephants of various sizes and with sketches of the White House and Capitol building.
Height: 18.5 cm (7.25 in.) Width: 25.5 cm. (10 in.) Depth: 12.2 cm. (12.5 in.)
| | | | | [P] ww3: Andrew Jackson as President and Louis McLane Signed Patent [American President] [Science & Technology]
Document signed Andrew Jackson as President and Louis McLane as Secretary of State for “improvement in comb making, and welding or cementing horns, hoofs, whalebone and the scraps waste.” Document also signed by Benjamin F. Butler as Attorney General. To Arad B. Newton, March 31, 1834. One page.
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| Calvin Coolidge as President and Herbert Hoover Signed Appointment to Examiner-in-chief of the U.S. Patent Office. [American President]
Document signed Calvin Coolidge, as president, Herbert Hoover, as Secretary of Commerce, appointing Eugene Landers. December 21, 1927, one page.
| | | | | cxs: Dwight D. Eisenhower Appointment Of Ambassador To Egypt During Suez Canal Crisis [American President]
“...Raymond A. Hare... I have nominated, and with the advice and consent of the Senate do appoint you Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Egypt...”Document signed “Dwight Eisenhower”, as President, and “John Foster Dulles”, as Secretary of State, one page, Washington, January 29, 1957.
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| Dwight Eisenhower Autograph Letter Signed Regarding his Son’s Military Assignment in Europe [American President]
Signed “Ike” to Mamie D. Eisenhower. One and one-half pages. January 20, 1945, [Versailles].
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Transcript:
Princeton, New Jersey
5 March, 1898.
Mr. John S. Phillips,
McClure’s Magazine, New York,
My dear Mr. Phillips,
I wish I could say at once that I would write the essay you want, and I assure you that I should esteem McClure’s as "proper an organ" as I could [issire]. That is not the trouble. The trouble is that I am not a ready writer, and that I simply have not the time for such an essay as I would be willing to have you accept.
I have had your kind letter of last summer in mind ever since I replied to it; and I have a subject under pressure upon which I want to write you a paper, of the literary kind. But I must do first the necessary tasks of my profession, and I may in the meantime offer you an essay which is a careful by-product of my lecture work, but which is in no sense "timely". I have not the time or the readiness to be up-to-date, I am sorry to say.
With sincerest appreciation of your kindness,
Sincerely Yours,
Woodrow Wilson
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Transcript:
February 20th, 1907.
My dear Sir:-
The task you ask me to undertake for the Sunday World is much too great a one. It would be extremely difficult to express in just terms any brief general estimate of our national situation, and I cannot think that these generalizations are of very much value.
Very sincerely yours,
Woodrow Wilson
Mr. Alexander Black
The New York World
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| On Hold: cxs: Woodrow Wilson Typed Letter Signed Regarding Appointment to West Point. Framed [American President]
Signed "Woodrow Wilson" to Mr. Squires declining a request for an appointment to West Point. Two pages on White House letterhead. November 29, 1920.
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| Sold: Abraham Lincoln Bronze Bust by George Edwin Bissell
| | | | | Herbert Hoover Signed Book [American President]
Book signed and inscribed “To Eldridge R. Johnson With Kind Regards of Herbert Hoover”. Georgius Agricola, De Re Metallica. London: The Mining Magazine, 1912, 640 pages. Translated from the first Latin edition of 1556 by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover. Hoover graduated from Stanford in 1895 with a Bachelor’s in geology, but unable to find work as a surveyor, pushed ore carts 70 hours a week at a gold mine near Nevada City, California. The next year he was hired as a mining engineer and soon became developer of some very profitable mines including the Baldwin silver mine in Burma from which his fortune, an estimated $4 million by 1914, was derived.
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| [P] Andrew Jackson as President and Martin Van Buren Signed Patent to Henry Rogers for Revolving Four Barrel Gun and Improved Percussion Lock [American President] [Science & Technology]
Document Signed "Andrew Jackson", as President, and Martin Van Buren, as Secretary of State. Document also signed by "John M. Berrien", as Attorney General of the United States, to Henry Rogers. May 7, 1829. One page, accompanied by one page with drawings and description.
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| Thomas Jefferson Lithograph. Framed [American President] [Declaration Signer]
19th century lithograph by William Smith.
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| [P] Andrew Jackson as President Patent Signed for Improvements to the Machine used for Pegging Shoes and Boots [American President] [Science & Technology] [Supreme Court Justice]
Document Signed “Andrew Jackson”, as President to Frederick Gray. Three pages. Partially printed with a watercolor insert depicting the machine. April 6, 1832, Washington, D.C. Cosigned by B. B. Taney, Attorney General of the United States.
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| cxs: John F. Kennedy Autograph Manuscript [American President]
John F. Kennedy Autograph manuscript, comprising a preliminary draft for a speech by the President on the occasion for a visit by Prime Minister Harold MacMillan of Great Britain, Washington, D.C., [April 1962]. 4 pages, 8vo (8x5in), in bold pencil on rectos only of four sheets of White House stationary. In fine condition.
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| cxs: Ronald Reagan Autograph Draft [American President]
Governor Reagan denies that he is an active candidate for president: “That job should seek the man.”
Ronald Reagan, Autograph Draft Letter with Partial Signature (“Ronald”) as Governor of California, to Maytor McKinley, with filing mark dated February 26, 1968.
| | | | | Abraham Lincoln Marching Club, Wide Awakes, Torch [American President][s]
Double-swivel torch, this design used exclusively by the Lincoln marching club, the Wide Awakes, for the election of 1860. 55" tall with original, soft-wood plole, pierced at the bottom. Although this design was patented, it appears various manufacturers pirated the pattern and issued their own versions. This one has a single burner and is particularly sturdy in construction.
| | | | | Millard Fillmore Autograph Letter Signed [American President] [African American content]
Millard Fillmore autograph letter signed to Humphrey Marshall, Buffalo, NY, September 17, 1845. 2 pages. "[I]t was my good fortune to be born and brought up...where negro slavery never existed, except in theory."
| | | | | Zachary Taylor’s Will: Written Before the Florida Campaigns of the Seminol War [American President]
Manuscript document in an unknown hand, comprising Taylor’s Last Will and Testament of 20 November 1837, possibly the copy owned by Dr. Robert C. Wood (one of Taylor’s attedning physicians), with the first nine words possibly in Wood’s hand, [Washington], 16 July 1850. 3 1/2 pages, 4to, some minor water staining, otherwise fine.
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| Andrew Jackson Partial Autograph Manuscript Signed with Free Frank [American President]
Signed "Andrew Jackson". One page to Major A.J. Donelson. Docketed by Donelson on verso: "Taken from a letter of Genl Jackson to the undersigned dated at the Hermitage Novbr 14th 1844?". November 14, 1844, The Hermitage. Irregular margins. 4 x 7 inches.
With Autograph Free Frank Signed "Free/Andrew Jackson", being an address leaf. Light marginal soiling, three seal holes to address leaf, remnant of red wax seal. December 12, n.y., Nashville.
| | | | | On Hold: James Monroe Autograph Letter Signed [American President]
MONROE, JAMES. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED as President Washington’s MINISTER TO FRANCE, Two pages, Quarto, dated September 22, 1794 from Paris. To an unnamed correspondent, though judging from internal evidence probably J. Hector St. John de Crevècoeur, the French author of Letters of an American Farmer (the subject of this letter),
| | | | | Chester A. Arthur Civil War Date Letter Signed [American President]
Letter signed, "CA Arthur," as New York Acting Asst Quartermaster General, 2pp (single sheet), May 31, 1861, 4to, New York to Major John Tinsly in Albany.
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| Thomas Jefferson Autograph Letter Signed [American President] [Declaration Signer] (c: FT Exhibit)
Thomas Jefferson, Autographed Letter Signed, to a Mr. Laval, bookseller, Monticello, April 11, 1819, one page, quarto. Bibliophile, Places Order for His Library at Monticello.
"Books as well as other things have limits to their value beyond which we would not go."
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| Sold:cxs: George Washington Letter Signed Transmitting Acts of First Congress: Laws Organizing the Government to Samuel Huntington [American President] [TP](o:)
Letter Signed (“G:o Washington”) as President, to Samuel Huntington (1731-1796), Governor of Connecticut; Notably the Judiciary Act of 1789 Establishing Federal Courts; New York, October 3, 1789.
Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s auction, The Forbes Collection.
Sending to the states key legislation enacted by Congress during its first session under the Constitution, including setting up the federal judiciary, appropriating the first federal budget [$639,000], and giving the president power to federalize state militias during a crisis.
Transmittal For: An Act to explain and amend an Act, entitled “an Act for registering and clearing Vessels, regulating the coasting trade, and for other purposes.
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| Hx: cxs: James Monroe Condemns Internal Improvements as Unconstitutional: "I Consider It My Duty to Take My Stand Against the Powers of the Federal Government" [American President]
Autograph Letter Signed ("James Monroe") as President, to unidentified recipient; Washington, DC, July 9, 1821.
Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s auction, The Forbes Collection.
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| Hx: Martin Van Buren Autograph Letter Signed [Vice Presidential Document] [Charleston & Fort Sumter Document]
Autograph Letter Signed (“M Van Buren”) as Vice President, to Attorney General Benjamin F. Butler (1795-1858); Describes Passage of Force Bill during Nullification Crisis: "Every Eye Is Directed Towards S. Carolina" Washington, DC, March 9, 1833.
Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s auction, The Forbes Collection.
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| Hx: Candidate William Henry Harrison Autograph Letter Signed [American President][African American content] (o:)
Autograph Letter Signed (“W.H. Harrison”) to William Corwin; Spells Out Position on “The Vexed Question” of Slavery’s Expansion; North Bend, OH, December 18, 1839.
Provenance:
Acquired from Christie’s auction, The Forbes Collection.
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| Signed Wartime Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt [American President]
Photograph Inscribed and Signed (“Franklin D. Roosevelt”) as President, to William C. Dickerman; Washington, DC, c. 1942.
Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s auction, The Forbes Collection.
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| | | | | Abraham Lincoln Document Signed [American President][s]
Document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward ("Wm. H. Seward"), Washington, D.C., 10 May 1864. 1½ pages, folio, the text boldly penned by a clerk, on page two, a large papered seal over wax with crisp impression of the Great Seal of the United States, one fold expertly repaired, soiling along folds, small puncture in blank portion.
| | | | | Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed [American President]
Typed Letter Signed as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, August 21, 1934. Roosevelt writes to John H. Laux, commander of the American Legion Newark Post No. 10.
| | | | | on Hold: Abraham Lincoln Autograph Document Signed [American President]
Lincoln Takes Action to Reward Union Loyaltists in BaltimoreAutograph Document Signed, June 14, 1861
The Policy of President Lincoln and His Administration: Holding Maryland Key to Maintaining the Union
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