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PRESIDENTS.] JACKSON, Andrew. ALS to Andrew Donelson, 31 Aug. 1835. 3pp., 4to, extensive tape repairs . Remarks on the death and replacement of Indian Agent, Maj. Armstrong, and the need for a successor who understands the Indians. Mentions his cotton crop, the recent burning of his house, the sale of horses. -- JACKSON. ALS to Call, 3 Feb. 1823. 3pp., folio, tape repairs . Buying cattle for the Army. -- HARRISON, William Henry ALS to P. Hanger, 18 Sep. 1816. 3pp., 4to, repaired, browned . Detailed recitation of dispute over reimbursement for military expenses. -- HARRISON W. H. AL, fragment, unsigned, to Edward Curtis, 20 Oct. 1840. 1/2p., 4to, with integral address leaf . Speculating about election results, impact of abolitionists. -- DAVIS, Jefferson. ALS to J. Thomas Scharf, 31 Mar. 1886. 2pp., 4to . Request for help writing a "refutation of Sherman's slanders." WITH TWO CLIPPED SIGNATURES. -- ADAMS, John Quincy AL, unsigned, TO HIS FATHER JOHN ADAMS 26 Feb. 1804. 1p., folio, seal hole catching several words along right edge . "MY FIRST OPENING AT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AS TO ITS ISSUE," Adams proudly reports to his father. "Mr. J. T. Mason of Georgetown was with me and argued the cause admirably well..." Noted Maryland lawyer Luther Martin was counsel for the other side, along with "a Mr. Hunter of Rhode Island...I mention all these circumstances, for the fireside only; because there they will be interesting..." -- MADISON, James. ALS to Edmund Randolph, n.d. [ca. 1788]. 1p., 4to, worn at folds, seal remnant . MADISON DOES BUSINESS WITH A FELLOW DRAUGHTSMAN OF THE CONSTITUTION in this note that also has him using the rarer form of his signature, using "Jr.": "I find that in consequence of a draught on the Treasury which I exchanged with Mr. Gou[verneu]r Morris for a bill on New York, that surplus of 30 Regular currency has passed into his hands. I have requested him to hand it over to you..." -- MONROE, James. Autograph draft letter, unsigned, to William Crawford Washington, 10 Dec. 1825. 1p., 4to, stain at top left, corrections and emendations in Monroe's hand . MONROE GINGERLY SENDS A COMMAND TO A VOLATILE RIVAL, his Treasury Secretary, and recent failed Presidential contender. "...When your report is prepared I shall be glad to see it before you send it in to Congress...." The two men were barely on speaking terms by this point. Monroe and Crawford nearly came to blows a few months earlier over what Crawford saw as Monroe's slowness in putting through political appointments helpful to Crawford's presidential run. -- TAFT, William H. TLS to William Hunt New Haven, 7 Jan. 1920. 1p., 4to, personal stationery . TAFT ATTACKS WILSON DURING THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS DEBATE. "It is too bad that the world and the country should be halted and have their best interests ground between the upper millstone of Wilson's pride, vanity, and inconsiderateness and mulishness and the nether millstone of Lodge's pride, vanity, selfishness..." -- TRUMAN, Harry S. TLS to Maxwell D. Taylor, Washington, 9 May 1947. 1p., 4to, White House stationery . Truman thanks Taylor for birthday wishes conveyed by the "Officers and Cadets of the United States Military Academy." -- ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. TLS (secretarial) to William S. Waudby, Albany, 6 Sep. 1932. 1p., 4to, Executive mansion stationery . Thanks for a newspaper article after the Democratic convention that nominated him for President. -- NIXON, Richard M. Two engraved inaugural invitations signed ("Richard Nixon"), 20 Jan. 1969 and 20 Jan. 1973. Together two pages, 4to (9 7/8 x 6. 3/8in.) , with printed Inaugural Ceremonies Program and four Inaugural tickets loosely inserted; and an Inaugural Ceremonies program, 20 Jan. 1973, with two loosely inserted tickets. -- COOLIDGE, Calvin. TLS to Hamilton Holt, Washington, 14 Jan. 1929. 1p., 4to, White House stationery . Declining a speaking engagement at Rollins College in Florida. Together 16 items . (16)
PRESIDENTS.] JACKSON, Andrew. ALS to Andrew Donelson, 31 Aug. 1835. 3pp., 4to, extensive tape repairs . Remarks on the death and replacement of Indian Agent, Maj. Armstrong, and the need for a successor who understands the Indians. Mentions his cotton crop, the recent burning of his house, the sale of horses. -- JACKSON. ALS to Call, 3 Feb. 1823. 3pp., folio, tape repairs . Buying cattle for the Army. -- HARRISON, William Henry ALS to P. Hanger, 18 Sep. 1816. 3pp., 4to, repaired, browned . Detailed recitation of dispute over reimbursement for military expenses. -- HARRISON W. H. AL, fragment, unsigned, to Edward Curtis, 20 Oct. 1840. 1/2p., 4to, with integral address leaf . Speculating about election results, impact of abolitionists. -- DAVIS, Jefferson. ALS to J. Thomas Scharf, 31 Mar. 1886. 2pp., 4to . Request for help writing a "refutation of Sherman's slanders." WITH TWO CLIPPED SIGNATURES. -- ADAMS, John Quincy AL, unsigned, TO HIS FATHER JOHN ADAMS 26 Feb. 1804. 1p., folio, seal hole catching several words along right edge . "MY FIRST OPENING AT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AS TO ITS ISSUE," Adams proudly reports to his father. "Mr. J. T. Mason of Georgetown was with me and argued the cause admirably well..." Noted Maryland lawyer Luther Martin was counsel for the other side, along with "a Mr. Hunter of Rhode Island...I mention all these circumstances, for the fireside only; because there they will be interesting..." -- MADISON, James. ALS to Edmund Randolph, n.d. [ca. 1788]. 1p., 4to, worn at folds, seal remnant . MADISON DOES BUSINESS WITH A FELLOW DRAUGHTSMAN OF THE CONSTITUTION in this note that also has him using the rarer form of his signature, using "Jr.": "I find that in consequence of a draught on the Treasury which I exchanged with Mr. Gou[verneu]r Morris for a bill on New York, that surplus of 30 Regular currency has passed into his hands. I have requested him to hand it over to you..." -- MONROE, James. Autograph draft letter, unsigned, to William Crawford Washington, 10 Dec. 1825. 1p., 4to, stain at top left, corrections and emendations in Monroe's hand . MONROE GINGERLY SENDS A COMMAND TO A VOLATILE RIVAL, his Treasury Secretary, and recent failed Presidential contender. "...When your report is prepared I shall be glad to see it before you send it in to Congress...." The two men were barely on speaking terms by this point. Monroe and Crawford nearly came to blows a few months earlier over what Crawford saw as Monroe's slowness in putting through political appointments helpful to Crawford's presidential run. -- TAFT, William H. TLS to William Hunt New Haven, 7 Jan. 1920. 1p., 4to, personal stationery . TAFT ATTACKS WILSON DURING THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS DEBATE. "It is too bad that the world and the country should be halted and have their best interests ground between the upper millstone of Wilson's pride, vanity, and inconsiderateness and mulishness and the nether millstone of Lodge's pride, vanity, selfishness..." -- TRUMAN, Harry S. TLS to Maxwell D. Taylor, Washington, 9 May 1947. 1p., 4to, White House stationery . Truman thanks Taylor for birthday wishes conveyed by the "Officers and Cadets of the United States Military Academy." -- ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. TLS (secretarial) to William S. Waudby, Albany, 6 Sep. 1932. 1p., 4to, Executive mansion stationery . Thanks for a newspaper article after the Democratic convention that nominated him for President. -- NIXON, Richard M. Two engraved inaugural invitations signed ("Richard Nixon"), 20 Jan. 1969 and 20 Jan. 1973. Together two pages, 4to (9 7/8 x 6. 3/8in.) , with printed Inaugural Ceremonies Program and four Inaugural tickets loosely inserted; and an Inaugural Ceremonies program, 20 Jan. 1973, with two loosely inserted tickets. -- COOLIDGE, Calvin. TLS to Hamilton Holt, Washington, 14 Jan. 1929. 1p., 4to, White House stationery . Declining a speaking engagement at Rollins College in Florida. Together 16 items . (16)