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PRESIDENTS]. MADISON, James. A.L.S. ("James Madison"), to [Rev. Samuel Miller (1769-1850)], Montpellier, 19 January 1822. 1p., 4to . THANKING AN AUTHOR FOR A BOOK. "I cannot doubt that I shall find the subject discussed with the ability, the erudition & candour of which you have heretofore given pledges to the public." Miller, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, was most likely presenting his Letters on Unitarianism (1821). -- HARRISON, William H. A.L.S. ("Will m H. Harrison"), to Gen. John S. Gano, Cincinnati, 28 Nov. 1815. 2pp., 8vo . BATTLING AN INCOMPETENT CONTRACTOR: "Mr. Orr the contractor to the Army in the year 1813 has complained so loudly against me for obliging him to do his duty that I have determined to require an investigation" in the House of Representatives. He asks Gano to prepare a deposition in support. -- MONROE, James. Autograph check signed ("Jas Monroe"), as Sec. of State, 18 April 1814. 1p., oblong (2¼ x 7½in.), tipped to another sheet . A check for $150 payable "to Wm Clarke or bearer," drawn on "the bank of the Metropolis." -- TAYLOR, Zachary. A.L.S. ("Z. Taylor"), as President-elect, to Frank Leathe, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 15 Dec. 1848. 1p. 4to, crease reinforced from verso . Complying with an autograph request and thanking Leathe for including him in his collection of "distinguished men in England & America." -- TAYLOR, Zachary. D.S. ("Z. Taylor"), as Brevet Brig. Gen., Commanding the Army of Occupation, Corpus Christi, Texas, 12 February 1846. 1p., 4to . Enclosing the return of the Army of Occupation for January 1846. Together 5 items . (6)
PRESIDENTS]. MADISON, James. A.L.S. ("James Madison"), to [Rev. Samuel Miller (1769-1850)], Montpellier, 19 January 1822. 1p., 4to . THANKING AN AUTHOR FOR A BOOK. "I cannot doubt that I shall find the subject discussed with the ability, the erudition & candour of which you have heretofore given pledges to the public." Miller, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, was most likely presenting his Letters on Unitarianism (1821). -- HARRISON, William H. A.L.S. ("Will m H. Harrison"), to Gen. John S. Gano, Cincinnati, 28 Nov. 1815. 2pp., 8vo . BATTLING AN INCOMPETENT CONTRACTOR: "Mr. Orr the contractor to the Army in the year 1813 has complained so loudly against me for obliging him to do his duty that I have determined to require an investigation" in the House of Representatives. He asks Gano to prepare a deposition in support. -- MONROE, James. Autograph check signed ("Jas Monroe"), as Sec. of State, 18 April 1814. 1p., oblong (2¼ x 7½in.), tipped to another sheet . A check for $150 payable "to Wm Clarke or bearer," drawn on "the bank of the Metropolis." -- TAYLOR, Zachary. A.L.S. ("Z. Taylor"), as President-elect, to Frank Leathe, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 15 Dec. 1848. 1p. 4to, crease reinforced from verso . Complying with an autograph request and thanking Leathe for including him in his collection of "distinguished men in England & America." -- TAYLOR, Zachary. D.S. ("Z. Taylor"), as Brevet Brig. Gen., Commanding the Army of Occupation, Corpus Christi, Texas, 12 February 1846. 1p., 4to . Enclosing the return of the Army of Occupation for January 1846. Together 5 items . (6)