1853/08/26

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary A. Aiken re: weariness, loneliness, & a political appointment

Written as President to his sister. He complains of being beset by problems, especially now that Webster has left for New England.

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1854/08/19

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Aiken re: letter of condolence to his brother-in-law

Written as President, offering his condolences for the loss of "Alfie" (mentioned in #2793.029 as being sick).

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1859/04/07

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Tyler re: politics in Pennsylvania, loneliness

Written as President, remarking that only he and Miss Lane occupy the White House.

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1859/11/05

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Swarr re: finances and inability to lend money

Written as President

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1861/03/25

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Weaver Danenhower re: his time constraints & Illinois appointments

Written as President. Not in Basler.

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1864/05/26

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dr. Robert King Stone re: prescription for Mrs. Lincoln's headache

Written as President. Not in Basler, but compare Basler 7: 161 and 179.

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1864/09/06

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gideon Welles re: furnishing coal for the Government

Written as President. Not in Basler. Lincoln writes to his Secretary of Navy about a woman's proposal to supply coal. He suspects she is insane.

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1864/09/24

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Holt re: trial of Simon Ready before military court

Written as President on Executive Mansion stationery. Basler 8: 22. Ready has not been identified and no response is known. Joseph Holt was Judge Advocate General.

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1867/07

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William H. Seward re: affairs in Texas

Written as President. Date inferred from content.

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1870/01/15

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his father Jesse Grant re: declining to intervene in an appointment

Written as President

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1877/12

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Sherman

Signed as President. Invites Sherman to his 25th wedding anniversary. Date inferred from contents.

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1879/02/14

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George W. Childs re: buying a portrait of Gen. Grant for the White House

Written as President

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1881/05/22

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Adelia T. Johnson re: improving health of his wife

Written as President

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1882/08/09

Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Franklin Townsend re: apologies for neglected correspondence

Written as President

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1886/11/18

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Fitzhugh Lee re: a saddle horse and his weight

Written as President to Gov. Lee of Virginia.

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1887/12/30

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry W. Box re: thanks for box of cigars

Written as President. An unusually thankful note.

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1889/11/10

Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sen. Joseph R. Hawley re: his loneliness and an invitation to dinner

Written as President

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1890/12/05

Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Anna Harrison Morris re: prayers for a relative and worries of office

Thanks Morris for informing him of Maggies condition.

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1897/01/01

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Comm. E. C. Benedict re: his message to Congress, advice on investments

Written as President

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1898/06/02

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elihu Root re: giving a son's body and arms to his father

Written as President to Root as Secretary of War. The bearer, Nicholas Fish, had lost his son in the Spanish-American War.

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1901/09/25

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to H. L. Shaw re: assuming the Presidency, inviting his Harvard friends

Signed as President on black-bordered stationery. Alludes to a dinner with his Harvard friends held as Governor of New York two years prior.

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1901/10/28

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to Gen. Curtis Guild

Signed as President. Roosevelt writes that his "Southern policy" is to "take the best man white or black."

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1908/06/11

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Rev. Roland Cotton Smith re: hopes for recovery of Smith's sons

Written as President

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1908/10/20

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to John T. Stewart re: his hope to be remembered as a friend to labor

Signed as President. Roosevelt also writes that he hopes to be thought the best President for farmers, small businessmen and "Abraham Lincoln's plain people."

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1908/11/26

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to George Bird Grinnell re: Grinnell's request that he write about Africa

Signed as President. Roosevelt had not been to Africa yet.

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