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to John Aiken re: letter of condolence to his brother-in-law
1854/08/19
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Written as President, offering his condolences for the loss of "Alfie" (mentioned in #2793.029 as being sick).
GLC02793.030
to Robert Tyler re: politics in Pennsylvania, loneliness
1859/04/07
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Written as President, remarking that only he and Miss Lane occupy the White House.
GLC02793.031
to Mr. Swarr re: finances and inability to lend money
1859/11/05
Written as President
GLC02793.032
to William Weaver Danenhower re: his time constraints & Illinois appointments
1861/03/25
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Written as President. Not in Basler.
GLC02793.033
to Mary Todd Lincoln
March 31, 1864
Addresses his wife as "Dear Mother." Sends a draft for $50 and states that any merchant in New York will give her money for it. Written on Executive Mansion stationery.
GLC02793.034
to Dr. Robert King Stone re: prescription for Mrs. Lincoln's headache
1864/05/26
Written as President. Not in Basler, but compare Basler 7: 161 and 179.
GLC02793.035
to Gideon Welles re: furnishing coal for the Government
1864/09/06
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.
GLC02793.036
to Joseph Holt re: trial of Simon Ready before military court
1864/09/24
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.
GLC02793.037
to William H. Seward re: affairs in Texas
1867/07
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Written as President. Date inferred from content.
GLC02793.038
to his father Jesse Grant re: declining to intervene in an appointment
1870/01/15
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
GLC02793.039
to John Sherman
1877/12
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
Signed as President. Invites Sherman to his 25th wedding anniversary. Date inferred from contents.
GLC02793.043
to George W. Childs re: buying a portrait of Gen. Grant for the White House
1879/02/14
GLC02793.044
to Mrs. Adelia T. Johnson re: improving health of his wife
1881/05/22
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
GLC02793.045
to Mrs. Franklin Townsend re: apologies for neglected correspondence
1882/08/09
Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886
GLC02793.046
to Fitzhugh Lee re: a saddle horse and his weight
1886/11/18
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
Written as President to Gov. Lee of Virginia.
GLC02793.047
to Henry W. Box re: thanks for box of cigars
1887/12/30
Written as President. An unusually thankful note.
GLC02793.048
to Sen. Joseph R. Hawley re: his loneliness and an invitation to dinner
1889/11/10
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901
GLC02793.049
to Anna Harrison Morris re: prayers for a relative and worries of office
1890/12/05
Thanks Morris for informing him of Maggies condition.
GLC02793.050
to Comm. E. C. Benedict re: his message to Congress, advice on investments
1897/01/01
GLC02793.051
to Elihu Root re: giving a son's body and arms to his father
1898/06/02
McKinley, William, 1843-1901
Written as President to Root as Secretary of War. The bearer, Nicholas Fish, had lost his son in the Spanish-American War.
GLC02793.052
to H. L. Shaw re: assuming the Presidency, inviting his Harvard friends
1901/09/25
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Signed as President on black-bordered stationery. Alludes to a dinner with his Harvard friends held as Governor of New York two years prior.
GLC02793.053
to Gen. Curtis Guild
1901/10/28
Signed as President. Roosevelt writes that his "Southern policy" is to "take the best man white or black."
GLC02793.054
13 October 1871
Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888
Congratulates Sherman on his election to the Senate, taking Salmon P. Chase's resigned position. Mentions the influence of Tammany Hall preventing people from voting and the criticism of his supporters by the New York Tribune.
GLC02761
1 April 1861
Morrill, Justin Smith, 1810-1898
Morrill, a United States Representative from Vermont, discusses Sherman's election to the Senate. States "I regret you have left the House when I think you might have rendered more important services to your country than you will find opportunity to...
GLC02762
to Edward Clark
4 December 1877
Remington, Philo, 1816-1889
Signed as President of the Remington Company. Discusses debt owed to the Singer Company which he is not able to pay at this time. Remarks on why he entered into the manufacture of sewing machines, "It was not primarily to make money; ... the...
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