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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

GLC02793.046

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.

GLC02793.047

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.

GLC02793.048

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

GLC02793.049

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.

GLC02793.050

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

GLC02793.051

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.

GLC02793.052

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.

GLC02793.053

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."

GLC02793.054

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

GLC02793.056

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."

GLC02793.057

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.

GLC02793.058

1911/04/25

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Typed letter signed

Title: to Rev. John Wesley Hill re: declining to speak at Hadley Rescue Mission

Signed as President. Accompanied by a note on verso of recipient attesting to the President's unexpected appearance at midnight, despite his schedule.

GLC02793.059

1912/09/07

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Katharine & Louisa Loring re: his recent trip and expected vacation

Written as President. The Lorings were neighbors of Taft at the vacation spot.

GLC02793.060

1913/08/09

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gertrude Bondhill re: his pleasure in her performance

Written as President

GLC02793.061

1914/08/06

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Autograph note signed

Title: to Thomas Marshall re: thanking him for his thoughtfulness

Written as President. Date inferred from content. Marshall was Wilson's Vice President.

GLC02793.062

1915/01/20

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jesse W. Weik re: thanks for sample of Lincoln's handwriting

Written as President

GLC02793.063

1915/11/22

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Typed letter signed

Title: to J. Edwin Murphy re: asking for explanation about a story on his typewriter

Signed as President. Enclosing a news story about Wilson's faulty typewriter which Wilson calls "silly and annoying." Murphy was editor of the Washington Times.

GLC02793.064

1915/11/30

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Typed letter signed

Title: to J. Edwin Murphy re: thanking him for admitting mistake

Signed as President. Goes with #2793.064. Wilson's distress was in being seen "a fool and a sloven." Murphy was editor of the Washington Times.

GLC02793.065

1916/12/05

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Typed letter signed

Title: to Bella W. Swope re: running for a second term

Signed as President on White House stationery. WW notes that "I look forward to the next four years with something of a sinking heart...."

GLC02793.067

1921/08/29

Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Murrary Dewey re: his penmanship

Written as President on White House stationery, apparently in response to a request to pen a letter. Harding compares his penmanship to Horace Greeley's.

GLC02793.070