19 July 1861

Anderson, Richard Heron, 1821-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Manigault

Anderson, Colonel of South Carolina Infantry, writes to Manigault, Chief of Ordnance of South Carolina. States "I have been informed that the guns required for the [bastionets?] at Fort Moultrie are under your charge and not at the Arsenal as was supposed. Will you be so good as to deliver them with the carriages for which I applied this morning to Col. Ripley." The docket, possibly a reply, states "4-24pd Howitzers captured in Fort Moultrie order given on Citadel for 3, the other are being on board Stm 'Lady Davis'- For Fort Moultrie July 19/61."

GLC02702

7 March 1864

Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Chesnut

General Hood, commander of the 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee, transmits a copy of a letter he wrote to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Informs Colonel Chesnut, a former United States Senator, that he (Hood) commands Divisions led by James Ewell Brown Stuart, Carter Littlepage Stevenson, and Thomas Carmichael Hindman. Recipient inferred from outside evidence.

GLC02703

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

1921/11/03

Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis N. Whitney re: his pride in being a Mason

Written as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.071

[1921/12]

Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George DeWolfe (his step-grandson) re: sending Christmas money, with dollar

Written as President on White House stationery. Date inferred from postmark.

GLC02793.072

1922/04/06

Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923

Typed letter signed

Title: to Charles F. Ayling re: arrangements for a golf match

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.073

1922/10/09

Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923

Typed letter signed

Title: to Richard Washburn Child re: wife's illness and international affairs

Signed as President on White House stationery. Child was ambassador.

GLC02793.074

1923/08/05

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

Typed letter signed

Title: to Maj. Stephen R. Crosby re: thank you letter written 2 days after inauguration

Signed as President on black-bordered White House stationery.

GLC02793.075

1928/04/20

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

Typed letter signed

Title: to Francis Prescott re: his determination not to seek another term

Signed as President on White House stationery. Prescott was chairman of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee.

GLC02793.077

1930/10/08

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J. A. Hull re: his autograph

Written as President on White House stationery, remarking "This is about the third letter I have written in long hand in years!"

GLC02793.078

1930/10/24

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Typed letter signed

Title: to Fred L. Seely re: thanks for helping his sick son Herbert

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.079

1935/07/29

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Frederic Kernochan re: polio epidemic and boy scout jamboree

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.080

1936/03/20

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Anna Roosevelt Boettiger (daughter) re: his hopes to see her

Written as President on White House stationery and signed "Pa."

GLC02793.081