1 April 1884

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: State of New York

Pardons commuting 30 Sing Sing convicts' prison sentences due to good conduct, signed by New York Governor Grover Cleveland.

GLC02846

22 October 1895

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: Extradition of Gilbert Coutant, charged with larceny (c/s Edwin F. Uhl)

Partly printed document signed as President and countersigned by Uhl as Acting Secretary of State. Written to Henry M. Howell of Canada.

GLC02784

January 10,1895

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Parkinson re: cheapest land trade he ever made

GLC03418

4 January 1895

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J. Stanley Brown

Thanks Brown sincerely for the "beautiful bear skin" he had given him. Promises to put it in his home as a constant reminder of Brown's consideration.

GLC03141

29 August 1905

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles M. Taylor

Thanks for news of signing of Russo-Japanese treaty.

GLC04325

18 April 1895

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Arnold Catlin re: commuting sentence of Howard Buner rather than pardon.

Commuting sentence 1 year and 3 months instead of an unconditional sentence due to the character of the offense. Catlin's assurance that Buner would receive a job immediately after his released helped to sway Cleveland's decision for the better.

GLC04551

April 3, 1894

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Willie Dunn, convicted of manslaughter.

Convicted of manslaughter; sentenced to 10 years hard labor. Pardoned after serving 5 years of his prison sentence due to his deteriorating health. (c/s Richard Olney)

GLC00045.36

11 August 1893

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Dexter M. Dibble, convicted of receiving U.S. military clothing unlawfully.

Convicted of receiving soldier's clothing unlawfully; sentenced to 1 year imprisonment. Pardoned due to the nature of the offence being non-aggravated and because the judge thought the penalty too heavy. (c/s Edward B. Whitney)

GLC00068.16

January 5, 1887

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: Authority to affix the seal to commutation of the death sentence of John W. Parrot.

GLC00428

27 July 1886

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of George C. Munson as Assayer of the United States Mint at Denver, Colorado]

Countersigned by Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard. Signed as Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America. Has blue coloring likely due to discoloration.

GLC01990

March 30, 1896

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George F. Parker

Grover Cleveland declines an invitation to a celebration of Shakespeare's birthday. He expresses his appreciation for the works of Shakespeare and writes "[s]urely if English speech supplies the token of united efforts for the good ...we will do well to fittingly honor the name and memory of William Shakespeare."

GLC00162.06

09 November 1885

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: Pardon of J. P. Shonebraker, convicted of robbing a mail coach.

Convicted of robbing a mail coach and its passengers; sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. Pardoned after serving 3 years and 6 months of his prison term due to his frank confession of the crime and his returning of the stolen property, and because of his precarious health. (c/s Thomas F. Bayard)

GLC00230.01

September 30, 1906

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William H. Riding

Discusses an article Cleveland writes for the Youth Companion about what should the government do with ex-Presidents. He writes, "This subject, I think was suggested by me. I have thought of it a great deal and have gone so far as to make a start in its preparation." He asks, however, to change the topic to something about the "importance of rehabilitating and stimulating the determination of good citizenship in its broad sense, as a steadying saving agency against the wildness...that threatens the well being of our (?) nation."

GLC00655.18

11 September 1893

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Thomas Ward, Asst. Adj. General with rank of Lieutenant]

Appointment of Thomas Ward as Assistant Adjutant General with rank of Lieutenant, beginning on August 31, 1893. Signed by Grover Cleveland as President, countersigned by L.A. Grant as acting Secretary of War. Docketed at top, reads "Recorded Volume 24 page 547. Adjutant General's Office September 11, 1893". Features paper seal from the Office of War and two detailed patriotic scenes.

GLC00778.10

May 1905

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Typed document

Title: Draft of Ladies Home Journal article "Woman's Mission and Woman's Clubs."

Draft of Ladies Home Journal article "Woman's Mission and Woman's Clubs." Opposing women's suffrage." Let it be here distinctly understood that no sensible man has fears of injury to the country on account of such participation. It is its dangerous undermining effect on the characters of the wives and mothers of our land that we fear." With autograph corrections and interlinear insertions.

GLC08000

12 October 1897

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Fitzhugh Lee

To Fitzhugh Lee as U.S. Consul General to Havana, asking Lee to aid a New York doctor in obtaining legal proof of his brother's death in Cuba.

GLC09259

2 March 1904

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph note signed

Title: to Walter Harris

Replies to Harris letter, written and signed 1 March 1904, inquiring if Cleveland "entertained a negro, C.H.J. Taylor, of Kansas, at dinner" at the White House during his presidency. He heard the information in a speech given on the floor of the House of Representatives by Charles F. Scott. The reply, in which Cleveland asserts that "Of course the statement is absolutely false," is written on Harris's original letter. Harris was a reporter at the Senate press gallery.

GLC08931

February 19, 1889

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: [Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Seaborn Young].

GLC00076.16

1908/03/14

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Typed letter signed

Title: to Willie Olcott Burr re: Nebraska Democratic platform & other proposals [Bryan]

Signed as a former President, concerning his feelings on the Nebraska Democratic platform and implicitly, the rise of populism and William Jennings Bryan. Cleveland advocate the "old Democratic creed."

GLC02925.05

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

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

1884/09/13

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James E. Neal re: election campaign for presidency, written as Gov. of NY

"A public office is a public trust." Signed as governor, on printed stationery.

GLC05870

1906/01/09

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Typed letter signed

Title: to Perry Belmont re: removing political corruption from national life

Written in response to Belmont's article "Publicity of Campaign Receipts and Expenditures." Cleveland writes in part: "I am thorougly convinced that the time has arrived when this subject should be treated thoroughly and rigorously and with honest intention to arrive... at this point where the baleful influences of political corruption shall be removed from our national life."

GLC06041

1897/05/13

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Everett P. Wheeler re: preservation of American forests

GLC05318