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Jackson refuses to endorse either candidate, or say anything to interfere with a gubernatorial race. He chooses to do so because both candidates, Wolf and Muhlenburg, are his friends. Also claims it is his policy not to involve himself in local...

GLC02771

[Andrew Jackson Indian peace medal]

Front of medal features profile of Andrew Jackson and the words "Andrew Jackson President of the United States. A.D. 1829," most likely designed by Moritz Furst. Verso features two hands shaking, a tomahawk crossed with a pipe, and the words, "Peace...

GLC02772.02

to J.W. Vance

Writes, "Your note of the 23rd of August inviting me to attend a reception and banquet to be given in Paris, Ill. on the 21st of Oct. by the members of my old 31st Ill. Vols. was duly received. I do not know a reception that it would be more...

GLC02782

[Tribute to Abraham Lincoln]

Address regarding Mr. Lincoln's success which Wilson sees as proof that Americans can succeed regardless of their birth and social class.

GLC02786

to Mamie Eisenhower

Signed "Ike" and addressed to "My darling." Expresses his happiness at receiving a long letter from her. Comments that he has not heard from their son John. Mentions being interrupted often by staff and by a telephone call from P.M. [Prime...

GLC02788

[Carte de visite of Alfred Pleasanton]

Signed as Major General on image and verso. Brady imprint on verso.

GLC02790

[Carte de visite of Orville B. Willcox]

Signed as Brevet Major General.

GLC02791

[Carte de visite of W. W. Averell]

Signed as Brigadier General.

GLC02792

The Personal side of the Presidency: 120 letters and documents [decimalized]

GLC02793

Pendant miniature of Andrew Jackson's wife Rachel, attributed to Mary C. Strobel

Oval watercolor miniature on ivory, accompanying letter, preserved by the descendants of Mary Eastin Polk, said to have painted by Mary Catherine Strobel. Published in Jackson papers, vol. 4

GLC02793.019.02

to Lucius S. Felt re: insurance on home in Galena, Ill.

Written as President during his re-election campaign. Grant also mentions the possibility of repairing the house should he be defeated.

GLC02793.040

to Adolph E. Borie re: requesting purchase of yellow cord cigar lighters

Written as President

GLC02793.042

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

Written as President

GLC02793.056

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

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

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

to Gertrude Bondhill re: his pleasure in her performance

Written as President

GLC02793.061

to Thomas Marshall re: thanking him for his thoughtfulness

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

GLC02793.062

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

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

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

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

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

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.073

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

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

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

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.079

to Frederic Kernochan re: polio epidemic and boy scout jamboree

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.080

to James A. Farley re: paying off his election bet concerning Senator Borah

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.082

to William E. Shepherd re: declining membership in the Beaux-Arts Institute

Signed as President on White House stationery. He notes he is a rank amateur

GLC02793.083

to Harry A. Woodring re: Christmas greetings, with envelope

Signed as President to his Secretary of War. The envelope has a silver foil seal reading "Please DO NOT OPEN until CHRISTMAS." Typed on White House stationery. Alluding to wartime rationing, FDR jokes "This metal [on the envelope seal] can be...

GLC02793.084

to Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam re: opposition to prohibition

Signed as President on White House stationery. Written as a follow-up to meeting with Methodist bishops.

GLC02793.085

to Arthur J. Morris re: estates of his mother and father, income taxes

Signed as President on White House stationery. Morris was President of the Fulton Trust Co.

GLC02793.086

to Arthur J. Morris re: thanks for congratulations, questions about legacy

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.087

to Arthur J. Morris re: distribution of his mother's estate to his children

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.088

to Arthur J. Morris re: income tax deductions

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.089

to Dean Acheson re: Madame Tussaud's Waxworks likeness of him

Signed as President on White House stationery. (Accompanied by a typed copy of Acheson's reply with the Feb. 2 Truman memo reponding to his memo as .121). Quite humorous.

GLC02793.091

to J. Howard McGrath re: attacks on Truman by the Chicago Tribune

Signed as President on White House stationery to his Attorney General. Truman feels the attacks are libelous and may be criminal.

GLC02793.092

to Harry I. Schwimmer re: his intention not to seek re-election

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.093

to Brig. Gen. Arthur S. Nevins re: rearing quail, garden plots on his farm

Signed "DE" as President on White House stationery. Eisenhower kept a farm at Gettysburg, Pa.

GLC02793.095

to Evan Aurand re: "tempest in a teapot" created by his riding in helicopter

Memorandum for Captain Aurand

GLC02793.096

to Irving Geist re: his golf game

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.097

to Emily Davis Chamberlain re: thanks for her letter of support, happy birthday

Signed as President on White House stationery, with a handwritten postscript "yours was almost the nicest letter we have received since being in the W.H."

GLC02793.102

to Orville Poland re: placing peace & freedom above personal concerns

GLC02793.105

to Dorothy Nichols re: thanks for her support and looking forward to retirement

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.106

to Ron Nessen re: a TV interview at half time of the Ohio State-Michigan game

Written on White House stationery. Nessen was Ford's Press Secretary. Date from later typewritten note of Nessen's Secretary, with note by Nessen. Ford was a Michigan alumnus and former football player.

GLC02793.111

to George D. Vaill re: rumor that his autograph on his arm would become a shrine

Light-hearted piece signed as President. Accompanied by Vaill's sardonic query. Ford had signed Vaill's arm.

GLC02793.112

to Ruth K. Stroh re: thanking her for support, her research on genealogy

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.113

to Sarah McClendon re: her "superb questions" at press conferences

Written as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.114

to Dennis Fogle re: telling his paddleball buddies "I'm ready"

Written as President

GLC02793.118

to Dr. F. Terry Hambrecht re: enjoying "The Toy Shop" and a story of Lincoln

Written as President

GLC02793.119