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30 July 1877
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to a warrant for the pardon of Robert Des Anges].
GLC01181
October 19, 1880
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to Gen. John Ramsay
Grant expresses the hope that New Jersey will vote for Garfield and Arthur, and keep the Democrats out.
GLC01416
1890 ca.
Parker, Charles W., fl. 1889-1890
[Benjamin Harrison]
Cabinet photograph of President Harrison. Part of a matching set, one with his wife's image. Image by Charles Parker of Washington.
GLC01456.01
15 July 1879
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
to Mrs. M.A. Bosbyshell
Douglass cannot help Mrs. Bosbyshell obtain the postage stamps she asked for. Advises her to apply to the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the President of Liberia, or the Post Master General of Bolivia.
GLC01467
8 November 1879
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal for commutation of sentence imposed upon Isaac Jacobson].
Partly printed document signed as President.
GLC01472
7 January 1891
Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891
to C. E. Potts
Replies to a letter from Potts in Troy, New York. Thanks Potts for a copy of the "Wide Awake Vocalist," an 1860 Presidential campaign song book for the Republican Party candidates (Abraham Lincoln and Hamlin). Reminisces about the campaign, and...
GLC01595.02
circa 1881
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
[James A. Garfield]
Cabinet photogrph of President Garfield. Published by Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Signed by Garfield on front mount with later note on verso: "From Pres. Garfield given to my father Samuel Lund."
GLC01679
15 April 1890
Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896
[Signed portrait of seated William T. Sherman]
Seated portrait of Sherman holding sword and ceremonial hat. Inscribed and dated by Sherman on the mount to Frederic G. Huntington, Cincinnati, Ohio, a few years before his death.
GLC02138
21 February 1891
Cooke, Jay, fl. 1891
to F. N. Barrett
Responding from a letter from Barrett, a journalist, who had requested permission to print a letter from him. He has no objection to the publication of the letter "if names were suppressed." Advocates free-coinage of silver. Written on personal...
GLC02048
1882
Washburn, W.W., fl. 1882
[Cabinet photograph of Jefferson Davis]
Bust photograph. Signed on photograph image and also inscribed on verso, in purple ink.
GLC02126
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