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1818/10/28
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
to [William Benton] re: sending supplies and slaves "the business of the slaves"
Written as President. Recipient inferred from content.
GLC02793.014
1821/04/24
to an unidentified recipient re: business affairs & profitability of his estate
Written as President
GLC02793.015
1824/07/24
to Dr. Charles Worthington re: arranging for Mrs. Monroe to have blood drawn
Written as President. he remarks that his wife's "head and nervous system have been very much affected since the last drawing room."
GLC02793.016
1825/05/01
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to John Vaughan re: purchase of books at a Philadelphia auction
GLC02793.017
1826/08/14
to Ward N. Boyston re: history of the Boylston family and letter to his father
Written as President, shortly after the death of his father.
GLC02793.018
1836/12/22
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to Mary E. Polk re: his health, Major Donelson, presenting a miniature to Polk
Written as President. Presenting a miniature of his wife, her Aunt. Donelson's wife, Emily, was dying. Major Donelson is Andrew Jackson Donelson, the president's nephew.
GLC02793.019
1836/12/24
to Emily Ward re: lock of hair and thanks for wishes (with hair)
Written as President. Emily Ward was the daughter of General Ward.
GLC02793.020
1838/01/12
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
to Dolley Madison
Invites Dolly Madison to dinner with him, judges from the Supreme Court, and some of her friends.
GLC02793.021
1838/03/26
to Judge Aaron Van Der Poel re: New York politics and matrimony
Written as President. Van Buren says he is lonely and worried about being exposed "to that greatest of dangers matrimony."
GLC02793.022
1841/03/10
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Appointment of Solomon Lincoln, Marshal for Massachusetts (c/s Webster)
Countersigned by Webster as Secretary of State.
GLC02793.023
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