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1854/06/29
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Affix seal to ratification of Gadsen purchase
Affix seal to ratification of Gadsen purchase (presently Arizona and New Mexico)
GLC07989
1840/06/28
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
To: Churchill C. Cambreleng
Election Predictions for 1840 and the Whigs: " Their hard cider will ... be converted into sour vinegar before the end of the dog days."
GLC07991
January 13, 1861
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
To: Samuel Milligan
"I look upon secession as being the prolific mother of anarchy which is the next step to despotism. It is political heresy..." (Johnson wrote 1860 by mistake)
GLC07995
1868/02/12
To: Ulysses S. Grant
Directing Grant to issue an order creating the Military Division of the Atlantic, to be commanded by William T. Sherman. (12 days before impeachment)
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1869/05/19
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Affix the seal to the proclomation concerning the eight hours law
Affix the seal to the proclomation creating eight hour work day.
GLC07998
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