PRESIDENTS

SCARCE STATE OF OHIO INDEBTEDNESS BOND  —  SIGNED BY WILLIAM MCKINLEY

MCKINLEY, WILLIAM.  (1843-1901).  Twenty-fifth President of the United States (assassinated); Governor of Ohio; Congressman.  Partially Printed (red and blue inks) Document Signed, “Wm McKinley,” as Governor of Ohio.  One page, oblong large folio. Columbus, Ohio. May 12, 1894. 

GENERAL GRANT DEFINES THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE ‘MILITARY SAFEGUARD’ OF PROPERTY  — DURING THE PERIOD OF RECONSTRUCTION

GRANT, ULYSSES S(IMPSON).  (1822-85).  Eighteenth President of the United States (1869-77); celebrated Union General in America’s Civil War.    Good Manuscript Letter boldly Signed, “U.S. Grant, General”, on imprinted Head Quarters Armies of the United States letterhead.  Two pages, quarto.  Washington, D.C., May 29, 1867. 

JEFFERSON DAVIS —  SCARCE ALS WRITTEN WHILE STILL UNDER INDICTMENT FOR TREASON, UNTIL ANDREW JOHNSON ISSUED, JUST 7 WEEKS LATER, ON CHRISTMAS DAY OF 1868   — A PRESIDENTIAL “PARDON AND AMNESTY” FOR THE OFFENSE OF TREASON TO “EVERY PERSON WHO DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE LATE INSURRECTION OR REBELLION”.

DAVIS, JEFFERSON.  (1808-1889).  First and only President of the Confederate States of America (1861-1865).  Uncommon Autograph Letter Signed twice; “Jefferson Davis” and “J.D.”, while still under indictment for treason in the US.    Four pages, octavo.  “Sunday evening”, [England], November 1, 1868.  To “James Spence Esq., Abercromby Square, Liverpool”.

WARREN G. HARDING –  DOCUMENT SIGNED TWICE BY HIM 

HARDING, WARREN G. (1865-1923) 29^th President of the United States. Partially Printed Document Signed as owner and editor of The Marion Star. One page, oblong octavo.  Marion County [Ohio]. June 27, 1896. 

TWO PAGE ALS OF U.S. GRANT  —  SIGNED AS PRESIDENT

GRANT, ULYSSES S.  (1822-1885).  Eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877);  Commander of the Union Army in the U.S. Civil War.  Scarce Autograph Letter Signed, “U.S. Grant”, as President, on ruled stationery.  Two separate pages, octavo.  Long Branch, New Jersey, July 25, 1871.

F.D.R, AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY DURING WWI, CAN’T LEAVE WASHINGTON, D.C. TO ATTEND A SPECIAL SERVICE AT NYC’S ST. JOHN THE DEVINE CATHEDRAL

ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO.  (1882-1945).  Thirty-second President of the United States (1933-45).  Typed Letter boldly Signed, “Franklin D. Roosevelt”, on imprinted Navy Department, Assistant Secretary’s Office letterhead.  One page, quarto.  Washington, D.C., October 20, 1917.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT’S ADDRESS ON THE 100^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF

ABRAHAM LINCOLN  —  BOLDLY INSCRIBED TO THE HEAD DOORKEEPER OF THE WHITE HOUSE, MAJOR CHARLES LOEFFLER

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE (1858-1919).  President of the United States.  Exceptionally scarce printed booklet by the Government Printing Office entitled: Address of President Roosevelt on the occasion of the Celebration of the Hundreth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln – Hodgenville, Ky.  February 12, 1909, boldly inscribed by TR, as President.