Price: $75,000 THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION THE ONLY KNOWN PRIVATELY OWNED COPY OF THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR INAUGURATING GEORGE WASHINGTON THE THIRD DOCUMENT PRINTED BY THE NEW UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Printed Broadside, The Committees of Both Houses of Congress, appointed to take order for conducting the ceremonial of the formal reception, & of the President of … [ Read More ]
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Grant, Ulysses S
Price: $12,500 United States President; Union General in the Civil War. Document Signed, Ulysses S. Grant, one and one-half pages, quarto, Washington, March 3, 1875. “House Bill No. 3341, is herewith returned without my approval for the reasons; first, that it appropriates from the treasury a large sum of money at a time when the … [ Read More ]
Jackson, Andrew
Price: $17,500 President. Autograph Letter Signed, two pages, quarto, Hermitage, November 30, 1844. To William Prescott, the American historian and conservative Whig, defending James K. Polk, the Democratic president-elect, against false accusations made by the Whigs concerning his slave holdings in Mississippi. “Your letter of the 7th instant reached me under course of mail, and … [ Read More ]
Jefferson, Thomas
Price:$85,000 President of the United States. Autograph Letter Signed, full page quarto, Washington, January 8, 1801. Thomas Jefferson. Written as Vice President (soon to be President) to Richard Richardson, his overseer at Monticello. “I received a few days ago your letter of Dec. 22. and on the 5th. inst. I wrote to Mr. [George] Jefferson … [ Read More ]
Kennedy, John F and Jacqueline
Price: $17,500 President and First Lady. Their Christmas card for 1963, signed by each, “John Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy” beneath the printed words, “With our wishes for a Blessed Christmas and Happy New Year.” The gold embossed presidential seal appears at the top of the card. The card shows on its front cover the crèche in … [ Read More ]
Lincoln, Abraham
Price: $7,500 President of the United States. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, one page, oblong octavo, undated, framed with a fine signature, Lincoln & Herndon, mounted below. As a young attorney, Abraham Lincoln pens a legal manuscript concerning a case of arson: Besides the title papers, one of which I have, and the other of which, Officers … [ Read More ]
Lincoln, Abraham
Price: $27,500 President of the United States. Autograph Letter Signed, A. Lincoln, one page, octavo, Washington, D.C., November 7, 1863. On imprinted stationery of the Executive Mansion, to Capt. Isaac R. Diller. “I must decline to take charge of Dr. Wetherell’s interests. If he presents a claim to Congress or to the Court of Claims, … [ Read More ]
Lincoln, Abraham
Price: $37,500 President of the United States. LINCOLN WRITES DURING THE CRITICAL DAYS BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR CONCERNING THE SITUATION AT FORT SUMPTER. Autograph Letter Signed as President, one page, octavo, April 6, 1861 to Secretary of Navy Gideon Welles, the letter partially damaged by fire. Abraham Lincoln became President on March … [ Read More ]
Lincoln, Abraham
Price: $15,000 President of the Unites States. Autograph Letter Signed, A. Lincoln, one page, octavo, Executive Mansion, May 5, 1864. To Hon. Jno. A.J. Creswell. “I shall be pleased to receive the gentleman named at 2 p.m. today.” Abraham Lincoln’s appointment was with one of his staunchest supporters. John Angel James Creswell of Maryland was … [ Read More ]
Lincoln, Abraham
Price: $20,000 President of the United States. Autograph Letter Signed, A. Lincoln, one page, octavo, April 2, 1862. “I would suggest that Hon. Stephen T. Logan of Springfield, Illinois, and Col. James Mitchell, of Freehob in the same state, be appointed a commissioner to examine into claims etc. at Cairo — the said commissioners to … [ Read More ]
Reagan, Ronald
Price: $15,000 President of the United States. Autograph Letter Signed, “Love / Dutch,” as President, December 7, 1981, one page, quarto, on White House stationery. To “Hup” (the widow of the Iowa radio station program director who gave Ronald Reagan his first job 49 years earlier). With the original White House envelope [postmarked December 7, … [ Read More ]
Reagan, Ronald
Price: $6,750 President of the United States. Autograph Letter Signed, “Ron,” one page octavo, no date. To Chuck [Luckman]. “Thanks for sending me your speech. I know your audience so know how well it must have been red’d and deservedly so. I might as well be completely honest and warn you that you may find … [ Read More ]
Reagan, Ronald
Price: $850 President. Document Signed Ronald Reagan, ten pages, large quarto, June 18, 1952. Headed Minutes of the Meeting of the Motion Picture Industry Council, Held in the Board Room of the Association of Motion Picture Producers. Reagan signs the minutes as secretary of the MPIC. The minutes report on various items, including the proposed … [ Read More ]
Reagan, Ronald
Price: $15,000 President of the United States. Autograph Letter Signed, “RR,” two pages, octavo, [August 30, 1968], as Governor of California. A retained draft with a line drawn through after his secretary had types it and, generally, signed his name to the types version. Dear Mr. Chandler, I hope you’ll forgive me for not complying … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Price: $17,500 President. Autograph Letter Signed and Typewritten Letter Signed, each one page, small oblong quarto and quarto, January 1 and January 22, 1934. To Walter J. Cummings, Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. On New Year’s Day Franklin D Roosevelt writes: “I congratulate you and Mr. Bennett and Mr. O’Connor because you have … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Price: $15,000 President. Partly printed Document Signed, one page, narrow oblong quarto, November 4, 1932. Franklin D Roosevelt signs a “Return Receipt” acknowledging that the candidate’s name is correctly placed on the ballot: “To Burt E. Burnett, County Clerk for the County of Jackson / I hereby acknowledge receipt by registered mail, of proof copy … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Price: $17,500 President. Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, quarto, April 7, 1932. On his name-imprinted State of New York Executive Chamber stationery, to Mr. J. Osborn Brink in Monrovia, California. Headed “Personal” at the top in Franklin D Roosevelt’s hand. With original envelope and a letter from Roosevelt to U.S. Senator Robert F. Wagner, dated … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Price: $25,000 President. Typewritten Manuscript Signed, one page, small quarto, Washington, D.C., January 25, 1936. On White House Stationery. “Abraham Lincoln was not a son of the North or of the South. Born in Kentucky and nurtured in the very heart of our land, the scope of his intellect and of his sympathies was co-extensive … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Price: $4,750 President. Autograph Letter Signed, two pages, quarto, Hyde Park, New York, September 14, no year. On his name-imprinted stationery, to Dear Mr. Roberts. “I’m sorry, but still I don’t understand about the certificates. These are for 6,000 shares, the full amount to go to the organizers-and I understand that while they were to … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Price: $1,250 President. Typewritten Letter Signed, FDR, two very full pages, quarto, Hyde Park, August 10, 1929. As Governor of New York, to Carp. After thanking Carp for his letter, Franklin D Roosevelt notes that he is home for “three comparatively quiet days interspersed by only one speech each day before I leave on Monday … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Price: $1,750 “Knights of the Air” by Lester J. Maitland, New York, 1929. A heavily illustrated history of the development of early airplanes. The book is signed on the endpaper by Maitland, and below that Franklin D Roosevelt has written “given me by Peter Brady / October 1929 / Franklin D. Roosevelt”. There is slight … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Theodore
Price: $8,750 President. Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, quarto, New York, May 9, 1918. On imprinted stationery of The Kansas City Star, to William M. Stuart in Canisteo, New York. “That’s a very kind and friendly letter. Believe me I appreciate it to the full. I am particularly pleased to hear from you because as … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Theodore
Price: $15,000 President. Typewritten Letter Signed, two pages, quarto, on White House stationery, dated from Oyster Bay, New York, July 2, 1908. With original envelope to the Rev. William Potts George, in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. The President sends an expression of his very deep appreciation of the action of the New York Preachers Meeting … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Theodore
Price: $10,000 President of the United States. Attractive sepia tone photograph of the twenty-sixth president of the United States, Signed on the mount (which is an integral part of the photograph) below, “Theodore Roosevelt / Sagamore Hill / 1918.” The photograph measures 4 inches wide by 6 inches high; overall measurements are 7 inches wide … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Theodore
Price: $17,500 President. Typewritten Manuscript, unsigned, sixty pages, small quarto, June 30, 1914. Entitled Speech of Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Pennsylvania Progressive Conference, with extensive corrections on one page in Roosevelt’s hand. ROOSEVELT OUTLINES THE PLATFORM OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY. Theodore Roosevelt’s holograph corrections appear on page 37, where he had made extensive revisions, in pencil, … [ Read More ]
Truman, Harry S
Price: $8,750 President. Typewritten Manuscript, twenty-one pages, large quarto, [Washington, D.C.], November 1, 1946. Entitled Memorandum on the Organization of Staff Assistance to the President. With corrections comprising seventeen words in Harry S Truman’s hand in red crayon (shown in italic), and with corrections in the hand of Dr. John R. Steelman in ink (shown … [ Read More ]
Truman, Harry S
Price: $12,500 President. Typewritten Letter Signed, one and one-half pages, quarto, Independence, Missouri, October 5, 1960. On his name-imprinted stationery, to Congressman Michael J. Kirwan of Youngstown, Ohio. “This is an urgent plea that you do everything you possibly can to help the Democratic ticket and the Honorable John F. Kennedy and the Honorable Lyndon … [ Read More ]
Truman, Harry S
Price: $12,500 President. Typewritten Letter Signed, one and one-quarter pages, quarto, Washington, D.C., March 19, 1946. On White House stationery, to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, president of the National Republic of China in Chungking, China. With the original envelope. “You will recall that your Government has on several occasions through Dr. T. V. Soong expressed the … [ Read More ]