A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 1

JAMES BUCHANAN: (1791 - 1868) Fifteenth President of the United States whose hands-off attitude toward states' rights directly contributed to th...

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: (1809 - 1865) Sixteenth President of the United States who led the Union through the Civil War and emancipated the slaves, assassinat

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: (1809 - 1865) Sixteenth President of the United States who led the Union through the Civil War and emancipated the slaves, assassinat

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: (1809 - 1865) Sixteenth President of the United States who led the Union through the Civil War and emancipated the slaves, assassinat

(LINCOLN ASSASSINATION CONSPIRATOR): BEVERLY TUCKER Confederate agent and alleged Lincoln assassination conspirator. During the war, Tucker served as

ANDREW JOHNSON: (1808 - 1875) Seventeenth President of the United States following the death of Abraham Lincoln, his Reconstruction policies led to hi

ANDREW JOHNSON: (1808 - 1875) Seventeenth President of the United States who came to office following the death of Abraham Lincoln. A squabble with St

ANDREW JOHNSON: (1808 - 1875) Seventeenth President of the United States who came to office following the death of Abraham Lincoln. A squabble with St

ULYSSES S. GRANT: (1822 - 1885) Eighteenth President of the United States and Union lieutenant general. A.L.S., 2pp. 8vo., Washington, Jan. 8, 1883, t

ULYSSES S. GRANT: (1822 - 1885) Eighteenth President of the United States and Union lieutenant general. Partly-printed D.S. as President 1p. folio, Wa

ULYSSES S. GRANT: (1822 - 1885) Eighteenth President of the United States and Union lieutenant general. Uncommon, lengthy A.E.S. as President penned o

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES: (1822 - 1893) Nineteenth President of the United States and Union brigadier general. A.L.S. as President on Executive Mansion let

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES: (1822 - 1893) Nineteenth President of the United States and Union brigadier general. Partly-printed D.S. as President 1p. 4to., W

JAMES A. GARFIELD: (1831 - 1881) Twentieth President of the United States, Union army major general, assassinated while in office. Manuscript L.S. as

CHESTER A. ARTHUR: (1829 - 1886) Twenty-first President of the United States who took office following the assassination of James Garfield. Exceedingl

GROVER CLEVELAND: (1837 - 1908) 22nd and 24th President of the United States, supported civil service and fiscal reform. Nice A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo., Prince

BENJAMIN HARRISON: (1833 - 1901) 23rd President of the United States. T.L.S. as Republican Presidential nominee on his law offices letterhead, 1p. obl

WILLIAM MCKINLEY: (1843 - 1901) Twenty-fifth President of the United States, acquired Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and Hawaii, assassinated. Rare S.P. 3 1/

WILLIAM MCKINLEY: (1843 - 1901) Twenty-fifth President of the United States, acquired Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and Hawaii, assassinated. Fine S.P. as P

(LEON CZOLGOSZ): (1873 - 1901) American assassin of President William McKinley. Czolgosz, an avowed anarchist, stalked McKinley at the Buffalo Pan-A

THEODORE ROOSEVELT: (1858 - 1919) Twenty-sixth President of the United States who started the Panama Canal, settled the Russo-Japanese War, broke up S

THEODORE ROOSEVELT: (1858 - 1919) Twenty-sixth President of the United States who started the Panama Canal, settled the Russo-Japanese War, broke up S

THEODORE ROOSEVELT: (1858 - 1919) Twenty-sixth President of the United States who started the Panama Canal, settled the Russo-Japanese War, broke up S

THEODORE ROOSEVELT: (1845 - 1937) Secretary of State in Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet, awarded the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation in Eu...

WILLIAM H. TAFT: (1857 - 1930) Twenty-seventh President of the United States and Supreme Court Chief Justice. Fine content war-date T.L.S. on personal

WOODROW WILSON: (1856 - 1924) Twenty-eighth President of the United States who passed sweeping reform laws, gave women the right to vote, and led the

WOODROW WILSON: (1856 - 1924) Twenty-eighth President of the United States who passed sweeping reform laws, gave women the right to vote, and led the

WOODROW WILSON: (1856 - 1924) Twenty-eighth President of the United States who passed sweeping reform laws, gave women the right to vote, and led the

WOODROW WILSON: (1856 - 1924) Twenty-eighth President of the United States who passed sweeping reform laws, gave women the right to vote, and led the

WARREN G. HARDING: (1865 - 1923) Twenty-ninth President of the United States. Partly-printed D.S. as President 1p. folio, Washington, July 15, 1922, a

HERBERT C. HOOVER: (1874 - 1964) 34th President of the United States whose attempts to reverse the course of the Great Depression led to his defeat at

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: (1882 - 1945) Thirty-second President of the United States who instituted the "New Deal" programs and who led the U...

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: (1882 - 1945) Thirty-second President of the United States who instituted the "New Deal" programs and who led the U...

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT DESK ACCESSORY: A neat gift given to and owned by Franklin D. Roosevelt, a hand-made wooden saw, saw bench, axe and logs all ass

HARRY S. TRUMAN: (1884 - 1972) 33rd President of the United States who led the country in the closing days of World War II and through the re-building

HARRY S. TRUMAN: (1884 - 1972) 33rd President of the United States who led the country in the closing days of World War II and through the re-building

HARRY S. TRUMAN: (1884 - 1972) 33rd President of the United States who led the country in the closing days of World War II and through the re-building

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: (1890 - 1969) 34th President of the United States, Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II and largely

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: (1890 - 1969) 34th President of the United States, Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II and largely

JOHN F. KENNEDY AND JACQUELINE KENNEDY: An excessively rare D.S., John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy's 1962 signed Presidential Christmas ca...

JOHN F. KENNEDY: (1917 - 1963) Thirty-fifth President of the United States. Kennedy faced-down the Kruschev during the Cuban Missile Crisis, re-invigo

JOHN F. KENNEDY: (1917 - 1963) Thirty-fifth President of the United States. Kennedy faced-down the Kruschev during the Cuban Missile Crisis, re-invigo

JOHN F. KENNEDY: (1917 - 1963) Thirty-fifth President of the United States. Kennedy faced-down the Kruschev during the Cuban Missile Crisis, re-invigo

(JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION): A fine and important Kennedy Assassination relic, an original United Press International teletype detailing the press

(THE CHRISTMAS CARD THAT WAS NEVER SENT): The Christmas card that was never sent, the official White House Christmas card for 1963 made by Hallmark fo

JOHN F.) (KENNEDY: (1917 - 1963) Thirty-fifth President of the United States. Kennedy faced-down the Kruschev during the Cuban Missile Crisis, re-invi

LYNDON B. JOHNSON: (1908 - 1973) Thirty-sixth President of the United States and creator of the "Great Society" social welfare programs. A...

RICHARD M. NIXON: (1913 - 1994) Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, re-opened diplomatic ties with China and

RICHARD M. NIXON: (1913 - 1994) Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, re-opened diplomatic ties with China and

JAMES E. CARTER: (b. 1924) Thirty-ninth President of the United States who engineered a break-through in Arab-Israeli relations. Excessively rare A.L.