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Letters to Presidents

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Letters to Presidents

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Auction Date:2012 Nov 14 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Twenty-five letters to presidents, one typed, various sizes, ranging in date from 1767 to 1929. Letters to Presidents John Adams, James Madison, James Monroe, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson (3), U. S. Grant (3), Rutherford B. Hayes (2), James A. Garfield (2), Chester A. Arthur (2), Benjamin Harrison (2), Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Jefferson Davis. Notable letter-writers include Senator Joseph R. West, governor of West Virginia Jacob B. Jackson, journalist John Weiss Forney, author Mary Virginia Terhune, and philanthropist James Lenox. Letters address various issues, including immigration, official appointments, and Washington’s Farewell Address. Most affixed to an 8 x 10 off-white sheet. In overall very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, toning, and pencil notations to most letters.