Norman H. and Charlotte Strouse collection of letters of the presidents
- Repository
- Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department
- Call Number
- FLP.RBD.PRESIDENTS
- Creator
- Strouse, Charlotte
Strouse, Norman H. - Title
- Norman H. and Charlotte Strouse collection of letters of the presidents
- Date [inclusive]
- 1780-1990
- Extent
- 2.4 Linear feet
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This is a collection of manuscript letters of presidents of the United States dating from 1780 to 1993 collected by Norman H. Strouse. All of the presidents are represented except for Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. The letters and other documents relating to Abraham Lincoln have been separated into their own collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Older letters are generally more substantive, with more recent letters mostly being short notes of thanks.
- Cite as
- [Description and date of item], [Box number], Norman H. and Charlotte Strouse collection of letters of the presidents, 1780-1990, Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department.
Norman H. Strouse was born in Olympia, Washington in 1906. Strouse worked for forty years at the J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency, then the world's largest. In 1955 he was promoted to president, and was made chief executive in 1960. He served as chairman from 1964 until he retired in 1968. He was also chairman of the American Association of Advertising Agencies and the recipient of the Gold Medal Award in advertising. After retiring in 1968, Strouse focused on collecting rare books, fine printing, and bindings. He specialized in books by Thomas Carlyle, works bound by Thomas Bird Moser, and 12th-16th-century illuminated manuscripts. He and his wife, Charlotte, founded the Silverado Museum in St. Helena, dedicated to Robert Louis Stevenson, with more than 6,000 books and other items. Strouse also wrote four books, including How to Build a Poor Man’s Morgan Library.
This is a collection of manuscript letters of presidents of the United States dating from 1780 to 1993. All of the presidents are represented except for Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. The letters and other documents relating to Abraham Lincoln have been separated into their own collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Older letters are generally more substantive, with more recent letters mostly being short notes of thanks.
Some highlights of the collection are published volumes with inscriptions by Theodore Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Richard Nixon. There are also printed copies of "Report upon Weights and Measures" (1821) and "Eulogy on James Madison" (1836), both signed by John Quincy Adams; an autograph book with signatures of presidents, cabinet secretaries, senators, and other politicians; Bushrod Washington's Supreme Court Commission, signed by John Adams (1798); a framed photograph of Norman Strouse; a signed framed photograph of Herbert Hoover; and transcriptions of letters of George Washington (the originals are not in the collection).
The varied nature of this collection limits how useful it will be to researchers. However, because these are documents relating to the presidents of the United States, the likelihood that an individual item (or a short run of related items) could be of interest is high.
Items are arranged by president or administration, and then within this grouping, chronologically.
- Publication Information:
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Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department, 2010.11.22
- Sponsor:
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The creation of the electronic guide for this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources’ "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project. Finding aid entered into the Archivists" Toolkit by Garrett Boos.
- Access Restrictions:
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This collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions:
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The right of access to material does not imply the right of publication. Permission for reprinting, reproduction, or extensive quotation from the rare books, manuscripts, prints, or drawings must be obtained through written application, stating the use to be made of the material. The reader bears the responsibility for any possible infringement of copyright laws in the publication of such material. A reproduction fee will be charged if the material is to be reproduced in a commercial publication.
- Custodial History:
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The great majority of the materials were collected by Norman H. and Charlotte Strouse and donated between 1960 and 1978, but some items were donated by other individuals or purchased by the library from various dealers at later dates.
- Processing Information:
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Finding aid entered into the Archivists' Toolkit by Garrett Boos.
- Immediate Source of Acquisition:
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Gift of Norman H. and Charlotte Strouse, 1960-1978.
Corporate Name(s)
- United States. President.
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
- Adams, John, 1735-1826
- Arnold, Isaac Newton, 1815-1884
- Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886
- Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
- Bingham, John Armor, 1815-1900
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
- Bush, Barbara, 1925-
- Bush, George, 1924-
- Caldwell, John, 1819-1868
- Camp, Benjamin Franklin, 1852-1929
- Clarke, Sidney, 1831-1909
- Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
- Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
- Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
- Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1815-1894
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
- Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
- Forbes, Wm. (William), d. 1877
- Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
- Goodwin, John Noble, 1824-1887
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-192
- Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901
- Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
- Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
- Judah, Henry Moses, 1821-1866
- Kellogg, Francis William, 1810-1879
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Madison, James, 1751-1836
- Markey, Morris, 1899-1950
- McKinley, William, 1843-1901
- Monroe , James, 1758-1831
- Moore, William Yorke, 1806-1890
- Motley, John Lothrop, 1814-1877
- Nixon, John T. (John Thompson), 1820-1889
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
- Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
- Tyler, John, 1790-1862
- Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
- Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
- Yates, Richard, 1815-1873
| Date | Box | |
|---|---|---|
| Washington, George, 1732-1799. Letter signed, to Commodore John Hazelwood. Head Quarters,
Pennsylvania, 1 page Transcription laid in.
|
1777 October 19 | 1 |
| Washington, George, 1732-1799. Autograph note to Thomas Willing, 1 page | circa 1780-1799 May 3 | 1 |
| Washington, George, 1732-1799. Autograph letter signed, to Judge James Duane. Morris
Town, New Jersey, 3 pages Transcription laid in.
|
1780 May 13 | 1 |
| Washington, George, 1732-1799. Autograph letter signed, to William Barton. Mount Vernon,
Virginia, 3 pages Cf. Sparks.
|
1788 September 7 | 1 |
| Adams, John, 1735-1826. Supreme Court Commission for Bushrod Washington, 1 page Signed by President John Adams and Secretary of State Timothy Pickering.
|
1798 December 20 | 8 |
| Adams, John, 1735-1826. Autograph letter signed, to Benjamin Rush. Quincy, Massachusetts, 6 pages | 1808 December 22 | 1 |
| Adams, John, 1735-1826. Autograph letter signed, to Matthew Carey. Quincy, Massachusetts, 2 pages | 1813 May 20 | 1 |
| Adams, John, 1735-1826. Autograph letter signed, to Richard Rush. Quincy, Massachusetts,
4 pages Transcription laid in.
|
1815 October 9 | 1 |
| Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Autograph letter signed, to Henry Lee. Monticello, Virginia, 1 page | 1824 August 10 | 1 |
| Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Autograph letter signed, to Thomas Leiper. Monticello,
Virginia, 1 page Part of integral address leaf cut out, with loss of text. Cf.
The works of Thomas Jefferson.
|
1824 December 6 | 1 |
| Monroe, James, 1751-1836. Autograph letter signed, to the "Gentlemen Justices of Botetourt." Richmond, Virginia, 2 pages | 1800 June 23 | 1 |
| Madison, James, 1751-1836. Autograph letter signed, to James Barry. Department of State, Washington, D.C., 1 page | 1801 December 4 | 1 |
| Monroe, James, 1758-1831. Autograph letter signed, to an unidentified recipient. London, 1 page | 1804 February 20 | 1 |
| Monroe, James, 1758-1831. Printed document, signed, granting land to Francis Rodes.
Washington, D.C., 1 page Countersigned by Josiah Meigs. Autographed note signed by S.W. Meigs at foot. Notes
in unidentified hand on verso spell recipient's name as Rhodes and Rhoades. On vellum.
With seal. Printed notice from the General Land Office, Washington, October 31, 1817,
attached to verso.
|
1817 November 8 | 1 |
| Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848. Autograph letter signed, to William Leete Stone. Washington, D.C., 4 pages | 1832 December 3 | 1 |
| Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848. Autograph letter signed, to his nephew, Thomas Boylston Adams. Quincy, Massachusetts, 1 page | 1834 July 15 | 1 |
| Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. Autograph letter signed, to Susan Wheeler Decatur. Washington,
D.C., 2 pages With seal.
|
1830 January 2 | 1 |
| Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. Autograph letter signed, to his son Andrew Jackson. Washington,
D.C., 4 pages Engraved portrait laid in. Transcription laid in.
|
1833 January 11 | 1 |
| Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. Autograph letter signed, to the Reverend Robert Hunter. Washington, D.C., 3 pages | 1835 May 8 | 1 |
| Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862. Autograph letter signed, to William Learned Marcy. London,
3 pages Autographed note signed by Eugene A. Vail on verso of integral address leaf. With
seal.
|
1832 March 14 | 1 |
| Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862. Autograph letter signed, to Benjamin Tappan. Kinderhook, New York, 4 pages | 1841 August 18 | 1 |
| Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841. Autograph letter signed, to Jacob Burnet. Washington,
D.C., 3 pages Transcription laid in.
|
1818 January 26 | 1 |
| Multiple signatories. Autograph document signed, a petition presented to Mr. Campbell
recommending that John Caldwell be appointed Commissary General of Purchases, with
one hundred and three signatures. Pennsylvania, 1 page Addressed to Harrison during his term of office as President of the United States.
Torn into two pieces.
|
1841 March 4 | 1 |
| Tyler, John, 1790-1862. Autograph letter signed, to his son Robert Tyler. Sherwood
Forest, Virginia, 2 pages Transcription laid in.
|
1859 March 15 | 1 |
| Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849. Autograph letter signed (possibly a draft),
to Felix Robertson, Robert Weakley, George Crockett, George S. Smith, James P. Grundy,
and Samuel H. Laughlin. Nashville, Tennessee, 7 pages Small hole chewed through foot of all pages, with loss of text.
|
1835 September 26 | 1 |
| Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849. Autograph letter signed, to George W. Janes.
Nashville, Tennessee, 2 pages Transcription laid in.
|
1840 November 7 | 1 |
| Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850. Autograph letter signed, to his brother Hancock Taylor.
Mackinac, Michigan, 3 pages Transcription laid in.
|
1816 October 29 | 1 |
| Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850. Autograph letter signed, to an unidentified recipient.
Point Gabell, Texas, 1 page Transcription laid in.
|
1846 May 7 | 1 |
| Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850. Autograph letter signed, to John Ellis Wool. Camp near
Monterey, California, 4 pages Copy in six pages, probably made by Taylor's secretary, laid in.
|
1847 September 7 | 1 |
| Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874. Autograph letter signed, to Lewis Falley Allen. Washington, D.C., 1 page | 1838 March 27 | 1 |
| Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874. Autograph letter signed, to Lewis Falley Allen. House
of Representatives, Washington, D.C., 2 pages Transcription laid in.
|
1839 December 2 | 1 |
| Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874. Autograph letter (fragment), to an unidentified recipient. Buffalo, New York, 1 page | 1849 July 11 | 1 |
| Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874. Autograph letter signed, to the President of the National
Whig Convention at Baltimore (possibly William Henry Seward). Washington D.C., 9 pages
with envelope Identity of recipient uncertain.
|
1852 June 10 | 1 |
| Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874. Autograph letter signed, to George R. Babcock. Washington City, D.C., 3 pages with envelope | 1852 June 12 | 1 |
| Babcock, George R., d.1876. Autograph letter signed, to the editor of the New York Express to accompany two letters by Millard Fillmore. Irving House, 2 pages | 1852 June 28 | 1 |
| Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874. Autograph letter signed, to his nephew George M. Fillmore.
Buffalo, New York, 2 pages Autographed note signed by A. Lincoln to the Secretary of War (Simon Cameron) Nov.
30, 1861, on verso of integral address leaf. Cf.
The collected works of Abraham Lincoln.
|
1861 November 16 | 1 |
| Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874. Carte-de-visite photograph of Millard Fillmore, signed
on verso for an unidentified recipient, 1 card Photograph by Upson & Simpson, 356 Main Street, Buffalo, New York
|
1869 | 1 |
| Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1841. Collection of autographs of Millard Fillmore and members of his cabinet, including Daniel Webster, Thomas Corwin and Alex H.H. Stuart, written or pasted into a Scriptural album with floral illustrations (New York, undated). 1 volume | circa 1905 | 7 |
| Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869. Autograph letter signed, to Isaac Hill. Hillsboro, New
Hampshire, 2 pages Transcription laid in.
|
1838 July 28 | 1 |
| Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869. Autograph letter signed, to Asa Fowler. Washington, D.C.,
3 pages Autographed note in unidentified hand, identifying recipient, on verso of integral
address leaf. Engraved portrait and photograph of Pierce laid in.
|
1841 December 29 | 1 |
| Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869. Letter signed, to Charles Boarman. Executive Chamber,
Washington, D.C., 2 pages Cosigned by W. L. Marcy.
|
1855 May 30 | 1 |
| Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869. Autograph letter signed, to William Butterfield. Boston, Massachusetts, 6 pages | 1859 December 1 | 1 |
| Buchanan, James, 1791-1868. Autograph letter signed, to Molton Cropper Rogers. Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, 1 page Autographed document signed, signed by Buchanan and Sam Dale, Lancaster, 14 April
1819, on verso.
|
1819 April 14 | 1 |
| Buchanan, James, 1791-1868. Autograph letter signed, to James J. Kennedy. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 2 pages | 1842 November 8 | 1 |
| Buchanan, James, 1791-1868. Autograph letter signed to William Watts Hart Davis. Wheatland,
near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1 page Transcription laid in.
|
1851 May 19 | 1 |
| Buchanan, James, 1791-1868. Autograph letter signed, to James Campbell. Wheatland, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1 page | 1853 March 30 | 1 |
| Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875. Autograph letter signed, to his son Robert Johnson. Nashville,
Tennessee, 4 pages Autographed note, February 3/64, possibly in the hand of John L. Cochran, at foot
of fourth page. Transcription laid in.
|
1854 April 16 | 1 |
| Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875. Document signed, giving instructions to the Secretary of State (William Henry Seward) concerning John Lothrop Motley. Washington, D.C., 1 page | 1867 April 18 | 1 |
| Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875. Autograph note signed, to an unidentified recipient, 1
page In pencil.
|
undated | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Autograph letter signed, to Major
General William Tecumseh Sherman. City Point, Virginia, 1 page 11 30 am in pencil in unidentified hand at head.
|
1864 November 2 | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Autograph letter signed, to Major
General George Henry Thomas. City Point, Virginia, 1 page 11 30 am in pencil in unidentified hand at head. On stationery headed "Head Quarters
Armies of the United States."
|
1864 December 2 | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Autograph letter signed, to Major
General George Henry Thomas. City Point, Virginia, 2 pages 8 30 pm in pencil in unidentified hand at head.
|
1864 December 8 | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Autograph letter signed, to Major
General George Henry Thomas. City Point, Virginia, 1 page 7 30 pm in pencil in unidentified hand at head.
|
1864 December 9 | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Autograph letter signed, to Major
General George Henry Thomas. City Point, Virginia, 2 pages 4 pm in pencil in unidentified hand at head. On stationery headed "Head-Quarters Armies
of the United States."
|
1864 December 11 | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Autograph letter signed, to Edwin
McMasters Stanton. City Point, Virginia, 2 pages 10 30 am in pencil in unidentified hand at head.
|
1864 December 20 | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Autograph letter signed, to Major
General Henry Thomas. "Copy for General George Stoneman." City Point, Virginia, 3
pages 11 am in pencil in unidentified hand at head. On stationery headed "Head Quarters
Armies of the United States."
|
1865 February 27 | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Autograph letter signed, to William
Coffin. Washington, D.C., 3 pages On stationery headed "Headquarters Armies of the United States." Transcription laid
in.
|
1865 November 3 | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Autograph letter signed, to William
Coffin. Washington, D.C., 2 pages Transcription laid in.
|
1866 March 2 | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Autograph letter signed, to Charles
Henry Davis. Washington, D.C., 3 pages On stationery headed "Headquarters Armies of the United States."
|
1866 July 7 | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Autograph letter signed, to William
Coffin. Washington City, D.C., 3 pages On the stationery of the War Department. Transcription laid in.
|
1867 December 12 | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Autograph letter signed, to William
Coffin. Washington, D.C., 2 pages On stationery headed "Headquarters Armies of the United States." Transcription laid
in.
|
1868 March 11 | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Autograph letter signed, to Adolph
Edward Borie. Washington, D.C., 1 page Autographed note signed by Borie on recto of integral address leaf. On the stationery
of the Executive Manison.
|
1874 March 29 | 1 |
| Blossom, Lewis G. Autograph letter signed, to Sadie E. Myers enclosing the manuscript
of Melville W. Fuller's poem, "The Great Commander," on the death of Ulysses S. Grant.
Chicago, IIl., 4 pages One-page letter, with three-page manuscript. Fuller authenticates the poem with his
signature in Blossom's letter. The manuscript, in pencil, is in an unidentified hand.
Cf. Willard L. King"s letter, 21 July 1970, in curatorial files.
|
1890 January 25 | 1 |
| Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893. Autograph letter signed, to Edwards Pierrepont. Columbus, Ohio, 1 page with envelope | 1876 June 20 | 1 |
| Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893. Autograph letter signed, to Susan M. Clay.
Washington, D.C., 1 page with envelope On the stationery of the Executive Manison. Autographed letter signed from Clay, near
Lexington, April 6th 1877, to Hayes, laid in.
|
1877 April 1 | 1 |
| Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. Autograph letter signed, to Robert Cumming
Schenck. Hiram, Ohio, 3 pages Transcription laid in.
|
1865 October 14 | 1 |
| Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886. Autograph letter signed, to Mr. Campbell. New York, 3 pages | 1853 April 7 | 1 |
| Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886. Autograph letter signed, to Silas Wright Burt. New
York, 2 pages Transcription laid in. On the stationery of the State of New York, Quartermaster General's
Department.
|
1862 July 21 | 1 |
| Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886. Autograph letter signed, to Henry Bowen Anthony.
Washington, D.C., 1 page On the stationery of the Executive Mansion. Transcription laid in.
|
1882 November 29 | 1 |
| Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886. Letter signed, to Darwin C. Pavey. Washington, D.C.,
1 page On the stationery of the Executive Mansion.
|
1885 February 06 | 1 |
| Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908. Autograph letter signed, to Reverend Samuel Byram Halliday.
Washington, D.C., 3 pages On the stationery of the Executive Mansion. Transcription laid in. Engraved portrait
of Cleveland laid in.
|
1886 March 26 | 1 |
| Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908. Autograph letter signed, to William Edward Dorsheimer.
Washington, D.C., 6 pages On the stationery of the Executive Mansion. Transcription laid in. Engraved portrait
of Cleveland laid in.
|
1886 April 4 | 1 |
| Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908. Autograph letter signed, to Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus
Lamar. Lakewood, New Jersey, 8 pages with envelope Housed separately. Transcription laid in.
|
1892 May 1 | 6 |
| Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908. Signed portrait photograph of Grover Cleveland, for
an unidentified recipient, 1 page Photograph by C.M. Bell, 463-465 Penna. Ave. 701 Fifteenth St. Washington, D.C. Two
engraved portraits of Cleveland, one signed, laid in.
|
1897 February 22 | 1 |
| Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908. Autograph letter signed, to William Lyne Wilson. Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, 4 pages with envelope | 1900 July 29 | 1 |
| Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908. Autograph letter signed, to Kate Sanborn. Princeton, New Jersey, 2 pages | 1905 February 17 | 1 |
| Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908. Autograph letter signed, to John Cullen Bryant. Tamworth, New Hampshire, 1 page | 1906 August 12 | 1 |
| Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901. Autograph letter signed, to C.G Powell. Indianapolis,
Ind., 1 page On the stationery of the Law Office of Harrison, Hines & Miller.
|
1880 April 28 | 1 |
| McKinley, William, 1843-1901. Autograph letter signed, to Mary E. McDonald. Canton,
Ohio, 1 page with envelope Signed "W. McKinley Jr."
|
1883 December 16 | 1 |
| McKinley, William, 1843-1901. Typewritten letter signed (retained copy), to Major-General
Joseph Cabell Breckinridge. Washington, D.C., 1 page With corrections in McKinley's hand. On the stationery of the Executive Mansion.
|
1898 August 11 | 1 |
| Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Signed photograph of a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, to F.G. Smith, 1 page | 1903 December 25 | 2 |
| Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Typescript draft of "Remarks of President Roosevelt
to the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor and the representatives
of labor associated with them." Washington, D.C., 9 pages Extensive additions and corrections in Roosevelt's hand. Engraved portrait of Roosevelt
laid in.
|
1906 March 21 | 2 |
| Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Typewritten letter signed, to William Bailey Howland.
Washington, D.C., 1 page with envelope On the stationery of the White House.
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1906 June 20 | 2 |
| Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Typewritten letter signed, to Henry Yates Thompson.
Washington, D.C., 1 page On the stationery of the White House.
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1908 January 28 | 2 |
| Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Typewritten letter signed, to William Wingate Sewall.
Oyster Bay, New York, 2 pages On the stationery of the White House.
|
1908 June 26 | 2 |
| Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Typewritten letter (draft), to Julian La Rose Harris,
15 pages on 13 leaves Extensive additions and corrections, in pencil, in Roosevelt's hand. Two pages are
additions in an unidentified hand.
|
1912 July 31 | 2 |
| Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Typewritten letter signed, to Hamilton Wright Mabie.
287 Fourth Avenue, New York, 3 pages With corrections in Roosevelt's hand. On the stationery of
The Outlook.
|
1913 April 16 | 2 |
| Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930. Typewritten letter signed, to Hampton L. Carson. United States Circuit Court of Appeals, For the Sixth Circuit, Judge's Chambers, Cincinnati, 1 page | 1894 January 12 | 2 |
| Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930. Autograph letter signed, to Mrs. Isabel
Weld Perkins Anderson. Washington, D.C., 2 pages On the stationery of the White House. Transcription laid in.
|
1911 August 10 | 2 |
| Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930. Autograph letter signed, to Wilbur Lucius
Cross enclosing the typescript of Taft's "Mr. Wilson and the issues of the campaign."
Pointe a Pic, Quebec, 77 pages Mr. Wilson and the campaign. One page letter. Extensive additions and corrections
in Taft's hand in typescript, including ten pages completely handwritten. Published
in the
Yale Review (October 1920) as "Mr. Wilson and the Campaign." Incomplete copy of
Yale Review (October 1920) laid in.
|
1920 August 29 | 2 |
| Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930. Autograph letter signed, to Warren G.
Harding. Montreal, 4 pages with envelope On stationery headed "New Haven, Conn.," but written while in Montreal. Transcription
laid in. Engraved portraits of Taft, Harding, Elihu Root, and Charles Hughes laid
in.
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1921 February 26 | 2 |
| Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930. Typewritten letter signed, to John Proctor
Clarke. Washington, D.C., 2 pages Postscript in Taft's hand on second page. On the stationery of the Supreme Court of
the United States.
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1921 September 26 | 2 |
| Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930. Typewritten letter signed, to James
Montgomery Beck. Washington, D.C., 1 page On the stationery of the Supreme Court of the United States.
|
1922 April 15 | 2 |
| Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. Autograph letter signed, to his cousin Harriet Woodrow
on the leaf of an autograph album. Staunton, Virginia, 1 page Signed "T. Woodrow Wilson". A second album leaf, with an autographed note signed by
Edward Freeman Wells (sic), 2. 5. 1885, and an autographed note signed by James W.
Bones, Helenhurst Nov 3/82, laid in. Photograph of Harriet Woodrow laid in.
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1880 June 2 | 2 |
| Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. Autograph letter signed, to Emma C. Spenser. Princeton, New Jersey, 2 pages | 1903 January 19 | 2 |
| Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. Typewritten letter signed, to James Slocum Rogers. Princeton,
New Jersey, 1 page with envelope On the stationery of the President's Room Princeton University.
|
1910 September 22 | 2 |
| Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. Typewritten letter signed, to William Henry Rideing. Trenton,
New Jersey, 1 page On the stationery of the State of New Jersey Executive Department.
|
1911 February 4 | 2 |
| Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. Printed document, wedding announcement of Eleanor Randolph to William Gibbs McAdoo. The White House, Washington, D.C., 1 page with envelope | 1914 May 7 | 2 |
| Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. Typewritten letter signed, to John Wesley Wescott. Washington,
D.C., 1 page On the stationery of the White House.
|
1915 March 1 | 2 |
| Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. Typewritten letter signed, to Sarah Baxter Bird, 1 page | undated | 2 |
| Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923. Typewritten letter signed, to Russell
Abner Wood. Washington, D.C., 1 page On the stationery of the United States Senate, Committee on the Philippines.
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1919 June 21 | 2 |
| Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923. Typewritten letter signed, to Will
Harrison Hays. Washington, D.C., 1 page Postscript in Harding's hand. On the stationery of the White House.
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1921 November 5 | 2 |
| Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923. Typewritten letter signed, to Lyman
Love Pierce. Washington, D.C., 2 pages On the stationery of the White House.
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1921 December 21 | 2 |
| Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923. Typewritten letter signed, to Lyman
Love Pierce. Washington, D.C., 1 page On the stationery of the White House.
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1921 December 31 | 2 |
| Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933. Typewritten letter signed, to Edward Albert Filene. State
House, Boston, 1 page On the stationery of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Department.
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1919 February 21 | 2 |
| Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933. Autograph letter signed, to Mgr. William Henry O'Connell.
New York, 4 pages Holes punched through head of pages. Transcription laid in.
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1921 November 30 | 2 |
| Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933. Typewritten letter signed, to Waldo Weston. Washington
D.C., 1 page with envelope On the stationery of the White House.
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1927 March 28 | 2 |
| Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. Typewritten letter signed, to Frank Aloysius Tichenor, 1 page | 1938 November 12 | 2 |
| Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. Typewritten letter signed, to Marie Therese Brolova Pereire
Nichols and William Ichabod Nichols. The Waldorf Astoria Towers, New York, New York,
1 page with envelope Postscript in Hoover's hand. Autographed letter (draft) of the same letter, in pencil,
laid in.
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1958 December 26 | 2 |
| Aves, Linda. Autograph letter signed, carbon copy to Herbert Hoover. Puyallup, Washington, 1 page | 1961 December 14 | 2 |
| Collins, Gerald. Autograph letter signed, to Herbert Hoover. 905 South Third Avenue, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 2 pages | 1962 January 5 | 2 |
| Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. Autograph letter (draft), to Linda Aves, 1 page In pencil. Typewritten letter. Copy of the same letter laid in, with date. Carbon
copy of the same letter laid in.
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1962 January 30 | 2 |
| Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. Autograph letter (draft), to Gerald Collins. The Waldorf
Astoria Towers, New York, New York, 1 page In pencil. Typewritten letter. Copy of the same letter, with place and date, laid
in. Carbon copy of the same letter laid in.
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1962 May 4 | 2 |
| Nichols, William Ichabod, b.1905. Typewritten letter signed (carbon copy), to Gerald
Collins concerning correspondence with Herbert Hoover. New York, 1 page Signed by Gerald Collins and Mrs. Merritt G. Collins at foot. On the stationery of
This Week magazine.
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1963 February 4 | 2 |
| Nichols, William Ichabod, b.1905. Typewritten letter signed, to Norman H. Strouse
concerning correspondence with Herbert Hoover. 485 Lexington Avenue, New York, New
York, 1 page On the stationery of
This Week magazine.
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1963 February 4 | 2 |
| Nichols, William Ichabod, b.1905. Typewritten letter signed (carbon copy), to Eldon
Angelo concerning correspondence between Linda Aves and Herber Hoover. New York, 1
page Signed by Linda Aves and Mrs. Jim Aves at foot. On the stationery of
This Week magazine.
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1963 February 5 | 2 |
| Aves, Linda. Autograph letter signed, to William Ichabod Nichols concerning her letter to Herbert Hoover. 1108 10th Ave. S.E., Puyallup, Wash., 2 pages with envelope | 1963 February 6 | 2 |
| Collins, Gerald. Typewritten letter signed, to William Ichabod Nichols concerning his letter to Herbert Hoover. 905 South Third Avenue, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1 page with envelope | 1963 February 10 | 2 |
| Nichols, William Ichabod, b.1905. Typewritten letter signed, to Norman Strouse concerning
correspondence between Herbert Hoover and Linda Aves and Gerald Collins. 485 Lexington
Avenue, New York, New York, 2 pages On the stationery of
This Week magazine.
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1963 February 14 | 2 |
| Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. Typewritten letter signed, to Norman H. and Charlotte Strouse. The Waldorf-Astoria Towers, New York 22, New York, 1 page | 1963 February 27 | 2 |
| Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Autograph letter signed, to Mr.
Fontein. Hyde Park, New York, 6 pages Holes punched through foot of each page. Recipient formerly identified as Wyger J.
Fontein, the recipient's son. Related letters and a newspaper article about Wyger
J. Fontein laid in. Two photographs of Wyger J. Fontein with Sara Delano Roosevelt
and in Genoa, 1937, laid in.
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1893 January 11 | 2 |
| Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Typewritten letter signed, to
Stanislaus Vincent Henkels. Washington, D.C., 1 page On the stationery of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
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1917 January 10 | 2 |
| Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Typewritten letter signed, to
John Crosby Brown. Albany, New York, 1 page On the stationery of the State of New York Executive Chamber. Typewritten note from
Philip Farish to Norman Strouse, concerning Crosby, laid in.
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1930 November 6 | 2 |
| Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Typewritten letter signed, to
Mrs. Frank T. Griswold. Washington, D.C., 1 page with envelope On the stationery of the White House.
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1935 May 22 | 2 |
| Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Typewritten letter signed, to
John Brendan Kelly. Washington, D.C., 1 page with envelope On the stationery of the White House.
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1940 May 18 | 2 |
| Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Typewritten letter signed, to
T. Salisbury Huff. Washington, D.C., 1 page On the stationery of the White House.
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1940 July 31 | 2 |
| Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Typewritten letter signed, to
Harry Francis Kelly. Washington, D.C., 1 page On the stationery of the White House. Typewritten letter signed from Elmer J. Hanna,
Harbor Springs, Michigan, to Norman H. Strouse, March 22, 1962, laid in. Documents
relating to the circumstances referred to in Roosevelt's letter laid in.
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1943 August 9 | 2 |
| Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. Typewritten note signed, to Mr. Oliver. The White House,
Washington, D.C, 1 page Written three days before death of her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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1945 April 9 | 9 |
| Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. Typewritten letter signed, to L. Stauffer Oliver. Washington,
D.C., 1 page On the stationery of the White House. Signed carbon copies of Oliver's letters to
Truman and George C. Marshall laid in.
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1948 January 14 | 3 |
| Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. Typewritten letter signed, to David H. Morgan. Washington,
D.C., 1 page with envelope On the stationery of the White House.
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1949 January 7 | 3 |
| Inaugural Committee (U.S. : 1949). Printed invitation to the inauguration of Harry
S. Truman and Alben William Barkley, on January 20, 1949, addressed to Elbert L. Huber.
Washington, D.C., 1 page with envelope Date postmarked.
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1949 March 1 | 3 |
| Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. Autograph letter signed, to Mary Ethel Noland. Federal Reserve Bank Building, Kansas City, Missouri, 1 page | 1954 February 22 | 3 |
| Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. Typewritten letter signed, to Emerson Greenaway. Independence, Missouri, 1 page | 1965 January 19 | 3 |
| Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. Signature on a reproduction of the front page of the New York Times, August 7, 1945, 1 page | undated | 3 |
| Markey, Lawrence Morris, 1899-1950. Typewritten letter, to J. A. McKaughan concerning
Dwight D. Eisenhower. 434 East 52nd Street, New York, New York, 3 pages Typewritten letter signed from J.A. McKaughan to Emerson Greenaway laid in.
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1948 June 27 | 3 |
| Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969. Typewritten letter signed, to the
Chief Librarian, Free Library of Philadelphia (Franklin Haines Price). New York, New
York, 2 pages On the stationery of Columbia University in the City of New York, Office of the President.
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1950 May 15 | 3 |
| Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969. Typescript signed (mimeographed copy)
of "The Message of the President on the State of the Union as actually delivered to
the Joint Session of the 83rd Congress." Washington, D.C., 12 pages State of the Union message.
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1954 January 7 | 3 |
| Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969. Typewritten letter signed, to W.
Atlee Burpee, Jr. Washington, D.C., 1 page with envelope On the stationery of the White House. Typewritten letter signed (carbon copy) from
Burpee to Eisenhower, Philadelphia, January 30 1959, laid in.
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1959 January 30 | 3 |
| Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969. Typewritten letter signed, to Robert Cutler. Indio, California, 2 pages | 1968 April 13 | 3 |
| H. Harris (Firm). Record of tailoring done for John Fitzgerald Kennedy. New York,
1 folder Contents include folder with thirty-five fabric swatches, thirty-two order slips with
specifications, and two pages of measurements and style notes. One color photograph
and two color slides of the swatch folder are laid in.
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1955 February 16 | 3 |
| Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Typewritten letter signed, to H. Harris. United States Senate, Washington, D.C., 1 page | 1955 May 20 | 3 |
| Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Typewritten letter signed, to H. Harris.
United States Senate, Washington, D.C., 1 page Probably signed by a secretary. Cf. Secretary XIV in Hamilton's
The robot that helped to make a president.
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1958 April 21 | 3 |
| Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Typewritten letter signed, to H. Harris.
United States Senate, Washington, D.C., 1 page Probably signed for Kennedy by his secretary, Evelyn Lincoln. Cf. Secretary II b in
Hamilton's
The robot that helped to make a president.
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1958 July 25 | 3 |
| Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Typewritten letter signed (photocopy),
to Irving Kolodin. United States Senate, Washington, D.C., 5 pages Probably signed with an autopen. Cf. Robot Pattern I a in Hamilton's
The robot that helped to make a president. Typewritten letter signed (carbon copy) from Norman H. Strouse to William D. Patterson,
March 29 1961, laid in. This copy sent to Emerson Greenaway.
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1960 September 26 | 3 |
| Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Typewritten letter signed, to William
Dudley Patterson. Washington, D.C., 1 page Probably signed for Kennedy by his secretary, Evelyn Lincoln. Cf. Secretary II c in
Hamilton's
The robot that helped to make a president. On the stationery of the White House.
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1961 February | 3 |
| Lincoln, Evelyn Norton, 1912- . Typewritten letter signed to H. Harris, concerning
a tailoring order from John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Washington D.C., 1 page Date of receipt, Mar 14 1961, stamped at head. On the stationery of the White House.
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1961 March | 3 |
| Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Typewritten document signed, Proclamation
of National Library Week, April 16-22, 1961. Washington, D.C., 1 page Probably signed by a secretary. Cf. Secretary III c in Hamilton's
The robot that helped to make a president. On the stationery of the White House. Typewritten letter signed from Myer Feldman
to Raymond O. Starzmann, Washington, April 21 1961, laid in.
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1961 April | 3 |
| Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Typewritten letter signed, to William
Dudley Patterson. Washington, D.C., 1 page On the stationery of the White House.
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1961 October 3 | 3 |
| Harris, S. Typewritten letter signed, to Evelyn Lincoln concerning a tailoring order
from John Fitzgerald Kennedy. 600 Fifth Avenue, New York , New York, 1 page Autographed note signed by Evelyn Lincoln to Harris at foot. On the stationery of
H. Harris Custom Tailor.
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1961 December 8 | 3 |
| Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Autograph letter signed, to H. Harris. United States Senate, Washington, D.C., 2 pages | undated | 3 |
| Lincoln, Evelyn Norton, 1912- . Autograph note signed, to H. Harris concerning a tailoring order from John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Washington, D.C., 1 page | undated | 3 |
| Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. Envelope addressed, to Albert Monroe
Greenfield. Washington, D.C., 1 envelope Place and date postmarked. On the stationery of the White House.
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1964 December 18 | 3 |
| Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. Typewritten letter signed, to Emerson
Greenaway. Washington, D.C., 1 page On the stationery of the White House.
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1967 January 31 | 3 |
| Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913- .Typewritten letter signed, to Norman H.
Strouse. Washington, D.C., 1 page On the stationery of the Office of the Vice President
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1956 November 29 | 3 |
| Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913- .Typewritten letter signed, to Norman H.
Strouse. Washington, D.C., 1 page with envelope On the stationery of the Office of the Vice President.
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1956 November 29 | 3 |
| Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913- .Typewritten letter signed, to Mrs. A.H.
Prior. Washington, D.C., 1 page Signed "Dick Nixon". On the stationery of the Office of the Vice President. Autographed
note by Mrs. Prior at foot.
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1960 July 11 | 3 |
| Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913- .Typewritten letter signed, to Norman H.
Strouse, 1 page Signed "Dick." Photograph of Nixon laid in.
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1962 November 15 | 3 |
| Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913- . Typewritten letter signed, to Norman
H. Strouse. 771 First Avenue, New York, New York 10017, 1 page Signed "Dick." On the stationery of the Boy's Clubs of America.
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1965 January 27 | 3 |
| Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913- . Typewritten letter signed, to Norman
H. Strouse. 771 First Avenue, New York, New York, 1 page Signed "Dick."
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1965 October 29 | 3 |
| Ford, Gerald R., 1913- . Typewritten letter signed, to Paul E. Sabol. Washington,
D.C., 1 page Signed "Gerry Ford." On the stationery of the White House.
|
1974 November 27 | 3 |
| Bush, George, 1924- . Typewritten letter signed, to Lawrence Edmund Spivak. Washington,
D.C., 1 page with envelope Place from envelope.
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1987 October 23 | 3 |
| Bush, George, 1924- . Typewritten proclamation signed, commemorating the bicentennial of the first United States patent, celebrated at The Free Library of Philadelphia. The White House, Washington, D.C., 1 page | 1990 July 30 | 3 |
| Bush, Barbara, 1925- . Typewritten letter signed, to Elliot Louis Shelkrot. The White House, Washington, D.C., 1 page | 1989 February 9 | 9 |
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