ID 627683
Los 192 | Autographs of the Presidents
Schätzwert
$ 24 000 – 35 000
Housed in an extra-illustrated album with illustrations of each president, bound in red morocco (binding loose, and spine and boards separated, documents mostly clean and overall fine condition).
A fine collection of documents, all signed as President. The collection includes: George WASHINGTON (1732-1799) D.S., [Philadelphia,] 7 November 1795. A three-language ship's paper additionally signed by Edmund RANDOLPH as Secretary of State and Joseph MILLER as Collector for the Port of Salem. * John ADAMS (1735-1826). D.S., Philadelphia, 20 July 1799. A naval commission appointing John Bullus a surgeon. Countersigned by Benjamin STODDERT. * Thomas JEFFERSON (1743-1826). D.S., [Washington,] 4 April 1805. A Mediterranean ship's passport issued to the ship Hero. Countersigned by James MADISON as Secretary of State and David GELSTON as Collector of the Port of New York. * MADISON, James (1751-1836). D.S., Washington, 29 December 1811. A naval commission appointing John H. Dent a captain. * James MONROE (1758-1831). D.S., [Washington,] 16 February 1822. A Mediterranean ship's passport issued to the brig Henry, countersigned by John Quincy ADAMS as Secretary of State. * John Quincy ADAMS (1767-1848). D.S., [Washington,] 12 March 1827. A Mediterranean ship's passport issued to the brig Peregrine, countersigned by Henry CLAY as Secretary of State. * Andrew JACKSON (1767-1845). D.S., Washington, 31 March 1834. A naval commission appointing Benjamin Totten as a Lieutenant, countersigned by Levi WOODBURY as Secretary of the Navy. * Martin VAN BUREN (1782-1862). D.S., [Washington,] 1 May 1840. A Mediterranean ship's passport issued to the barque Milwood of New Bedford, countersigned by Alfred VAIL as Acting Secretary of State. * William Henry HARRISON (1773-1841). Signature as President removed from a Mediterranean ship's passport and affixed to an engraved portrait of Harrison. * John TYLER (1790-1862). D.S., Washington, 21 June 1844. A naval commission appointing Francis E. Baker a lieutenant, countersigned by John Y. MASON as Secretary of the Navy. * James POLK (1795-1849). D.S., Washington, 5 May 1845. An appointment of Edwin Wilbur as Collector of Customs for the District of Newport, countersigned by Robert J. WALKER. * Zachary TAYLOR (1784-1850) D.S., [Washington,] n.d. A Mediterranean ship's passport signed in blank, countersigned by John M. CLAYTON as Secretary of State. * FILLMORE, Millard (1800-1874). D.S., Washington, 16 July 1852. A naval commission appointing Joshua Follansbee as a chief engineer, countersigned by William A. Graham as Secretary of the Navy. * Franklin PIERCE (1804-1869). D.S., Washington, 30 April 1856. A military commission appointing Pinkney Sugenbeel as a captain, countersigned by Jefferson DAVIS as Secretary of War. * James BUCHANAN (1791-1868). D.S., Washington, 7 May 1860. An appointment of Henry John Murray as British Consul at Portland, Maine, countersigned by Lewis CASS as Secretary of State. * Abraham LINCOLN (1809-1865). D.S., Washington, 27 July 1861. A military commission appointing Laurence H. Sheldon as an assistant surgeon, countersigned by Thomas A. Scott as Acting Secretary of War. * Andrew JOHNSON (1808-1875). D.S., Washington, 23 May 1865. A military commission breveting George L. Choisey as Major for "gallant services at the battle on the Weldon Railroad, Virginia," countersigned by Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War. * Ulysses S. GRANT (1822-1885). D.S., Washington, 12 February 1875. A military commission appointing Richard M. Hill as "Major in the Ordnance Department," countersigned by John W. Belknap as Secretary of War. * Rutherford B. HAYS (1822-1893). D.S., Washington, 23 May 1878. An appointment of Timothy C. Smith as U.S. Consul at Galatz, countersigned by William Evarts as Secretary of State. * James A. GARFIELD (1831-1881). D.S., Washington, 14 May 1881. A military commission appointing Justus M. Brown as "Surgeon with the rank of Major," countersigned by Robert T. LINCOLN as Secretary of War. * Chester ARTHUR (1829-1886) D.S., Washington, 14 January 1885. A naval commission appointing Henry M. Denniston as a pay director, countersigned by W. E. Chandler as Secretary of the Navy. * Grover CLEVELAND (1837-1908). D.S., Washington, 9 November 1894. A naval commission appointing John J. Hunker as a commander. * Benjamin HARRISON (1833-1901). D.S., Washington, 29 December 1890. Appointing a postmaster, countersigned by John WANAMKER as Secretary of State. * MCKINLEY, William (1843-1901). D.S., Washington, 10 December 1899. An appointment of a census supervisor for the District of Columbia. * Theodore ROOSEVELT (1858-1919). D.S., Washington, 6 August 1903. Appointing Edward J. Sullivan U.S. Consul at Erzerum, Turkey. * William H. TAFT (1857-1930). D.S., Washington, 13 April 1911. A naval commission. Woodrow WILSON (1856-1924). D.S., Washington, 12 May 1916. Appointing the Notary Public for the District of Columbia. * Warren HARDING (1865-1923). D.S., Washington, 19 April 1921. Appointing the Notary Public for the District of Columbia. * Calvin COOLIDGE (1872-1933). D.S., Washington, 2 April 1926. Appointing the Notary Public for the District of Columbia. * is there a HOOVER Franklin D. ROOSEVELT (1882-1945). Document with printed signature, Washington, 7 March 1935. A consular appointment. * Harry S TRUMAN (1884-1972). D.S., Washington, 24 November 1951. Appointing a member of the “National Capital Park and Planning Commission.” * Dwight D. EISENHOWER (1890-1969). D.S., [Washington], 2 February 1959. Nominating a rear admiral in the Coast Guard. * Lyndon B. JOHNSON (1908-1973). Signed photograph, n.p., n.d. With typed note of enclosure by Juanita D. Roberts, the President’s personal secretary, n.p., n.d.
| Künstler: | William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) |
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