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U.S. Presidents, First Ladies and Related

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 83		Polk, James K. Addressed on the fourth page. Tennessee had passed a new constitution two weeks before, and Andrew Jackson, Polk's political mentor, was under fire in Washington by the newly formed Whig Party, and by Clay and Calhoun and the Senate, for having closed the National Banks, so Polk, who had recently lost a bid to become Speaker of the House (he was later succesful), was kept particularly busy, and, because of his closeness to Jackson, he came under fire from the press. The mention of the Rail Road Convention is interesting because it had nothing to do with transportation, but rather referred to a kind of political assembly. The first such convention was held in Tennessee and is the one referred to in the press. An excellent content Polk political letter involved with charges by the Tennessee press against Polk, owing to his closeness to Andrew Jackson, who was coming under fire for closing the national banks. 11th President of the United States, 1845-1849. Autograph Letter Signed.Three pages, Quarto, Columbia, Sept. 11, 1834 to Col. Samuel H. Laughlin of Nashville, saying he was sorry to have missed Andrew Jackson, and that all the controversies in the newspapers should not mislead anyone into thinking that he is in any way changing his stand on the issues. He also mentions a "railroad convention." "… I regret that I could not visit The Hermitage with you before the President's departure, on more counts than one. I desired much to have seen him. I hope you will not fail to come to our first Rail Road Convention on Monday. It is expected that Genl. Gaines and numerous other delegates, from the Mt. district and other parts of the state, will attend it. If this be so (of which I know nothing except from the statements made by the active men of the Rail Road project here) you would have an opportunity of meeting the leading men from different quarters; could compare opinions; and perhaps observe the intent of the press with which you are counted; and in this latter object I will not fail to interest myself. Besides if it is perfectly convenient to you to come I would like much to see you, and have much political talk with you. The time is close at hand, when the state must take her stand, and it is important that we should harmonize and act in concord, as I doubt not we will. As to the controversy which the Republican provokes with the Editor here I have already stated the ground I will occupy… Others may be uninstructed or instructed by their friends against charges with which I have had nothing to do, but it must not, shall not be at my expense. I think it not improbable that what they have suggested to you is true, that Hall did not write his article. I think it contains some internal evidence of the past, but I had not suspected the person whom you mention. If he was concerned with it I agree with you that it is to be regretted that he had not something else to do than to occupy himself in writing puffs & squibs for a newsspaper. I suspect that more than one or two have ben concerned in it. Time will show. The indirect assault on me, one perhaps that I would be justified in noting was most unjustifiable. I suggest to you, whether it would be departing from the ground you occupy to say that much, in some suitable manner. Lewis I understand has been preparing a reply to the Republican, which I am told will appear in tomorrow's paper." Fine. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 84		Taylor, Zachary. A rare and significant document with very slight yellowing throughout. President Taylor's signature is impressive, also signed by John Clayton as Secretary of State. Large embossed paper seal at lower left. A handsome appointment, attractively matted, with a 5" x 7" engraving of Taylor and a 3" diameter bronze Presidential medallion, and framed to an overall size of 35" x 26". 12th President of the United States, 1849-1850. Partly Printed Document Signed as President. Oblong Folio, on vellum, Washington DC, May 28, 1850. President Zachary Taylor appoints a consul to San Francisco. Being an appointment for " …Patrice Dillon…Consul of France for San Francisco, In California…" Dated six weeks prior to Taylor's death, and a full three months before California entered the Union as the 31st state (September 9, 1850). President Taylor had good reason to appoint a government official to the territory of California, which was, at the time, undergoing an intense bout of gold fever. On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall, a New Jersey mechanic building a sawmill for Johann Sutter on the American River east of San Francisco, discovered gold and started the great California Gold Rush, bringing settlers to the state in huge numbers. It is estimated that over one hundred thousand fortune seekers raced to the California Territory that year alone. By 1850, Taylor had taken steps toward making the Territory a State, by this time the amount of gold having been extracted from the Sierra Nevadas and surrounding mountains totalled some $200 million. Ironically, it would be Taylor's death in office that finally allowed passage of the Compromise of 1850, which, among other things, admitted California into the Union as a free state. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. View details	Realized $3,680
Lot 85		Taylor, Zachary. Lawson became a well-known Army surgeon and wrote on related topics; his military career included the War of 1812. He served under Taylor in the Florida Campaigns and the Mexican War. Taylor was already a veteran of some 14 years in the military and had been stationed in various parts of the country. At this time he was a Lt. Colonel and later in 1822 he both established Fort Jessup, Louisiana, and was put in charge of Cantonment Robertson near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He would later begin distinguishing himself in battle during the Indian wars. Autograph letters of this early date in Taylor's military career are scarce. 12th President of the United States, 1849-1850. Autograph Letter Signed. One page, quarto, Fort Selden, March 8, 1822, addressed by Taylor on the verso to Major Bradford at Fort Smith, Arkansas, introducing Surgeon Thomas Lawson: "This will be handed you by my friend Surgeon Thos. Lawson of the U.S. Army who is just setting out for Fort Smith at which place he expects to be detained some six or eight weeks. During his stay at your place any attention it may be in your power to extend to him will confer an obligation on your obt. servant. - Z. Taylor". Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details	Realized $2,243
Lot 86		Fillmore, Millard. Framed with a 2 page ALS from Isaac Newton, Springfield, PA, Dec. 20, 1858 to Ed Brown Houghton, an autograph seeker. A choice ALS, boldly penned. Matted and framed with a steel engraving of Filmore. Overall size 13½ x 17½. 13th President of the United States, 1850-1853. Autograph Letter Signed as President. One page, quarto, Washington D.C. Dated December 12, 1851 on pale blue stationery. To Isaac Newton (1800-1867), Newton is credited with being responsible for the establishment of a national department of agriculture. In full: "Respected Friend - Isaac Newton, I have been too busy to acknowledge the receipt of your favors 9th 5th and 8th inst. and the very beautiful saddle of mutton which you were so kind as to send me, for which I return my sincere thanks. It was so fine that I concluded to save it for my next public dinner. - I hope you will be satisfied with that portion of my message relating to the Agricultural Bureau. I can not but feel flattered that my friends mention my name for reelection but, I have no desire for it.- Truly yours, Millard Fillmore." Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,750. Ex. Goodspeed's Book Shop. Inc. Boston, June 4, 1975, #2449. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 87		Pierce, Franklin. Four ¼ inch foxing spots, one on each page, affecting one letter of one word on one page. Letter gives the reader more than a glimpse into the manner in which Pierce ran the Presidential office. Includes a partially disassembled hinged frame on a crushed salmon velvet background with a small color portrait print and identification plaque; overall size 16½ x 24". 14th President of the United States, 1853-1857. Superb Autograph Letter Signed as President. Quarto, four pages, recto and verso. Washington, July 21, 1853. To John H. Steele, former Governor of New Hampshire. Pierce had established a Presidential Commission to look into the condition of the National Armories across the country, selecting his old New Hampshire friend, John Steele, as one of its members. In this letter Pierce writes candidly concerning the selection process and what he hopes the Commission will investigate. In full: "Private / My Dear Sir - You will have noticed that the Commission of which you are a member embraces some of the ablest and most distinguished men in the Country - I was anxious to secure not only high intelligence, but great weight of character, because the interests of the Government are deeply involved in the question and because the subject has been one of a good deal of local excitement. What the local political effect of the result at which you may arrive is likely to be, one way or the other, will not of course be regarded and ought not to be. The inquiry into the organization of the National Armories will involve the question of administration both in view of economy and efficiency. It will involve not only the manufacture of arms, but the introduction of all improvements made at home and abroad and such as minds devoted to the subject will suggest. By economy will be understood not the cheapness of first cost, but the just expenditure of funds so as to secure the best arms and to ensure most fully the absence of failures when the arms are placed in the hands of soldiers. The political consideration is much broader than any local effect. It will extend to the result produced and this will be as broad as our whole country and as great as the prowess and fame of American troops. I hope you will early cultivate the acquaintance of my friend Colo' Steptoe. He is an accomplished & gallant officer and one of the purest & most rightminded men I have ever known. You will encounter doubtless much ardor & perhaps some vehement importunity on the part of persons interested, but a studied reserve so far as any opinion is concerned on the part of all of the Board until the investigation shall be concluded, will save them from such annoyance. I anticipate much pleasure in seeing you on your way to Harper's Ferry. It is possible that the Sec'y of War [Jefferson Davis] may pass thro' Springfield on his way to the White Mountains. If so I shall hand him a letter of introduction to you. Let me hear from you if you find leisure to write. Yr friend, Franklin Pierce." Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. View details	Realized $2,415
Lot 88		Pierce, Franklin. 14th President of the United States, 1853-1857. Autograph Letter Signed. One page, Quarto, September 3, 1845, to Chandler E. Potter of Manchester, New Hampshire, with integral address leaf. From 1833 on, Pierce spent nine years in Washington as a loyal Jacksonian Democrat in both houses of Congress. He consistently respected Southern rights and developed an antipathy for "political" abolitionists, whom he considered trouble-makers and a threat to the Union. Meanwhile, his wife found the life of the Capitol so distasteful and inimical to her quiet New Hampshire temperament, that Pierce was compelled for her sake to resign from the Senate and withdraw from Washington's furious energy and join his family in Concord, where he practiced law with great skill. From 1842 to 1847 Pierce managed most of the local Democratic campaigns, enforcing strict discipline to keep the party united and victorious. Convivial by nature, Pierce was popular, whether in polite society, at hotel bars, or in political caucuses. Our letter finds Pierce in 1845 beginning to micromanage a local campaign with meticulous attention to detail. We quote at some length: "I am glad to see that Gov. Woodbury is to be at Candia on the 16th. It ought to be a real meeting of the masses. It can only be made what it should be by efforts and suitable arrangements in the adjoining and neighboring towns. In 1840 there were committees appointed in different towns of arrangement who exerted themselves to get up large companies to attend at places of rendezvous were appointed on the route when the people met & then proceeded to the place of meeting in prosession. Similar exertions should be made for the 16th at Candia, Deerfield, Raymond, Chester and all the neighbouring towns should be represented not by a few deligates but by the party En Masse. None will see the Candia people & I hope that no effort to secure a large meeting will be neglected. Such a meeting in that region ought to be attended with the best results. In haste, Your friend, F.Pierce." This is Pierce doing what he does best. Chipped and torn along two edges affecting two words and just a bit of the signature's bottom. Overall age-toning, still very good. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 89		Pierce, Franklin. Large bold signature of Pierce on the verso and countersigned by Sec. of State William L. Marcy beneath a white paper wax seal. 14th President of the United States, 1853-1857. Document Signed as President. Two pages, folio, March 28, 1854. President Pierce Pardons a Counterfeiter. Presidential pardon for George Thompson, who was convicted of "passing counterfeit coin of the United States" and was sentenced to 5 years in the penitentiary in April, 1851. Document states that "it has been made satisfactorily to appear to me that the prisoner is a fit subject for the exercise of Executive clemency" Pierce grants the pardon. Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details	Realized $1,006
Lot 90		Pierce, Franklin. 14th President of the United States, 1853-1857. Autograph Letter Signed. One page, Quarto, Washington, December 16, 1838. A personal letter in Pierce's hand politely declining an invitation to dinner. Pierce expresses his thanks, and goes to some pains to explain why he must decline. Boldly signed. Estimated Value $600 - 900. View details	Realized $863
Lot 91		Pierce, Franklin. Some age toning around the borders and some creases at the upper left corner. 14th President of the United States, 1853-1857. Partly Printed Document Signed as President. One page, Quarto, Washington DC, September 9, 1854. President Pierce authorizes and directs "… the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to the Envelope of a letter addressed to His Excellency the President of the Republic of Nicaragua…" Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details	Realized $546
Lot 92		Pierce, Franklin. 14th President of the United States, 1853-1857. Autograph Franked Envelope Signed. Complete postmarked address-leaf, franked in large script at upper right. Attractively matted and framed with an inscription plaque and a color print of the President. Overall size 18 x 12½". Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $391
Lot 93		THREE JAMES BUCHANAN'S. 15th President of the United States, 1857-1861. Collection of One Autograph Letter Signed and Two Documents Signed, all as Secretary of State, and Two Cut Signatures. This large framed ensemble of Buchanan items includes: A. Autograph Letter Signed. One page, Quarto, Washington, February 5, 1848. Being a letter of introduction for Colonel John J. McCahen, Buchanan writes, in full: "I am intimately acquainted with Colonel John J. McCahen of Philadelphia, the bearer hereof. He informs me that he is about to proceed to Jackson, Mississippi, on business of importance to him. Col. McCahen is a gentleman of high character & much intelligence & has numerous devoted friends in the City of Philadelphia & throughout Pennsylvania. I cordially commend him to the kindness & attention of all those who may consider my recommendation of any value. James Buchanan." A small red stain has bled from the verso of the integral blank, leaving a small spot on the recto, which does not affect the text. Otherwise the letter is Fine. B. Partially Printed Document Signed. Accomplished in manuscript, One page, Quarto, Washington, December 9, 1847. With a second document, being a land deed, Three pages, Folio, of the same place and date. This State Department document deals with the authorizing parties capacities as Justice of the Peace: "…That Robert White and Henry Weaver … are now, and were, at the time of subscribing the same, Justices of the Peace, in and for the Country of Washington, in the District of Columbia, to whose acts as such full faith and credit are due." Embossed wafer seal of the Department of State at lower left, with Buchanan's signature opposite. Moderate foxing, else fine. C. Partially Printed Document Signed. Four pages, Quarto, Washington DC, November 22, 1847. Document certifies that "…the papers hereto attached are true copies of original papers on file in this Department …in virtue of the act entitled 'An act to carry into effect the convention between the United States and the Republic of Peru concluded at Lima the seventeenth day of March eighteen hundred and forty one,' approved 5th August 1846… " In 1845, General Ramon Castilla became President of Peru, developing the guano industry and opening trade with Europe and the United States. This document hails from Castilla's reign and concerns trade between the two countries. Moderate age-toning, with a large water stain affecting nearly all the right side of the document's first page. All writing is still quite legible, and the signature is unaffected. White wafer seal of the State Department at lower left. Two Cut Signatures, measuring approximately 4 x 1," matted above and below a bronze Presidential medallion and inscribed plaque, together with a striking steel engraving of President Buchanan standing, book in hand, in his study. The Cut Signatures are Fine. The entire ensemble is framed to an overall size of 33½ x 28." There is a blank matted opening in the frame for yet another item. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 94		Buchanan, James. Fine. Matted and framed with an engraved identification plaque and engraved transcription along with a matted color photo of the president, all to an overall size of 28 x 18½." 15th President of the United States, 1857-1861. Autograph Letter Signed as President. One page, octavo, February 17, 1860. In this letter, Buchanan, the only bachelor President, refers to Miss Harriet Lane, his niece, who acted as hostess during his White House years in place of a First Lady. "To Mrs. John R. Thomson, In the absence of Miss Lane, will you do me the favor to take her place at the dinner today? If you will thus honor me, I would thank you to be here a few minutes before 6 o'clock to assist me in receiving the company - From your friend, very respectfully - James Buchanan". Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,750. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 95		Buchanan, James. A beautiful item, white and clean. Large Buchanan signature, also signed by Lewis Cass as Secretary of State. 15th President of the United States, 1857-1861. Manuscript Letter of State Signed as President. Two pages, recto/verso, Folio, Washington DC, April 9, 1857. Handsome letter of state addressed to His Excellency the President of the Republic of Chile, whom he greets as "Great and good Friend!" Buchanan informs the President that (in part): "I have made a choice of John Bigler, one of our distinguished citzens, to reside near the Government of the Republic of Chile in the quality of Envoy Extraordinary and Ministry Plenipotentiary of the United States of America… I beseech Your Excellency… to give full credence to whatever he shall say on the part of the United State… ". Very Fine. Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details	Realized $776
Lot 96		Buchanan, James. 15th President of the United States, 1857-1861. Document Signed as President. One page, Folio, on vellum, Washington DC, January 27, 1858. A Naval appointment naming,"…Samuel Lockwood… a Commander in the Navy… " Countersigned by the Secretary of the Navy, Issac Touley. Attractive naval vignettes with orange wax seal intact. Estimated Value $600 - 900. View details	Realized $978
Lot 97		Buchanan, James. Repaired fold, small tear, some soiling and slight blurring of ink. Still attractive and nicely matted in burgandy velvet with an engraving of Buchanan and a bronze medallion. Framed to an overall size of 21 x 17". 15th President of the United States, 1857-1861. Partially Printed Document Signed as President. One page, Quarto, January 13, 1858. Authorizing the Secretary of State "… to affix the Seal of the United States to my Proclamation of the Convention between the U. States & Denmark, for the Discontinuance of the Sound Dues…" Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details	Realized $518
Lot 98		Plan of Legal Action. Letter is lightly yellow from age, with several weakened or partially-separated creases. Glue stain along the upper edge of the letter. The integral address leaf bears several small areas of paper loss at the creases (with minor repairs), however these do not detract from the letter itself. Address leaf, penned in Lincoln's hand, bears a rubber "Springfield" postal stamp and a second rubber stamp reading "Paid 3." Penned beneath the address in another hand: "The property of Claribel Mitchell 215 W Jackson St". 16th President of the United States, 1861-1865. Autograph Letter Signed. Two pages (including integral address leaf), Two-sided, small Quarto, Springfield, IL, June 27, 1853. Lincoln, the lawyer, wrote this letter to "Hon. T.J. Turner" during Lincoln's days as a circuit-riding lawyer, following his stint as a politician in the US House of Representatives. At the time, Turner was a successful lawyer in Freeport, Ill. in the process of establishing the first weekly newspaper. Lincoln corresponded with Turner about the case the letter discusses for several years. It concerns Lincoln's client, Adam Adams, a farmer from Ogle County, and a question regarding the purchase of a parcel of land. This letter, and the succeeding correspondences between Lincoln and Turner with regards to this case, are published in Basler's Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. "Dear Sir: Your letter of the 20th reached me, day-before yesterday. I had, the day before, written to Adams to be on hand with his witnesses - but, at the request of Judge Logan, who is Kemper's attorney, I put in a Post-script, saying to Adams, if he was agreed, the cause should be continued over the summer term. On subsequent reflection, I rather wish Adams may not agree. I have the case fresh in my mind, and therefore wish to keep it going till it is finished. I have already drafted a Bill of Exceptions, and my plan is to put the common law suit through the forms of a second trial, up to a verdict (which must be against us, under Judge D's view of the law) except, & save all the points, and then, before judgment, file our Bill and get an injunction… I should be glad to see you & shake you by the hand; but as there is no contested jury question, I scarcely think you need be at the trouble & expense of coming. All the law questions which can arise at this term, the Judge has already decided. Very truly yours A. Lincoln". Estimated Value $17,500-UP. Ex Superior's Paul Richards Estate Sale, February 2, 1994, Lot 399. View details	Realized $16,675
Lot 99		Lincoln, Abraham. Meigs was a Union general from Georgia, who had graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1836 and served in various peace-time engineering assignments. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was promoted to colonel in the 11th U.S. Infantry. On May 15, 1861 he was appointed Brigadier General USA and Quartermaster General. He served efficiently in that difficult position throughout the war. Letter exhibits light toning and minor soiling at the edges and is tipped to a heavier 8 x 6" sheet. 16th President of the United States, 1861-1865. Letter Signed As President. One page, octavo, on Executive Mansion letterhead, Washington, DC, May 13, 1862. To General M(ontgomery) C(unningham) Meigs U.S.A. In full: "General: Allow me to introduce Mr. Charles D. Chase and to commend his request to your favorable consideration. Your Obt. Servt. A. Lincoln." Fine. Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 100		Lincoln, Abraham. Countersigned by William Seward as Secretary of State, with the wax seal completely intact. A document with a nice dark signature of Lincoln. 16th President of the United States, 1861-1865. Manuscript Document Signed As President. Two pages, Folio, Washington, DC, September 30, 1864. Abraham Lincoln signs a Presidential Pardon for a person convicted of passing Counterfeit Coins. Ezekiel Cade was convicted in March, 1862 of passing counterfeit coins and sentenced to six years imprisonment. "….And whereas Cade has endured a large portion of his sentence and has conducted himself in an exemplary manner, the U.S. District Attorney who has prosecuted him has assured that he is a proper subject for executive clemency, and has recommended that he be pardoned…" President Lincoln boldly signs in full, granting Cade a full and unconditional pardon. Fine. Estimated Value $9,000 - 11,000. View details	Realized $8,050
Lot 101		A LINCOLN CALL TO ARMS. Document is nearly immaculate, and signed in full, "Abraham Lincoln." A desirable Civil War piece. 16th President of the United States, 1861-1865. Partly Printed Document Signed as President. One page, small Quarto, Washington DC, September 23, 1863. In order to supplement Northern forces in the Civil War, President Lincoln issued this call for troops from the state of Michigan. Document is transcribed in part: " I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America… having taken into consideration the numbers of volunteers and militia furnished… do hereby asign One Thousand / One Hundred and Ninety- eight as the first proportional part of the quota of troops to be furnished by the Second District of the State of Michigan under this, the first call made by me on the State of Michigan,… ". Very Fine. Estimated Value $8,000 - 12,500. View details	Realized $10,350
Lot 102		Lincoln, Abraham, and other U.S. Presidents. Bound Collection of Original Letters and Documents. Custom-made bound volume of letters, documents, photographs, and engravings. 42 pages, Octavo, entitled Abraham Lincoln Letters Vol. XXIV, New York, 1905, Francis D. Tandy Company. First leaf states, "This Extra Volume to the Works of Abraham Lincoln contains Autographs and Letters of Abraham Lincoln and Prominent Men of his Time with numerous rare portraits and other illustrations." Designed as a special, extra-illustrated, supplemental volume, to compliment a multi-volume Life and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, this unique collection begins with an uncommon Lincoln Internal Revenue Appointment, and includes: Partially Printed Document Signed, Internal Revenue Appointment, One page, Folio, October 20, 1864, signed "Abraham Lincoln" (with slight tears at fold); Partially Printed Document Signed, Military Pardon, Two pages, Folio, July 25, 1865, stamped with Andrew Johnson's signature (tape reinforcement at centerfold); Partially Printed Document Signed, Military Appointment, One page, Quarto, June 17, 1801, signed byJames Monroe; Partially Printed Document Signed, Justice Appointment, One page, Octavo, November 18, 1826, signed by John Tyler; Partially Printed Document Signed, Land Grant, One page, Folio, August 10, 1837, secretarially signed Martin Van Buren; Partially Printed Document Signed, Land Grant, One page, Folio, July 1, 1848, secretarially signed James K. Polk; as well as 15 supporting letters and documents, many addressed to President Lincoln, from prominent figures of the Cival War era. Also features 14 steel engravings and photographs, one of note showing Lincoln with a book in his lap. This unique Book of Presidents, a prize for Lincoln collectors, is magnificently bound with a water lily motif on front and back covers, in rich morocco with elaborate giltwork on covers and spine. Front silk endpaper features a hand-painted scene of Lincoln's childhood home. Most letters and documents are in Very Good to Fine condition, while the book itself has been carefully preserved and is in Fine condition. Estimated Value $6,000-UP. View details	Realized $7,475
Lot 103		LINCOLN APPOINTS A NEW BRIGADE. Below, Cameron has written "Let this appointment be made at once. Simon Cameron. Sep. 18 1861." Written vertically on the left half of this same page, Lincoln's Secretary of War has written: "These appointments are respectfully recommended to the immediate attention of the President. Simon Cameron 17 Sept. 1861." This earlier note, written a day before Lincoln signed his endorsement to the appointments, is a continuation of the document that begins on the recto, apparently written in a staff officer's hand, which reads as follows: "The following appointments are recommended: W.L. Ward of Ky. Brigadier General = Regiment No 1. John. H. Ward of Bowlingreen Ky -- Lt. Colonel James. B. Carlisle - - - Major Regiment 2 Edward. H. Hobson - Lt. Colonel John Carlisle - - Lt. Colonel William Hobson -------- Major Regiment 3 Wade Velagat ----------- Colonel over, " Lincoln's signature is bold and clear. The document is lightly age-toned, with a slight ink smudge over Cameron's signature and autograph date, this page being signed twice by the Secretary of War. Framed with a number of incidental biographical items, including matted photographs, postcards, and an autobiography, to an overall size of 31½ x 35." 16th President of the United States, 1861-1865. Autograph Endorsement Signed as President. One folded leaf, two-sided, Octavo, n.p., September 18, 1861. Being a memorandum from Simon Cameron, Lincoln's Secretary of War, to President Abraham Lincoln, recommending a number of urgent military appointments. This document, written in September of 1861, finds President Lincoln already in the throes of the Civil War. The War had begun only six months earlier, in April, but President Lincoln was being kept urgently busy. On the 18th of September, the day our document reached the president, Lincoln's Cabinet met to ready the Union Army and listen to reports from its Generals; Lincoln alerted both his Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy that a joint expedition to the Southern Coastline, which they were contemplating, must be ready to move by the following month, in October. Lincoln needed to appoint officers for a new Kentucky Brigade. Our exceptional document, endorsed by the Presidenr, is the list of those appointments. The document dramatically illustrates the kind of frenzied activity the war produced in the White House, and Lincoln's cenral role in the movements that launched the Civil War. Lincoln's four-line endorsement, signed and dated, appears on the verso of same page that Cameron has used to enumerate his appointment recommendations. Lincoln writes: "If Mr. [?] requests it, let these appointments be made, as within indicated. A. Lincoln.". Estimated Value $4,000-UP. View details	Realized $4,485
Lot 104		Lincoln, Abraham. The ensemble is matted in marble boards and framed, with hooks and an inscribed plaque together with an engraved portrait of Lincoln; all within a fine burl frame. Overall size 41 x 27". 16th President of the United States, 1861-1865. Autograph Endorsement Signed as President. One page, quarto on December 27, 1861, being a response to a separate, one page, octavo, two-sided letter addressed to Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, dated December 16, 1861, recommending the appointment of Arthur Carrier as a Lieutenant in the Regular Army, signed by four U.S. Senators and others with their inscribed comments. President Lincoln's handwritten response is as follows: "Sir, / These recommendations are so very good that I hope they will be carefully considered at least. He has an idea of getting for Gen. J. H. Lane's staff which, if agreeable to Gen Lane, would gratify me. / A. Lincoln Dec. 27, 1861." Fine. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. View details	Realized $5,290
Lot 105		Lincoln, Abraham. Several Van Burens are listed by Heitman - the one to whom Lincoln refers is uncertain. The envelope upon which this note was written was originally sent to Lincoln, bearing his name and address in beautiful script. Written over this, in an unknown hand, are the words "Brigade General," and in yet another unknown hand in red ink some sort of coded date. Lincoln's message is interrupted but not affected by a portion of the original address. Envelope is moderately yellowed with significant water stain at the lower end (not affecting any of the writing on the envelope.). 16th President of the United States, 1861-1865. Autograph Note Signed as President. One page, Octavo, written vertically on recto of a previously-used envelope, n.p. [Washington DC], April 27, 1863. Listed in Basler's Collected Works First Supplement (page 186). Addressed to "Secretary of War," President Lincoln request's Edwin Stanton to. "please see Col. Van Burne who thinks there are recommendations on file in his favor from Gen. Banks & others. A. Lincoln April 27, 1863." Fine. Estimated Value $3,500 - 5,000. Ex Superior's Paul Richard's Estate Sale, February 2, 1994. Lot 402. View details	Realized $4,025
Lot 106		Lincoln, Abraham. 16th President of the United States, 1861-1865. Partially Printed Document Signed as President. One page, Folio, on vellum. Washington DC, July 1, 1864. Several engraved vignettes adorn this most attractive military appointment, which names "…Edward J. Whitney… Surgeon of Volunteers…" At the upper left corner, a green embossed wafer seal and to the right, a large vignette of a flying eagle holding arrows and olive branches in its talons. At the lower portion, a larger engraving of flags and military weaponry. Countersigned by Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War, and to the right of this Abraham Lincoln's in full. Matted and framed with 4 supporting photographs to an overall size of 26 x 38". Fine. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. View details	Realized $4,370
Lot 107		Lincoln, Abraham. 16th President of the United States, 1861-1865. Autograph Note Signed One page, approximately 3 1/2" x 3 1/2", In pencil, [Washington], October 26, 1864. In the fall of 1864 things were going well enough for Abraham Lincoln, on the eve of his second run for the presidency. Sheridan had triumphed in the Shenandoah Valley and defeated the Confederates at Cedar Creek. Out west, Confederate prisoners of war held in Chicago were about to be released and enlisted in the Union army for service against the Indians in the Northwest. The North now had more men than when the war began. Nevada, Idaho and Montana were becoming states. Homesteaders were sweeping into 4,000,000 acres of public land. Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by railway was all but assured. But, in Davenport, Iowa, for want of a pen, the president could not get the Indian known as "Big Eagle" released from jail. Apparently, on the 26th of October, 1864, a lawyer and banker from Davenport, one George S.C. Dow, had visited Lincoln urging the President to order the release of the Indian "Big Eagle," currently being held in the Davenport jail - on what grounds, we do not know. Whatever persuasion Dow used, it must have been convincing enough, because Mr. Lincoln took up a scrap of paper about three inches square, and, retrieving a pencil from somewhere, wrote out in a large, clear hand, so that there would be no mistaking his intent, "Let the Indian 'Big Eagle,' now confined at Davenport, Iowa, be discharged at once." Lincoln signed the piece, "A. Lincoln" and dated it "Oct. 26, 1864." And that, as far as the president was concerned, was that. Alas, not quite. On November 14, Mr. Dow wrote Lincoln the following note:"You will remember me as the person to whom you were kind enough to give an order for the release of the Indian 'Big Eagle.' "This order failed to effect his release. The person in charge and to whom I presented it, treated me very rudely. I may as well say that he insulted me most grossly. He treated also the order and yourself with great contempt because as he said, you ought to know better than to write an order in pencil, or give it to a civilian. "I did not intend to trouble you again, but for reasons not necessary to be stated, I think I should report the facts to you, and request of you, that you will be kind enough to direct a note to the proper military officer, requesting him to issue the proper order for 'Big Eagle's' discharge…" The Dow letter we find among the Robert Todd Lincoln papers at the Library of Congress, but Lincoln's original pencil discharge order written on 26 October, we offer here and now. It has been preserved by being mounted to a cardboard backing and is in fine condition. Following the receipt of Dow's communication, Lincoln quickly penned a second directive to get "Big Eagle" unpenned. The date was 19 November 1864. This time Lincoln sent a telegram to General Alfred Sully, the Officer in Command of the District of Iowa with headquarters at Davenport: "Let the Indian 'Big Eagle' be discharged. I ordered this some time ago." On December 3, 1864, AGO Special Orders No. 430 directed that " 'Big Eagle,' an Indian, now in confinement at Davenport, Iowa, will, upon the receipt of this Order, be immediately released from confinement and set at liberty." Who was "Big Eagle" and why was he confined, and what became of him following his release from the Davenport jail, we do not know, but we do know the President Lincoln's manner and style were never in doubt. Two days later, on 21 November, he would enshrine Lydia Bixby for her loyalty and heroic sacrifice in the reported loss of so many of her sons to the Union cause. We speak of this now, because Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby follows directly Lincoln's salvo to Alfred Sully on "Big Eagle's" continued confinement in Basler's "Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln." Estimated Value $800 - 12,000. View details	Realized $6,038
Lot 108		[Lincoln, Abraham & Andrew Johnson]. Original Election Ticket of 1864. One page, 3 x 7", Lorain County, Ohio (Election November 8, 1864) Document is illustrated with a small vignette of "Lady Liberty" holding a Union sword and below that reads: "For President, Abraham Lincoln, / of Illinois. / For Vice President, Andrew Johnson, / of Tennessee." A list of Electors is also featured. Includes three re-strike Carte-de-vistes of Lincoln, Johnson and McClellan. Matted and framed together to overall size of (16 1/2 x 13 1/2"). Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details	Realized $196
Lot 109		[Lincoln, Abraham]. 16th President of the United States, 1861-1865. Lot of Letters, Photographs, Pamphlets. A three-ring binder containing seven separate items relating to President Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War era. Includes soldier's letters, with one describing Lincoln's inauguration, and two pamphlets, one entitled "Opinion on the Constitutional Power of the Military to Try and Execute the Assassins of the President (1865)," and another "Lincoln's Gettysberg Address (1949)." Should be seen. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details	Realized $328
Lot 110		[Lincoln, Abraham]. Scarce. 16th President of the United States, 1861-1865. Cigar Box Label. 5 x 6", from the 1860 election. Features a handome portrait of a beardless Lincoln, and the legend "Honest Old Abe." Printed on light pink-mauve paper, with black text. Some wear and a small hole at left. Reads in part: "Abraham Lincoln, Frabrica De Tabacos… Segar Manufactory… Havana". Very Good. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Realized $518
Lot 111		Lincoln, Abraham. 16th President of the United States, 1861-1865. Four Words in his Hand, a fragment only, 2 1/2 x 1". n.d., n.p. "his wife of Illinois". The piece is situated in a handsomely matted and framed 22 x 20" ensemble with a steel engraved portrait of Lincoln and a facsimile copy of the letter from which the excerpt was derived. Very Good. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details	Realized $483
Lot 112		"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States." An extremely rare Congressional manuscript copy of the Thirty-Eighth Congress Joint Resolution submitting the proposed Amendment to the United States Constitution to Abolish Slavery in America signed by over 150 members of Congress. President Lincoln believed adamantly that the United States had to completely abolish slavery and that the Constitution had to be amended accordingly. However, the Constitution gave the President no role in the process of constitutional amendments and so a motion was passed on Feb 7, 1865, condemning him for having signed some of the official copies of the Resolution. The official Congressional copies were to have been signed only by the Congressmen. Approximately one dozen of these documents exist, most of which are in institutional collections and rarely appear on the market. This particular document contains more signatures than any other known - a total of 152 signers. Many of whom were important and powerful politicians during the Civil War. The Thirteenth Amendments to Abolish Slavery in America is an important cornerstone to any collection. Beautifully framed and matted with original large albumen photograph of President Lincoln taken by photographer C.S. German in Springfield, January 13, 1861, being one of the earliest known photographs of Lincoln with a beard. Matted with a typeset transcript of the Thirteenth Amendment. Overall size 47 1/2 x 31 1/2". Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution One page, Elephant Folio, on vellum, with double ruled dark blue borders, Washington DC., December 5, 1864. Signed by Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, Speaker of the House, Schuyler Colfax, and Secretary of the Senate, John W. Forney, as well as 150 members of the 38th Congress. Being the congressional engrossed copy signed by 150 members of both the House and the Senate, including future President James Garfield, as well as Lyman Trumbull, Thaddeus Stevens, and many others as follows: "Thirty-eighth Congress of the United States of America, at the Second Session, begun and held at the City of Washington, on Monday, the 5th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. A Resolution submitting to the legislatures of several states a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States. Be it resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America and Congress assembled (two-thirds of both Houses concurring) that the following Article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States which when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the said Constitution, namely: Article XIII, Section 1 - neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2 - Congress shall have the power to enforce this Article by appropriate legislation. I certify that the Resolution originated in the Senate. - John W. Forney Schulyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives, - Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate." Estimated Value $60,000-UP. View details	Realized $66,700
Lot 113		ANDREW JOHNSON WRITES TO PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ABOUT A UNION LOYALIST. Written while Johnson was serving as Military Governor of Tennessee (1862-64), an appointment he had received from President Linccoln with orders to re-establish Federal authority in the state, and maintain peace and security pending restoration of civil government. During his tenure, Johnson forcefully rid the state, which had seceeded from the Union on June 8, 1861, of Confederate influence. Three months before this letter, Johnson had already been nominated to replace Vice President Hannibal Hamlin on the November election ticket. (Johnson, a pro-Union Southern Democrat, was chosen to balance the ticket). An interesting letter that confirms Johnson's strong pro-Union sympathies. Letters from one president to another are uncommon in any combination, and are highly desirable to collectors.This is a fine example. Expertly restored at folds, and in Fine condition. 17th President of the United States, 1865-1869. Letter Signed. One page, two-sided, Octavo, on State of Tennessee Executive Department letterhead, Nashville, September 30, 1864. Written to "His Excellency, Hon. Abraham Lincoln President of the U.S., Washington D.C." Johnson writes to President Abraham Lincoln, in full: "Please permit me to introduce to you, Mr. Jean. Jos. Sears, a refugee from Morgan County Ala, and now a resident of this city. Mr Sears is a gentleman of integrity and respectability, he is one of the few in that country who stood firm to the Union; any courtesy or kindness you may show him will be bestowed upon a worthy recipient, be appreciated by him, and confer a personal favor upon me. I have the honor to be Very Respectfully, Your Obd't. Serv't. Andrew Johnson Milt. Gov. Tenn." Estimated Value $4,000-UP. Ex Superior Gallery's May 9, 1992 Auction, Lot #207. View details	Realized $2,415
Lot 114		Johnson, Andrew. 17th President of the United States, 1865-1869. Letter Signed as President. Two pages, Quarto, on Executive Mansion stationery, Washington D.C., August 26, 1867. In this letter President Johnson assigns Brevet Major General Edward R.S. Canby to the command of the Second Military District, created by the Act of Congress, March 2, 1867, and the Military Department of the South, "…embracing the State of North and South Carolina. Canby will be relieving Major General Daniel E. Sickles of his command of the Second Military District. The Secretary of War ad interim will give the necessary instructions to carry this order into effect" Full docketing on verso. Minor age discoloration at top left corner of second page, not affecting the text. Otherwise Fine. Estimated Value $3,500-UP. Ex Superior Galleries May 9, 1992 Auction, Lot #208. View details	Realized $2,013
Lot 115		Johnson, Andrew. Light dampstain to bottom margin catching the first few letters of "Andrew," light spotting, tiny nick in upper margin. Rare. 17th President of the United States, 1865-1869. Carte-de-visite signed. ("Andrew Johnson') by M.J. Powers for the Whitehurst Gallery, Washington, D.C. (imprint on verso), n.d. [circa 1865]. 100 x 60 mm. (4 x 2 3/4") including gold-ruled mount. An imposing three-quarter length portrait of Johnson, facing right, very probably dating from the period of his inauguration as President. Signature in ink on lower mount. Fine. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 116		Johnson, Andrew. Wrinkled on the bottom half due to contact with water and a toning streak delineates the outer edges of this area. Minor pinholes appear at the fold intersections. The cream paper Presidential seal is pristine and Johnson's signature is nice and clear. Countersigned by his acting Secretary of State. Signed just a week after Lincoln's death, this document shows how quickly the government turned back to business following the assassination of its beloved President. 17th President of the United States, 1865-1869. Partly Printed Document Signed as President. One page, Small Folio (10 x 17"), Washington D.C., April 22, 1865. President Johnson appoints Albert Van Kleeck as Deputy Postmaster of Poughkeepsie, New York. Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 117		Johnson, Andrew. Matted and framed with an engraved plaque and a steel engraving of President Johnson, to an overall size of 20 x 27½. 17th President of the United States, 1865-1869. Partially printed document Signed as President.One page, quarto, on official pale blue stationery, dated February 23, 1869, Washington D.C. "I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the seal of the United States to my… Proclamation of the Consular Convention between U.S. and The King of Italy…" Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 118		[Johnson, Andrew]. IMPEACHMENT of ANDREW JOHNSON Vol. 1 & 2. Washington: Government Printing Office 1868. Approximately 1300 pages (combined. Good. Estimated Value $100 - 200. View details	Realized $109
Lot 119		Grant, Ulysses S. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was established in 1824 as part of the War Department (a rather telling fact). In 1849, the bureau became an agency of the Department of the Interior and maintained strong control over the lives and property of reservation Indians. From 1866 to 1891 the United States Army fought a continuous war against the many Indian tribes of the Mid and Southwest which had not yet been herded onto small reservations overseen by the scandalously corrupt Bureau. With this appointment, Grant undoubtedly hoped to bring a more humane, more tolerant leadership to the BIA. Letter shows minor age-toning, along the edges of the first page recto, else quite choice. The two-sided letter is matted and framed with hooks, together with a steel engraving of Grant, and a bronze plaque; all on a linen background and framed to an overall size of 16 x 25". 18th President of the United States, 1869-1877. Autograph Letter Signed as President. Two pages, recto and verso, Octavo, on Executive Mansion letterhead, Washington D.C., November 4, 1875. President Grant caves in to public presssure, and attempts to replace the current head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He writes to Oliver Hoyt of Stamford, Connecticut, a wealthy leather merchant, state Senator, liberal patron of missionary and educational programs, and devoted admirer of Grant. In full: "Dear Sir: both the new Sec. of the Int. and myself believe that public opinion demands a change of the present Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and I feel disposed, in this instance, to listen to its demand. I will state however that my confidence in the integrity and zeal of the present incumbent is not in the least degree shaken. But I think a change will conserve the public interest. So much by way of prelude. The real object in my writing to you now is to ask if you will accept the position. It is one of considerable labor and responsibility, but at the same time it is a position where a person may do a great deal of good. I hope you will see your way clear to accept it. May I ask an early reply to this, and ask at the same time that you do not communicate the substance of this until a commissioner is appointed if you should decline. With high regard, You obt. svt. U. S. Grant". Estimated Value $2,500-UP. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 120		Grant, Ulysses S. The ink is slightly smudged at the center fold, and at Grant's signature, which is nevertheless bold and legible. Otherwise the letter is Fine. Attractively framed with a large oval steel engraving of the President, and a brass "US" cavalry-style plaque. 18th President of the United States, 1869-1877. Letter Signed as President. One page, Octavo, Washington, May 5, 1871, on Executive Mansion letterhead. To "Mr. N.G. Ordway [?]." Like most legal disputes, the Alabama Claims case threatened to go on forever. The United States was suing Great Britan for shipping losses inflicted by British-built Confederate ships, called Raiders -- of which the "Alabama" was one -- during the Civil War. Great Britain, the U.S. claimed, had violated international law and neutrality. An international tribunal agreed, $15.5 million was awarded, and on May 8, 1871, the Treaty of Washington, settling the matter, was ratified. Here Grant, just a few days before, explains he's too late to attend the "ratification meeting." He writes, in full: "Dear Sir, I had fully expected to be present at the ratification meeting this evening, but I have been detained until it is so late that I shall have to abandon the intention. Very Truly Yours U.S. Grant.". Estimated Value $1,000-UP. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 121		Grant, Ulysses S. Includes an original centennial ribbon issued in 1876 and a portrait. Matted and framed to an overall size of 39 x 23". 18th President of the United States, 1869-1877. Partly Printed Document Signed as President. One page, Folio, on vellum, Washington DC, December 21, 1875. Presidential Appointment naming, "… O.A. Hadley of Arkansas… to be Register of the Land Office at Little Rock, Arkansas… " Document is wrinkled with separations at the folds and stained, but autograph is clear. Estimated Value $700 - 1,000. View details	Realized $518
Lot 122		Grant, Ulysses S. Grants' Naval documents are seldom encountered and although the signature is slightly faded, the piece is nonetheless quite attractive. 18th President of the United States, 1869-1877. Document Signed as President. One page, Folio, on vellum, Washington DC, December 15, 1875. Naval appointment naming "…Samuel J. Logan…Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps.,… " Decorated with Federal and Naval vignettes. Fine. Estimated Value $700 - 1,000. View details	Realized $978
Lot 123		Grant, Ulysses S. 18th President of the United States, 1869-1877. Letter Signed as President of the Mexican Southern Railroad Company. One page, Quarto on their imprinted company letterhead, New York, Aug. 12, 1881. To Charles E. Kock of Chicago, Ill. Here the former President graciously accepts an invitation to attend a Reunion Association dinner in Bloomington, Ill. Matted and framed with an inscription plaque and a steel engraving as Union general. Overall size 21½ x 18". Fine. Estimated Value $600 - 900. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 124		Hayes, Rutherford B. This document also bears the signature of Hamilton Fish as Secretary of State. White wafer Seal of the United States at lower left. Presidential Cabinet appointments are uncommon and this one is in choice condition. Matted and framed with a bronze inscribed plaque and a color print of Hayes; all to an overall size of 16 x 26". 19th President of the United States, 1877-1881. Partly Printed Document Signed as President. One page, Oblong Folio, Washington DC, March 12, 1877. President Hayes appoints Charles Devens to serve as Attorney General. Just eight days into his Presidency, President Hayes appoints "Charles Devens of Massachusetts…" to serve as Attorney General of the United States. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 125		Hayes, Rutherford B. Includes the stamped holograph Executive Mansion envelop also marked "Private." Both the letter and envelope are matted and framed with an engraved bronze plaque and a steel engraved portrait of Hayes; to an overall size of 17 x 14". 19th President of the United States, 1877-1881. Autograph Letter Signed as President, with Envelope. One page, octavo, Washington D.C. February 19, 1880. On printed Executive Mansion stantionery, to Mrs. Linus Austin of Clevland, Ohio. A personal letter marked "Private" asking Mrs. Austin to come over for a visit "…any time better than not at all. Nobody here after this week unless we persuade Lucy Cook to remain…She is a…cousin of My Lucy…" Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 126		Hayes, Rutherford B. Signed "R. B. Hayes" and countersigned by the acting Secretary of State beneath a paper and wax seal. Some normal fold wear, otherwise nice and clean. Includes the original proof of service. Rare, particularly with this format. 19th President of the United States, 1877-1881. Document Signed as President. Two pages, folio, December 23, 1878. President Hayes Pardons a Counterfeiter. A pardon for Edward B. Caulk "for passing counterfeit money." He was sentenced on June 21, 1878 to five years of imprisonment. Because the judge and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware found extenuating circumstances and recommend Caulk's pardon, Hayes complies with their request. Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 1,200. View details	Realized $575
Lot 127		Hayes, Rutherford B. Uncommon and in choice condition. 19th President of the United States, 1877-1881. Carte-de-visite signed and dated on verso in full. "Rutherford Birchard/Hayes. Columbus, O./ 1869." Estimated Value $800 - 1,200. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 128		Hayes, Rutherford B. With a bold dark signature of President Hayes. 19th President of the United States, 1877-1881. Document Signed as President. One page, quarto, August 6, 1880 authorizing the Secretary of State to affix the U.S. Seal to a warrent for the conditional pardon of John M. Ross. Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details	Realized $414
Lot 129		Garfield, James A. The four letters are matted and framed together with a bronze Presidential medallion and inscribed plaque that reads: "James A. Garfield, 20th U.S. President, 1881." Overall size is 30 x 27." 20th President of the United States, 1881. Letter Signed as President-elect and Senator-elect and Congressman and Autograph Letter Signed as Congressman. Framed collection of four choice Garfield items, including an additional Wayne McVeagh ALS, and a Lucrecia Garfield ANS: A. Letter Signed as President-elect. One page, Octavo, Mentor, Ohio, November 20, 1880. On January 13, 1880, James Garfield, then a member of the House of Representatives, was elected to the US Congress. On November 4, 1880, Garfield was elected President, taking office March 4, 1881, and presiding for only four months before he was shot by a dissapointed office-seeker, dying two months later in September of that same year. In this terse letter, written to Henry Hubbard, Esq., Congressman and Senator-elect, and now President-elect James Garfield acknowledges congratuations on being elected the 20th US President. He writes, in full: "Dear Sir: Accept my thanks for your kind congratulations in letter of the 9th instant, in which Mrs. Hubbard joins. Very Truly Yours, J.A. Garfield." Garfield's signiture is in a lighter ink, and is somewhat faded, but still very even and legible. Fine condition. B. Autograph Letter Signed as Congressman. One page, Octavo, Society of the Army of the Cumberland letterhead, Washington, D.C., November 22, 1879. Written to the Hon. J.M. Dalzell, as member of the Executive Committee of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, in which, during the Civil War, Garfield had served as Brigadier General, with such distinction that he was unsolicitedly elected to the Congress while he was still in the field. Now a Congressman, Garfield writes, in full: "Dear Dalzell: Thanks for your letter of the 11th which came to hand just before I left home. I shall be glad to hear from you at any time. I hope my friends will keep me advised of the various opposition movements. Do you happen to know how the Guernesy County man stands. Very Truly Yours, J.A. Garfield." Interesting political letter written at a critical point in Garfield's career, when the country's political future, as the term of President Hayes expired, was turbid and unclear. Garfield, in the midst of a crowded Presidential nomination bid, searches for information about the shifting political alliances that will decide the outcome of the imminent Presidential election. Minor repair to verso folds, with edge of tape slightly visible, else fine. C. Wayne McVeagh Autograph Letter Signed. Garfield's Attorney General, One page, Quarto, The Elberon, N.J., September 8, 1881. Written to a Mrs. Childs ten days before the President's death, this astonishing letter is a misguidedly optimistic update on Garfield's failing physical condition. The Attorney General writes, in full: "My Dear Mrs. Childs: The President is far more comfortable this morn than for three weeks past. He is sleeping very nicely now and his pulse is down to 94 and his temperature and respiration are normal. It is the best news we have had for a long while. Sincerely Yours, Wayne McVeagh." On July 2, 1881, President Garfield had been shot in the back by an assassin's bullet; he died from the wound September 19, 1881. An arresting letter, in Fine condition. D. Lucretia Garfield Autograph Note Signed. One page, possibly partial, 16mo., n.d., n.p. to John C. Martin, regarding an engraving of the President. The First Lady writes: "Rototype of him is a better likeness of him than any engraving I know of. This you can obtain by addressing …" Ink dot at upper left edge, else Fine. Also included is her addressed, postmarked envelope. Estimated Value $2,000-UP. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 130		Garfield, James A. When the Civil War began in earnest, gold and silver coins all but disappeared from circulation, and in 1862 the U.S. Government began issuing bills (called greenbacks) and fractional currency, and in 1863 authorized National Bank Notes. After the war, people, backed by Republican leaders like Garfield, clamored for the return of "hard money," or specie. In 1875, the Republicans successfully pushed through a bill requiring payments to be made in specie. The Secretary of the Treasury began accumulating gold and silver for this purpose, when people realized that their greenbacks were backed by gold and silver, they were reassured, and since the notes were more convenient than coins, they came into popular use and continue so to this day. This excellent content James Garfield ALS shows his support for resumption of specie payments immediately following the election of Grant as president. The U.S. started issuing paper money at the conclusion of the Civil War. Garfield was influenced by public opinion to push for payment by gold or silver. 20th President of the United States, 1881. Autograph Letter Signed as Congressman. Two separate pages, octavo, Hiram, Ohio, November 9, 1868, to W.C. Davis, saying that since the presidential election has been settled victoriously, and that he thinks it is time to resume specie payments. Garfield writes: 'Your letter of Sept. 9 like nearly all my letters has been lying unanswered during the campaign. I quite agree with you that we cannot both sell our gold and resume at the same time, and now that the Presidential election is victoriously ended, I hope we may go earnestly to work to reach specie payments. I am not so wedded to my plan of resuming specie payments that I cannot appreciate any other, but I believe the bill which I introduced and advocated in my speech of May 15 would without much shock or hardship bring us to specie payments, and we ought to make every exertion to get there during the next two years. Hoping we may have wise and prudent consels, and a safe deliverance from all our difficulties… ". Fine. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 131		Garfield, James A. Letter bears occasional stains and ink spots, is lightly age-toned, and has tape stains from verso at each corner, not affecting text. 20th President of the United States, 1881. Autograph Letter Signed as Congressman. One page, Quarto, "Hiram, Portage Co. O[hio]," July 11, 1864. To Captain John G. Martin. In September, 1863, Garfield, a brigadier general and chief of staff to Major General Rosecrans, distinguished himself at the Battle of Chickamauga when, even though his horse was shot from under him, he delivered a message that saved the Army of the Cumberland from disaster. He was instantly given a battlefield promotion for his bravery, and in December of that same year, yielding to an urgent request by President Lincoln, resigned his commission and took his seat in the House of Representatives, to which he had been unsolicitedly elected while on active duty. Written seven months after Garfield entered Congress, the letter reads: "Dear Sir Yours of the 20th June came to hand just as the session was closing. I forwarded the paper given me by Dr. Phelps and recommended your appointment - but I have not heard whether it has been made or not. A very large list was confirmed by the Senate just before the Session Ended - & I hope it may be found that your name was on it - but I do not know. Yours Very Truly, J.A. Garfield." Lincoln wanted Garfield in Congress because of his up-to-date knowledge of military affairs, and his ardent support of Lincoln's military quotas and the draft. This letter finds Garfield expediting those appointments President Lincoln depended on to engineer the Civil War. Estimated Value $1,200-UP. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 132		Garfield, James A. Matted and framed with marble borders together with an engraved bronze plaque and a color print of Garfield. Overall size of 12 x 13½. 20th President of the United States, 1881. Letter signed as President-elect. One page, Octavo, Mentor, Ohio, December 4, 1880 with stamped envelop. To Mr. A. C. Kilmer. In full: "Dear Sir - Your letter of the 16th November came duly to hand. Accept my thanks for your congratulations. Very truly yours, J A Garfield". Fine. Estimated Value $750 - 1,250. View details	Realized $633

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