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Record Id:

032-002059784

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002059784

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Add MS 39908

Title:

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS of the Presidents of the United States of America; a complete series from George Washington to Woodrow Wilson. Those as far as Rutherford B. Hayes are inlaid as extra illustrations to a printed copy of H. W. Smith and John Fiske, The Presidents of America, 1879; the remainder have accompanying printed biographies and engraved portraits in a similar style. The names are given in the Index. Paper; ff. i + 99. Folio. Green morocco binding and box-case. Bequeathed by Zenas Crane, Esq., of Dalton, Massachusetts.

Scope & Content:

Bookplates: Crane (Zenas), of Dalton, Massachusetts, d. 1917.

Zenas Crane, d 1917 of Dalton, Massachusetts: Bookplate.

John Fiske, Assistant-Librarian of Harvard University: 'The Presidents of America' partly by: 1879.: Printed.

British America, and United States: Letters of Presidents of: 1789-1912.: Autogr.

includes:

ff. 5-70 Hezekiah Wright Smith: Portraits in 'The Presidents of America' engr. by: 1879.: engr.
f. 6 George Washington, US President: Letter to J. Madison, junior: 1789.
f. 9 John Adams, US President; d.1826: Letter to J. Madison: 1817.
f. 13 Thomas Jefferson, US President: Letter to J. Barlow: 1805.
f. 13 Joel Barlow, [US Agent?]: Letter from T. Jefferson: 1805: Signed.
f. 17 James Madison, US President: Letter to President Monroe: 1820.
f. 20 James Monroe, US President: Letter to members of his Administration: 1818.
f. 24 John Quincy Adams, US President: Letter to N. F. Williams: 1840.
f. 28 Andrew Jackson, US President: Letter to Com. J. Biddle: 1820.
f. 31 Martin Van Buren, US President: Letter to J. L. Stevens: 1851.
f. 35 William Henry Harrison, US President: Letter to J. C. Symmes: 1812.
f. 39 John Tyler, US President: Letter to his daughter Mrs. Mary Jones: 1845.
f. 43 James Knox Polk, US President: Letter to Col. S. H. Laughlin: 1840.
f. 47 Zachary Taylor, US President: Letter to H. C. Douglass: 1848.
f. 50 Millard Fillmore, US President: Letter to Hon. C. M. Coward: 1850.
f. 53 Franklin Pierce, US President: Letter to Rev. S. I. Prime: 1855.
f. 56 James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (1857): Letter to J. C. Van Dyke: 1846.
f. 59 Abraham Lincoln, US President: Letter to R. S. Thomas: 1843.
f. 63 Andrew Johnson, US President: Letter to A. O. P. Nicholson: 1851.
f. 67 Ulysses Simpson Grant, US President: Letter to Gen. A. Badeau: 1883.
f. 71 Rutherford Birchard Hayes, US President: Letter to -: 1869.
f. 74 James Abram Garfield, US President: Letter to Gen. G. R. Wright: 1865.
f. 77 Chester Alan Arthur, US President: Letter to Hon. E. D. Morgan: 1876.
f. 81 Grover Cleveland, US President: Letter to F. N. Barrett: 1892.
f. 85 Benjamin Harrison, US President: Letter to S. Elkins: 1898.
f. 88 William McKinley, US President: Letter to A. C. Tonner: 1891.
f. 91 Theodore Roosevelt, US President: Letter to Governor W. M. Crane: 1902.
f. 94 b William Howard Taft, US President: Letter to Z. Crane: 1912.
f. 98 Thomas Woodrow Wilson, US President: Letter to H. A. Garfield: 1903.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1789

End Date:

1912

Date Range:

1789-1912

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Custodial History:

Zenas Crane, d 1917 of Dalton, Massachusetts: Bequeathed.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Adams, John Quincy, US President, 1767-1848
Adams, John, US President, 1735-1826
Arthur, Chester Alan, US President
Barlow, Joel, poet; diplomat, 1754-1812
Buchanan, James, 15th President of the United States (1857)
Cleveland, Grover, US President
Crane, Zenas, of Dalton, Massachusetts, d 1917
Fiske, John, philosopher, historian and librarian, 1842-1901
Garfield, James Abram, president of the United States of America, 1831-1881
Grant, Ulysses S, army officer and President of the United States, 1822-1885
Harrison, Benjamin, US President
Harrison, William Henry, US President
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, US President
Jackson, Andrew, US President
Jefferson, Thomas, US President,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121297235
Johnson, Andrew, US President
Lincoln, Abraham, US President, 12 Feb 1809-15 Apr 1865
Madison, James, US President
McKinley, William, US President
Monroe, James, US President
Pierce, Franklin, US President
Polk, James Knox, US President
Roosevelt, Theodore, US President, 1858-1919,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121303885
Smith, Hezekiah Wright
Taft, William Howard, US President
Taylor, Zachary, US President
Tyler, John, US President
Van Buren, Martin, US President
Washington, George, US President
Wilson, Thomas Woodrow, US President

Places:

United States of America, North America