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[PRESIDENTS.] A collection of 151 signed letters, documents, photographs and ephemera of U.S. Presidents, 19th-20th centuries. Highlights include. ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. DS, 13 May 1916. Also signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt. 4pp., folio. An indenture between the Roosevelts and The New York Central Railroad, allowing a right of way through the Roosevelt’s property. A rare combination on a single document of the signature of FDR, his wife and mother. -- EISENHOWER, Dwight. TLS to Merriman Smith. 14th July, 1959. 1p., 8vo. Invitation to dinner. -- TRUMAN, Harry S. TLS to Sen. Edward Martin. 27th July, 1951. 1p., 8vo. Discussing his meeting with MacArthur. -- TRUMAN, Harry S. TLS to Emil Hurja. 7th March, 1946. 1p., 8vo. Thanks for a Lincoln letter. -- NIXON, Richard. TLS. 2nd December, 1966. 1p., 4to. Letter to CY Laughter re golf tournament. -- NIXON, Richard. DS. 3 May, 1984. 7p., 4to. Contract for No More Vietnams. -- HOOVER, Herbert. TLS. 13th July, 1920. 1p., 4vo. To Mark Sullivan denying newspaper story. -- JACKSON, Andrew. ALS. 1 June, 1839. 1p., 4to. To Messrs Nicholls, merchants to Nashville. Order of clothes for slave. -- ROOSEVELT, Theodore. TLS. 10 March, 1917. 1p., 4to. To Meredith Langstaff. Rejecting possible presidential run on grounds of ill health. -- ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. TLS. 5th June, 1941. 1p., 8vo. To Rabbi Jerome Unger. A Thank-you note. Complete listing available upon request.
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Please note, the Rutherford Hayes pardon dated 25 March 1878 and the Franklin Pierce pardon dated 27 June 1853 have been removed from this lot.