[FLORIDA, EAST FLORIDA, AND HAWAII PRESIDENTS]. REID, ROBERT RAYMOND, President of Florida Constitutional Convention. Autograph letter signed to George E. McClellan, Tallahassee, 11 April 1840, 1 page, 4to, address leaf with oval "Tallahassee Apr 15 1840" postmark, seal hole, ON THE DEFENSE OF FLORIDA TERRITORY, "I have not heard from the Secy. of War...and such is the condition of the [Florida] Territorial Treasury, that I...regret it is out of my power to...accept your Company into the Territorial service...[Y]ou suppose me to have the interest of the Country at heart; I have, indeed, most deeply.... General [Zachary] Taylor...is of opinion that the Posts already established afford sufficient protection...." -- JOHN HOUSTOUN MCINTOSH, President of the Republic of East Florida. Autograph letter signed as President, to Lieutenant Colonel W. Smith, U.S. Army, in "Camp before St. Augustine"; "Cow Ford" [later Jacksonville], 27 August 1812, 2 pages, folio, address leaf repaired from verso, important letter as newly chosen head of self-proclaimed independent East Florida government which sought recognition from U.S: "...I will immediately issue a proclamation ordering all the inhabitants to be embodied in ten days...I must observe...that whatever power the Legislative Council may have vested me with, I can exert it to little advantage, among a people who have latterly been accustomed to pay little respect to the constituted authorities of their country..." Rare -- FULWAR SKIPWITH, President of Florida. Letter signed, as U.S. Commercial Agent in France, to Citoyen Crespeaux, Paris, [14 October 1803], 1 page, folio, a few light stains at margins, formerly tipped to another sheet, in French, official letter regarding French claims against American merchants then under consideration by the Council of Liquidation: "...I should be very glad to send these to the specific creditors..." -- SANFORD B. DOLE, First President of Hawaii, First Governor of Territory. Typed letter signed to J.C. Bryant, Honolulu, 13 February 1901, 1page, 4to, sending a photo which he "regards as a good likeness"; together 4 items. (4)

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[FLORIDA, EAST FLORIDA, AND HAWAII PRESIDENTS]. REID, ROBERT RAYMOND, President of Florida Constitutional Convention. Autograph letter signed to George E. McClellan, Tallahassee, 11 April 1840, 1 page, 4to, address leaf with oval "Tallahassee Apr 15 1840" postmark, seal hole, ON THE DEFENSE OF FLORIDA TERRITORY, "I have not heard from the Secy. of War...and such is the condition of the [Florida] Territorial Treasury, that I...regret it is out of my power to...accept your Company into the Territorial service...[Y]ou suppose me to have the interest of the Country at heart; I have, indeed, most deeply.... General [Zachary] Taylor...is of opinion that the Posts already established afford sufficient protection...." -- JOHN HOUSTOUN MCINTOSH, President of the Republic of East Florida. Autograph letter signed as President, to Lieutenant Colonel W. Smith, U.S. Army, in "Camp before St. Augustine"; "Cow Ford" [later Jacksonville], 27 August 1812, 2 pages, folio, address leaf repaired from verso, important letter as newly chosen head of self-proclaimed independent East Florida government which sought recognition from U.S: "...I will immediately issue a proclamation ordering all the inhabitants to be embodied in ten days...I must observe...that whatever power the Legislative Council may have vested me with, I can exert it to little advantage, among a people who have latterly been accustomed to pay little respect to the constituted authorities of their country..." Rare -- FULWAR SKIPWITH, President of Florida. Letter signed, as U.S. Commercial Agent in France, to Citoyen Crespeaux, Paris, [14 October 1803], 1 page, folio, a few light stains at margins, formerly tipped to another sheet, in French, official letter regarding French claims against American merchants then under consideration by the Council of Liquidation: "...I should be very glad to send these to the specific creditors..." -- SANFORD B. DOLE, First President of Hawaii, First Governor of Territory. Typed letter signed to J.C. Bryant, Honolulu, 13 February 1901, 1page, 4to, sending a photo which he "regards as a good likeness"; together 4 items. (4)