[PRESIDENTS]. ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Engraved document signed, countersigned by Secretary of State John Hay, Washington, D.C., 3 March 1904, 1 page, folio, accomplished in manuscript, large Great Seal of the United States, the appointment of William Barclay Parsons to "a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission." In the nineteenth century the Nicaraguan Canal Project was the object of six treaties between the United States and Nicaragua. In 1887 the American owned Nicaragua Canal Association made a contract with Nicaragua to build the Isthmian Canal (as an alternative to the Panama Canal). Political and other factors resulted in the project being abandoned, and the adoption of the Panama route. -- MCKINLEY, WILLIAM. Engraved document signed, countersigned by Secretary of War Russel A. Alger, Washington, D.C., 13 June 1898, 1 page, 4to, accomplished in manuscript, large Great Seal of the United States War Office, elaborately engraved. Fine. A military appointment of William Barclay Parsons as "Captain, First Regiment Volunteer Engineers." -- WILSON, WOODROW. Engraved document signed, countersigned by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, Washington, D.C., 10 January 1917, 1 page, 4to, accomplished in manuscript, large Great Seal of the United States War Office, elaborately engraved. A military appointment of William Barclay Parsons as "'Major in the Engineer' Officers' Reserve Corps -- and one other. Together four items. (2)