細節
[PRESIDENTS]. WISE, John S. Recollections of Thirteen Presidents. New York: Doubleday, 1906. Thick 8vo, half dark green morocco, top edge gilt. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 50 autographs and many engraved portraits and views. The memoirs of Wise (1846-1913) a Virginia Military Institute cadet and graduate of the Univ. of Virginia, wounded during service in the Confederate army and later a Virginia Congressman. Wise writes of his personal contacts with 13 of the 26 Presidents to hold office.
SUMMARY CONTENTS:
50 autograph letters and documents signed, including: John TYLER (DS, as President, 1844); Franklin PIERCE (Signature as President, 1854); James BUCHANAN (Portion of ALS, n.d. & ANS as President, 1859); Jefferson DAVIS (ANS); Andrew JOHNSON (Signature & ANS as President, 1868); Ulysses S. GRANT (Signature); Rutherford B. HAYES (ALS 1885 & NS on Executive Mansion stationery); James A. GARFIELD (LS, 1877); Chester A. ARTHUR (Signature, 1882); Grover CLEVELAND (Signature as President, 1885); Benjamin HARRISON (LS, 1894); William MCKINLEY (TLS, 1893); Theodore ROOSEVELT (Signature, 1915); William J. Bryan (ANS); John S. Wise (ALS 1884); and other Statesmen.
SUMMARY CONTENTS:
50 autograph letters and documents signed, including: John TYLER (DS, as President, 1844); Franklin PIERCE (Signature as President, 1854); James BUCHANAN (Portion of ALS, n.d. & ANS as President, 1859); Jefferson DAVIS (ANS); Andrew JOHNSON (Signature & ANS as President, 1868); Ulysses S. GRANT (Signature); Rutherford B. HAYES (ALS 1885 & NS on Executive Mansion stationery); James A. GARFIELD (LS, 1877); Chester A. ARTHUR (Signature, 1882); Grover CLEVELAND (Signature as President, 1885); Benjamin HARRISON (LS, 1894); William MCKINLEY (TLS, 1893); Theodore ROOSEVELT (Signature, 1915); William J. Bryan (ANS); John S. Wise (ALS 1884); and other Statesmen.