[PRESIDENTS] GRANT, U.S. Autograph letter signed ("U.S. Grant") as President to E.R. Corbin, Washington, D.C., 24 April 1870. 3pp., large 8vo, Executive Mansion stationery. Grant as a borrower: "I have to borrow anyhow, which I can do at 6 percent and can as well make the time ninety as sixty days." -- ROOSEVELT, T. TLS ("Theodore Roosevelt") as President to H.H. Harper, Washington, D.C., 22 March 1904. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, envelope. Thanking Harper of Boston Bibliophile Soc. for books: "...I do wish, that all of our classics could be put into editions like this." Roosevelt adds in ink "With many thanks." -- ROOSEVELT, F.D. TLS ("Franklin D. Roosevelt") as N.Y. Gov. to H.M. Martin, Albany, 13 April 1931. 1 page, 4to, Governor's stationery, folds reinforced on verso. Thanks for letter and adding "I feel as you do about what are the really big issues of the coming [presidential] campaign." -- VAN BUREN, M. Partly printed DS ("M. Van Buren") as President, Washington, D.C., 6 July 1838. 1 page, 4to. Order to Sec. of State to affix the seal "to the Proclamation of the Convention with Texas relative to the claims in the cases of the brigs Pocket and Durango" on 6 July, 1838. -- VAN BUREN. Autograph letter signed ("M. Van Buren") to George M. Dallas, Lindenwald, N.Y., 15 November 1842. 1 page, 4to. Forwarding something to the future Vice-President for a friend. -- BUCHANAN, J. ALS ("James Buchanan") as Sec. of State to J.Branch, Lancaster, 20 October 1829. 1 full page, 4to, address panel. Recommendation for Rev. Kennedy of Philadelphia to be Chaplain in the Navy, but adding: "I am at a loss to conjecture why he desires to change his situation. No doubt he has good reasons for it." -- ADAMS, J.Q. ALS ("John Quincy Adams") as Sec. of State to Thomas Fessenden and members of a Committee, Washington, D.C., 19 December 1842. 1 page, 4to. Evoking Plymouth Rock in 1620, and the pilgrims' landing "upon that wilderness, which they taught to blossom like the rose"; apologetically declining to attend a function, but providing a "Sentiment congenial to the Spirit of the day. The Plymouth rock -- reposing on the rock of ages -- Fire, Water, and Acid proof." Together 7 items. Fine examples. (7)