[PRESIDENTS]. ROOSEVELT, T. Typed letter signed ("T.Roosevelt") as Police Commissioner, N.Y., to C.M. Skinner of Brooklyn Daily Eagle, N.Y., 8 April 1897. 1 page, 4to, on Police Dept. stationery. "If I am confirmed, I shall certainly look up Peary's case. He has long been one of my heroes. -- GARFIELD, J. A. Autograph letter (telegram) signed ("J.A. Garfield") to John DeFries [Govt. printer], [Washington, D.C.], [c.1870s] 1 page, oblong, on H. of R. telegraph stationery. Congressman Garfield asks: "What will it cost per [1000] to print my speech on the Tariff in pamphlet?. Fine. -- CLEVELAND, G. Letter signed ("Grover Cleveland") as Pres. to Gen. Zelaya, Washington, D.C., 9 Oct. 1893. 2 pp., folio, minor stain,. Countersigned by Sec. of State; recognizing diplomatic credentials of President of the Junta Government of Nicaragua. -- TAFT, W.H. Typed MS signed ("Wm. H Taft"), New York, 17 Mar. 1908. 1 page, 4to. Excerpt from address to Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick of N.Y. on the Irish-Americans: "Their fidelity to their religious faith...brilliant valor on every battlefield,...and the quickness with which the tear follows the smile, continue unabated in the Irish strain..." -- ARTHUR, C.A. Printed DS ("Chester A. Arthur"), N.Y. 26 Nov. 1883. 2½ pages, 8vo Program for unveiling of statue of George Washington at Sub-Treasury on Wall Street, signed at end. -- MCKINLEY, W. Typed letter signed ("William McKinley") as Ohio Gov. to M.L. Robinson, Canton, OH, 4 April 1896. 1 page, trimmed. Presidential candidate thanks a newspaper editor for favorable coverage. -- HARRISON, B. Letter signed ("Benj Harrison") to Col. H.C. King, Indianapolis, 18 May 1893. 1 page, 8vo. Declining to attend the annual reunion of the Society of the Potomac, "much as I should be pleased to meet with my comrades of that great Army." -- WILSON, W. TLS ("Woodrow Wilson") as N.J. Gov. to Hamilton Holt, 16 May 1912. 1 page, 4to. Rejecting an article unless the author "were to put it into better shape." -- HAYES, R.B. Autograph letter signed ("Rutherford B. Hayes") to General King, Fremont, 19 June 1890. 1 page, large 8vo. Regrets he cannot attend reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac.-- Together 9 items, each neatly tipped to protective sheet. (9)