[PRESIDENTS]. PIERCE, FRANKLIN. Document signed ("Franklin Pierce") as President, countersigned by Secretary of State William L. Marcy, New Bedford, 24 October 1856. 1 page, folio, paper seal of the United States in center right-hand portion, accomplished in manuscript. Very fine. FOUR LANGUAGE SHIP'S PAPERS for the whaleship Contest, commanded by Jeremiah Ludlow "...and laden with Provisions, Stores and utensils for a whaling voyage..." from New Bedford to the Pacific Ocean, text in French, Spanish, English and Dutch, declaring "...that no subjects of the present belligerent powers have any part or portion therein, directly nor indirectly, so may God Almighty help him..." From the Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection -- JACKSON, ANDREW. Engraved document signed as President, Washington, D.C., 2 March 1835, 1 page, folio, eleborately engraved with American eagle vignette and arrangement of cannons, pikes and muskets at bottom, papered seal, ON PARCHMENT, appointing William H. Freeman a Major in the Marine Corps -- MONROE, JAMES. Engraved document signed as President, Washington, D.C., 17 July 1821, 1 page, folio, engraved like the preceding, papered seal, ON PARCHMENT, appointing Freeman a Captain of Marines -- VAN BUREN, MARTIN. Engraved document signed as President, Washington, D.C., 21 March 1837, 1 page, folio, engraved like the preceding, papered seal, ON PARCHMENT, appointing Freeman a Lt. Col. by brevet in the Marines -- MADISON, JAMES. Engraved document signed as President, Washington, D.C., 17 August 1812, 1 page, folio, engraved as the preceding, papered seal, several punctures and a tear at botton, ON PARCHMENT, appointing Freeman a 2nd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps; together 5 items. (5)