FORD, Gerald R. (1913 - ). Partly printed check accomplished and signed ("Gerald R. Ford"), drawn against Union First National Bank of Washington, 3 October 1976. 1 p., oblong (2¾ x 6 in.), on blue safety paper. A CHECK FOR $25.00 TO ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, JUST ONE MONTH BEFORE HIS DEFEAT AT THE POLLS. -- CARTER, James E. (1924 - ). Partly printed check accomplished and signed ("J. E. Carter, Jr"), drawn against Plains Mercantile Co., Plains Georgia, 4 March 1960. 1 p., oblong (3 x 8 3/8 in.), on yellow safety paper, with stamp over Carter's signature for "Carter's Warehouse, Plains, Georgia". A 1960 check for $20.00 to Eula Mae Rogers from peanut farmer James Earl Carter, Jr., before he became "Jimmy" in his political career. -- BUSH, George H. W. (1924 - ). Partly printed check accomplished and signed ("George HW Bush"), drawn against First City National Bank, Houston, Texas, 16 December 1972. 1 p., oblong (3 x 8 1/8 in.), with Bush's New York United Nations Plaza address in New York printed along left edge. A check for $100 made out to cash, just a month after the landslide reelection of Richard M. Nixon. -- CLINTON, William J. (1946 - ). Partly printed check accomplished by Hillary Clinton and signed ("Bill Clinton"), drawn against the Worthen National Bank of Arkansas, 6 November 1992. 1 p., oblong (2¾ x 5 7/8 in.). A check written three days after winning election to the White House in 1992. Clinton gives $265 to Brooke Shearer, a Clinton aide (and wife of Strobe Talbott) who would go on to Washington to direct the White House Fellowship Program. Together four items. (4)