A Fledgling Nation: John Quincy Adams to Fillmore, 1825-1853
John Quincy Adams: President from 1825 to 1829
27 March 1833: A letter to Rev. Nicholas B. Whitney concerning the establishment of a Post Office in the South Parish of Hingham.
Andrew Jackson: President from 1829 to 1837
21 November 1805: Business correspondence to Gen. Percival Butler in Gallatin Co., Kentucky. The letter concerns a land transaction in which Abram Maury, a Tennessee legislator, sold a parcel of land to a Mr. Dixon. Dixon gave Maury a bond in payment and Maury gave the bond to Butler, but Dixon died before Maury transferred the land to him and a court issued an injunction against payment of the bond. Maury is being sued by Dixon's estate and is trying to settle with Butler without a lawsuit.
4 April 1823: Letter to William S. Fulton, a lawyer and politician. He writes about his prospects for the 1824 election and gives his opinion on banking and ideas on monetary policy.
21 December 1823: Another letter to Fulton containing Jackson's thoughts on his prospects for the 1824 election.
15 February 1839: A letter to Fulton concerning land in the estate of Randolph. Jackson requests William S. Fulton to help Randolph's widow settle this land problem.
John Tyler: President from 1841 to 1845
4 September 1841: Letter to John Jordan Crittenden, a statesman from Kentucky. Tyler writes that he has decided to approve the Land Distribution Bill and has sent up the message, but that he would like Crittenden's views on the matter.
James K. Polk: President from 1845 to 1849
6 July 1835: A lengthy political letter to Col. Samuel H. Loughlin. Polk attacks John Bell for a letter he had written about Polk, which Polk feels is an effort to defeat him in his district. Polk writes that he feels the pro-Bank interests are involved and asks Loughlin not to connect Bell with the Presidential election in any editorials.
Zachary Taylor: President from 1849 to 1850
24 September 1848: Taylor writes about his campaign for president. He mentions a letter he wrote to Captain Allison and writes that he believes his running mate Millard Fillmore will be "satisfied with what I have there said in relation to our nomination..." Taylor writes that he is glad to learn that Fillmore is sound on the subject of slavery.
Millard Fillmore: President from 1850 to 1853
10 December 1856: Letter from Fillmoe to J. V. Drake, W.W. and S. G. Alexander thanking them for electing him as an honorary member of the Philomathian Literary Society of Marrowbone Seminary, Kentucky.