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Letter from George Washington to George Walton, 20 February 1790
Transmitting a Resolution of Congress for carrying into effect a survey directed to be made by Act of Congress; also a duplicate of an Act relative to negotiations and treaties with Indian tribes -
Letter from John Adams to Sir, 29 December 1781
A short letter agreeing with an unnamed correspondent and arranging a meeting with a notary. Signed "Your most obedient J. Adams." -
Draft of a letter from James Madison to the General Assembly of Kentucky, 22 March 1817
A draft of a letter thanking the assembly for their address of February 4, at the time when he is closing his public career. Madison calls Kentucky "a State yielding to none in the character which gives notice to its sentiments." Draft is on verso of a letter to the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, Edmund Bullock, requesting the enclosed be communicated. -
Appointment Document signed by James Monroe, 3 December 1823
Monroe confers upon James Brown, U.S. Minister to France, full powers to negotiate with the French government concerning "claims to indemnity of citizens of the United States on the government of France," or of French subjects upon the U.S. and matters of commerce between the two countries. Countersigned by John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State and affixed with the Seal of the U.S. -
Letter from James K. Polk to Col. Samuel H. Loughlin, 6 July 1835
A lengthy political letter attacking John Bell for a letter he had written about Polk, which Polk feels is an effort to defeat him in his district. Feels the pro-Bank interests are involved. Asks Loughlin not to connect Bell with the Presidential election in any editorials. -
Letter from Millard Fillmore to Gentlemen, 10 December 1856
Letter from Polk 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. -
Commission signed by Andrew Johnson, 21 May 1866
Commission to Job J Hayes as Major of U.S. Volunteers. Signed by Andrew Johnson, President, and Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. Also bears signature of E. D. Townsend, Ass't. Adj't. General. -
Letter from William Howard Taft to General Basil W. Duke, 11 March 1910.
Letter thanking Gen. Duke of Louisville, Ky. for his letter urging the reappointment of Hon. George Durelle as U.S. Attorney for the western district of Kentucky. -
Letter from Warren G. Harding to Hon. Frederick Hale, United States Senate, 2 January 1922
Letter stating that he is complying with Sen. Hale's request by forwarding an autographed letter to Mr. Philip F. Turner. -
Letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Mrs. Wenonah Stevens Abbott, 14 November 1930
Letter thanking her for her letter and stating that it would give him great pleasure to see her. -
Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to "Dear Friend," 30 April 1962 (accompanied by autographed photograph)
Letter expressing pleasure at the request for his picture, and enclosing a photograph. -
Letter from Ronald Reagan to Dr. and Mrs. William C. Gist, Springfield, Louisville, Kentucky, 26 July 1985
A letter gratefully acknowledging and commending efforts of Dr. and Mrs. Gist in restoring "Springfield, " Kentucky home of Pres. Zachary Taylor. Also compliments them for their participation in the 200th anniversary observance at the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery. To have a national cemetery named after Taylor is befitting "our twelfth President" who was " first and foremost a military man. " -
Letter from Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. to John R. Hall, Ashland, Kentucky, 28 December 1983
Ford invites Hall to be one of the fifty chief executive officers invited to attend the third annual American Enterprise Institute World Forum in June 1984. Ford explains the purpose and format of the meetings and mentions names of world leaders who attended previous meetings and those he hopes to see participate in 1984. Hall was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ashland Oil, Incorporated. -
Letter from Richard Milhous Nixon to Sam L. Draper, President, Highland Writers' Group, Louisville, Kentucky, 14 January 1974
Thanks the Highland Writers' Group for their efforts to secure objective news coverage from the media. "Your assurance of trust reaffirms my firm belief that this Administration can continue to move toward the goals to which it is dedicated and which the American people elected us to achieve." -
Letter from James Abram Garfield to Rev. W.M. Roe, Marion Iowa, 19 June 1880
A quick note reading "No time to answer sooner even now can only thank you." -
Letter from Harry S. Truman to Mr. Frank H. Weber, Syracuse, New York, 26 February 1940
Discusses the mail situation as it affects the censorship at Bermuda. -
Letter from Herbert Hoover to Hon. James M. Beck, 21 January 1921
Letter to the Beck at the Office of the Solicitor General in the Department of Justice. At the time of writing, Hoover was the Secretary of Commerce in Warren G. Harding's administration. In the letter Hoover discusses the policy of the American Relief Administration in giving aid to needy people. -
Letter from John Quincy Adams to the Rev. Nicholas B. Whitney, 27 March 1833
Concerning the establishment of a Post Office in the South Parish of Hingham. -
Letter from Zachary Taylor to Col. James, Watson, Webb, New York, 24 September 1848
Taylor writes about his campaign for president. Due to the misrepresentations of Taylor in the North, he has written a second letter to Captain Allison. 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.