Mar 02, 2023 - Sale 2628

Sale 2628 - Lot 115

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(PRESIDENTS--19TH CENTURY.) Group of 7 letters, each Signed, to various recipients, including 5 ALsS, a TLS and an LS. Together 8 pages, 4to or 8vo; scattered staining from cello tape repairs, Cleveland markedly stained from cello tape, Polk with signature present but detached, folds. Vp, vd

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James K. Polk. ALS, as Representative, to "Sir," sending communication from Joseph Green concerning testimony in a case. Washington, 27 February 1828 • Millard Fillmore. ALS, "M. Fillmore," as Representative, to Secretary of the Treasury Roger B. Taney, sending the letters [not present] of George H. Grosvenor who is anxious to learn whether he is to receive an appointment. [Washington], 5 March 1834 • James Buchanan. ALS, as Secretary of State, to auditor S. Pleasonton, agreeing to increase the expenses limitation for Richard Rush, Minister at Paris. [Washington], 8 November 1848 • James A. Garfield. ALS, "J.A. Garfield," as Representative, to H.M. Brown, sending his autograph. Washington, 4 April 1876 • Grover Cleveland. ALS, to Patrick Kieman[?], sending a check for work done [not present] and giving instructions to cut the grass and set it in piles. New York, 12 September 1889 • Benjamin Harrison (2). LS or TLS, "BenjHarrison," to Louis F. Ellis or Dudley Payne Lewis, each declining an invitation. Indianapolis, 11 June 1895; 26 December 1900.