Twenty-five letters to presidents, one typed, various sizes, ranging in date from 1767 to 1929. Letters to Presidents John Adams, James Madison, James Monroe, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson (3), U. S. Grant (3), Rutherford B. Hayes (2), James A. Garfield (2), Chester A. Arthur (2), Benjamin Harrison (2), Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Jefferson Davis. Notable letter-writers include Senator Joseph R. West, governor of West Virginia Jacob B. Jackson, journalist John Weiss Forney, author Mary Virginia Terhune, and philanthropist James Lenox. Letters address various issues, including immigration, official appointments, and Washington’s Farewell Address. Most affixed to an 8 x 10 off-white sheet. In overall very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, toning, and pencil notations to most letters. RRAuction COA.
