L. Dennis Shapiro Collection mssShapiro
Melissa Haley
The Huntington Library
April 2021
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Business Number: (626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
Note
Finding aid last updated on February 7, 2023, by Melissa Haley.
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: L. Dennis Shapiro collection
Identifier/Call Number: mssShapiro
Physical Description:
27 Linear Feet
(21 flat boxes, 1 oversize flat box, 1 half document box, 1 artifact box)
Date (inclusive): 1776-2015
Abstract: This collection contains over 500 items of original material primarily from U.S. presidents George Washington to Barack Obama,
collected and assembled by electronics engineer, inventor, and philanthropist L. Dennis Shapiro (1933-2021). The bulk of presidential
material is for John Quincy Adams, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Warren G. Harding. The collection also contains material
for cabinet members, Supreme Court justices, presidential spouses, and a small number of items relating to explorers, British
politicians, and royalty. Material is primarily correspondence; the collection also contains documents, ephemera, photographs,
and engraved portraits.
Language of Material: Materials are mostly in English, with a small number of items in French.
Conditions Governing Access
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Conditions Governing Use
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and
obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. L. Dennis Shapiro collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
On deposit from L. Dennis and Susan R. Shapiro, December 2019, September 2020, January 2021.
Nine Adams family items from original deposits gift of Susan R. Shapiro, January 2022 (Box 1, Folders 1-8; Box 21, Folder
2).
Addenda gift of Susan R. Shapiro, February 2022 (Box 20, Folders 21-23; Box 23, Folder 10).
Eleven Adams family items from original deposits gift of Susan R. Shapiro, January 2023 (Box 1, Folders 9-19).
Biographical / Historical
L. Dennis Shapiro (1933-2021) was an electronics engineer, inventor, philanthropist, and collector of historic manuscripts.
He graduated from MIT in electrical engineering and served in the U.S. Air Force in the 1950s. Shapiro founded the company
Aritech, which was sold to ADT in 1975, and was chair for 28 years and CEO for 10 years of Lifeline Systems, later acquired
by Royal Philips Electronics. Along with his wife Susan R. Shapiro, a retired partner at the law firm Ropes & Gray, LLP, he
founded the Shapiro Center for American History & Culture at The Huntington in 2019. The Shapiro Center was created to advance
scholarship, knowledge, and understanding of American history and culture—especially of the early Republic and of the nation's
founders and leaders. It also promotes use of The Huntington's library collections in this field.
Brief Biographical / Historical notes for the creators or subjects in the L. Dennis Shapiro collection appear in the container
list in the first entry for each individual or topic.
Scope and Contents
The L. Dennis Shapiro collection contains over 500 items of original material primarily from U.S. presidents George Washington
to Barack Obama from 1776 to 2015. The bulk of presidential material is for John Quincy Adams, Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
and Warren G. Harding. There are also a number of items for John Adams, James Monroe, Franklin Pierce, Theodore Roosevelt,
William Howard Taft, and Harry S. Truman. The remaining presidents have fewer than five items each. In addition, the collection
contains material for various cabinet members, especially Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin; Supreme Court justices;
several presidential spouses including Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and Eleanor Roosevelt; and a small number of items relating
to famous explorers, British politicians, and royalty. Also present are 40 items, mostly correspondence, pertaining to American
statesman and financier Bernard M. Baruch.
Material is primarily correspondence; the collection also contains documents, ephemera, photographs, and engraved portraits.
Most items in this collection have brief Scope and Contents notes at the item level.
Items relating to John Quincy Adams cover a large timespan and mostly concern domestic politics and foreign relations. Several
letters were written from St. Petersburg while serving as minister to Russia; many letters were written during his tenures
as president and congressman. Several items relate to horticulture.
Franklin D. Roosevelt material contains correspondence with lawyer Basil O'Connor and others, and nearly 100 letters between
Roosevelt and Charles Engelhard Sr., from 1934 to 1942, primarily regarding monetary policy, gold and silver prices, and foreign
events. Also present are several items relating to power, dams, and rural electrification including letters to Frank B. McNinch,
chairman of the Federal Power Commission and the Federal Communications Commission. In addition, Roosevelt material includes
notes written by him and by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins that discuss plans for social security.
Much of the Warren G. Harding correspondence is with attorney and postmaster (James) French Crow of Marion, Ohio concerning
Ohio activities and Harding's properties there. Also present are Harding estate documents and a souvenir photo album of his
1923 Alaska tour.
The bulk of Albert Gallatin's correspondence is from his tenure as Secretary of the Treasury from 1801 to 1814; many of these
items pertain to maritime matters.
The collection also contains several items relating to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, particularly to the cases of Thomas
Sims and Shadrach Minkins, both fugitives from slavery who were captured in Boston. The material documents efforts by U.S.
Marshal for the District of Massachusetts Charles Devens Jr. to recover expenses incurred during the extradition of Sims and
during prosecutions against those who were charged with helping Minkins escape from jail. Items include correspondence and
notes signed by both presidents Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce, and two abstracts of compensation for the guards involved
with lists of names and amounts owed.
Processing Information
The L. Dennis Shapiro collection was processed by Melissa Haley 2020-2021 as part of the American Presidential Papers Project.
This is an artificial collection assembled by the collector over time. Some small groupings of material acquired together
were retained as groups for provenance purposes during processing. Materials were rehoused and framed items were removed from
their frames.
Items marked
autograph indicate the item is in the handwriting of the author of the letter or document. A
docket generally refers to an item's label created at the time for filing purposes.
Franking indicates the presence of an authorized signature for mailing purposes.
The number of pages for each item is noted in parentheses in item-level Scope and Contents notes.
In August 2022, Melissa Haley processed the addenda (gift of February 2022).
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by individual or subject.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Presidents -- United States
Presidents -- United States -- Correspondence
Engravings (prints) -- United States
Letters (correspondence) -- 18th century
Letters (correspondence) -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century
Photographs -- United States -- 20th century
Adams, John, 1735-1826
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965
Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849
Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
Box 1, Folder 1
Abigail Adams, Auteuil, France, letter to Hannah Quincy Lincoln Storer
1785 January 20
Biographical / Historical
Abigail Adams (1744-1818) was the spouse of the second president of the United States, John Adams, and was mother of the sixth
president of the United States, John Quincy Adams.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Written while the Adamses were in France for John Adams' diplomatic post. Letter discusses French
weather, customs, theater, and contemporary fashion. (4 pages)
Box 20, Folder 21
Abigail Adams letter to Hannah Phillips Cushing
undated
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed, written in third person. Adams will make another attempt to visit Mrs. Pickering; she is sending
some letters of her son's (presumably John Quincy Adams) to the judge (presumably William Cushing) in confidence. (1 page)
Box 1, Folder 2
Charles Francis Adams Sr. speech "The Republican Party a Necessity" delivered to the House of Representatives, May 31, 1860.
1860s?
Biographical / Historical
Charles Francis Adams Sr. was son of John Quincy Adams and grandson of John Adams. He served as a Republican in the House
of Representatives from 1859 to 1861.
Scope and Contents
Printed copy, removed from larger publication. (7 pages)
Box 1, Folder 3
John Adams, Philadelphia, letter to John Quincy Adams, Braintree
1777 April 8
Biographical / Historical
John Adams (1735-1826) was the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Moral advice to his son, aged 10. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 1, Folder 4
John Adams, Paris, letter to Alexandre Marie Cerisier, Amsterdam
1783 May 13
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding the Treaty of Paris. (2 pages and addressed cover)
Box 21, Folder 2
John Adams letter to Uriah Forrest
1797 June 28
Physical Description: Item was previously framed and is still mounted along with the engraving.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Adams is responding to Forrest's letter of the 23rd, which had reported on a letter of Thomas Jefferson.
Includes engraved portrait of Adams. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States, Volume 8 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company,
1853).
Box 1, Folder 5
John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Governor Arthur St. Clair
1799 May 18
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Thanking him for the pamphlet; thoughts on government. (2 pages)
Box 1, Folder 6
John Adams letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott Jr.
1799 July 23
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding Gay Head lighthouse, Martha's Vineyard. (1 page)
Box 1, Folder 7
John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Thomas Boylston Adams
1800 September 6
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding Thomas Boylston Adams' conduct at meetings; John Adams' letter of early 1790s to "that
confidential Friend and assistant of Secretary Hamilton." (2 pages)
Box 1, Folder 8
John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Benjamin Rush
1810 August 6
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding medicines, Napoleon and Europe. (2 pages and addressed cover)
Box 1, Folder 9
John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Benjamin Rush
1812 May 13
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding Jefferson, Madison; Tenche Cox, Peter Muhlenburg, and political scandals. (3 pages)
Box 1, Folder 10
John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Benjamin Rush
1812 December 29
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding what he would have done about Great Britain and Canada were he still president. (3 pages
and addressed cover)
Box 1, Folder 11
John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Doctor Benjamin? Waterhouse
1813 April 9
Language of Material: Partially in French.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding the word 'Brimborion.' (1 page)
Box 1, Folder 12
John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to James Madison
1814 November 28
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding son John Quincy Adams, War of 1812. (2 pages)
Box 1, Folder 13
John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Reverend Stephen Peabody, Atkinson, New Hampshire
1815 November 1
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding religion, present state of the world (1 page and addressed cover); includes attached note
about Stephen Peabody by G.A. Peabody, 1863 June 15, with additional notes about Adams on reverse (2 pages).
Box 1, Folder 14
John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Daniel Coney, Augusta, Maine
1819 February 1
Physical Description: Signature on cover cut away.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Regarding Maine statehood. (2 pages and addressed cover)
Box 1, Folder 15
John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to William Tudor, Boston
1820 July 26
Physical Description: Bottom of letter damaged, signature missing.
Scope and Contents
Letter. Regarding the origins of Boston's Liberty Tree. Has franking signature. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 1, Folder 16
John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to G.A. Otis, Philadelphia
1820 August 3
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Regarding books, histories. (2 pages)
Box 1, Folder 17
John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Reverend Aaron Bancroft, Worcester, Massachusetts
1823 January 24
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Thanking Bancroft for the book; mentions his involvement in religious, legal, political controversies. (3 pages)
Box 1, Folder 18
John Quincy Adams, the Hague, letter to P.J. Munro, Paris
1784 February 9
Biographical / Historical
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) was the sixth president of the United States and the son of John Adams, the second president
of the U.S., and Abigail Smith Adams. In addition, he served as U.S. minister to the Hague from 1794 to 1797, to Prussia from
1797 to 1801, to Russia from 1809 to 1814, and to Great Britain from 1815 to 1817. Adams was a U.S. senator from 1803 to 1808,
secretary of state from 1817 to 1825, and a member of the House of Representatives from 1831 to 1848.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Written as a 16-year-old about books he is reading, poetry. (2 pages and addressed cover)
Box 1, Folder 19
John Quincy Adams, the Hague, letter to John Gardner
1794 December 16
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding political events in Europe, pistols. (3 pages)
Box 1, Folder 20
John Quincy Adams, Helvetshuys, letter to N. Frazier & J. Gardner
1795 November 2
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Sending regrets for missing them in the Netherlands, hopes to hear from them during their European
travels. (2 pages and addressed cover)
Box 1, Folder 21
John Quincy Adams, London, letter to Thomas Boylston Adams
1796 January 14
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Is returning to the Hague. (1 page)
Box 1, Folder 22
John Quincy Adams, Berlin, letter to Sylvanus Bourne
1798 July 13
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding the fallout of the XYZ affair, the deteriorating relationship with France, resolutions,
attack on Bourne in Porcupine's Gazette. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 1, Folder 24
John Quincy Adams, Berlin, letter to Thomas Boylston Adams
1798 October 30
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter. News from Berlin; Action of 18 August 1798 (capture of ship Leander). (1 page)
Box 1, Folder 25
John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C, letter to W. Plumer
1808 January 25
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Appears to be a letter book copy. Regarding events in Congress, European politics, the 1808 presidential
election. (3 pages)
Box 1, Folder 26
John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to Governor James Sullivan, Boston
1808 April 15
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Adams defends his support of 1807 Embargo Act against Britain and France. (3 pages)
Box 2, Folder 1
John Quincy Adams, St. Petersburg, letter to James Madison
1811 January 7
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Partly in diplomatic cipher. Regarding Abigail Adams' request to Madison for John Quincy Adams' recall
from Minister to Russia post. (4 pages)
Box 2, Folder 2
John Quincy Adams, St. Petersburg, letter to Jonathan Russell, Paris
1811 April 18
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Postscript in hand of Adams. Regarding American vessels, navigation. (2 pages)
Box 2, Folder 3
John Quincy Adams, St. Petersburg, letter to Joel Barlow, Paris
1812 March 16
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding U.S. relationship with France; desire for French influence on Great Britain. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 4
John Quincy Adams, Paris, letter to Levett Harris, St. Petersburg, Russia
1815 March 2
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Addressed to "L. Harris." Regarding the Treaty of Ghent. (2 pages and addressed cover)
Box 2, Folder 5
John Quincy Adams, London, letter to Thomas Aspinwall, London
1816 February 23
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter regarding monies for destitute American seamen. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 2, Folder 6
John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to James Miller, Boston
1818 June 1
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Authorization to receive possession of Moose, Frederick and Dudley Islands in Bay of Passamaquoddy from British.
(3 pages)
Box 2, Folder 7
John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to Albert Gallatin, Paris
1819 November 24
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Request for publications. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 8
John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to John Van Ness
1820 August 15
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding a house deed, Washington, D.C. (3 pages)
Box 22
John Quincy Adams "Report upon Weights and Measures"
1821
Scope and Contents
Published report, signed. Signed "To my father". (245 pages, bound volume)
Box 2, Folder 9
John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn
1822 January 8
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding an election; Adams notes that an attempt is underway for a Congressional caucus nomination
for an election in three years. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 10
William? E. Richmond, Providence, letter to John Bailey, Washington, D.C.
1822 October 21
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding presidential election, Adams' support in New Hampshire, Isaac Hill. (2 pages and addressed
cover)
Box 2, Folder 11
John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to President and Director of Bank of the Metropolis
1824 March 24
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding a bank note drawn by a married woman. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 12
John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, and Daniel Webster certification of George Washington Adams
1824 September 21, September 25
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Adams's certification that George Washington Adams was law student under his direction; Webster certifies
George Washington Adams as current student. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 13
John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Richard Rush
1826 September 5
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding budget and complaints against Captain Matthews, commander of cutter at Charleston, South
Carolina. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 14
John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to Richard Riker, New York
1827 March 9
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding successful completion of the Erie Canal. Also acknowledging copy of memoir about the canal
intended for his deceased father, John Adams. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 15
John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Henry Clay, Washington, D.C.
1827 September 24
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding Albert Gallatin and Maine border dispute with Great Britain. (2 pages)
Box 2, Folder 16
John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Richard Rush, Washington, D.C.
1827 October 2
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter to Secretary of the Treasury regarding orders to diplomatic corps to search for plants to
introduce to U.S., and British blocking of U.S. commerce with its West Indies colonies. (2 pages)
Box 2, Folder 17
John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to Henry A. S. Dearborn, Boston
1827 December 12
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding growing trees, especially chestnuts. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 18
John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to William R. Prince, Long Island
1828 July 15
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Thanking the proprietor of the Linnaean Botanic Gardens for treatise on horticulture. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 19
John Quincy Adams, Boston, letter to Richard Rush, Washington, D.C.
1828 August 27
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter to the Secretary of Treasury regarding remission of penalty on ship Oxford. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 20
John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to James Madison, Montpelier
1829 February 21
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Enclosing pamphlet about U.S. history; expressing sympathies for death of Madison's parent. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 21
John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to J.L. Hedge, Plymouth
1830 October 15
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Accepting the nomination to represent District of Plymouth, Massachusetts in Congress. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 22
John Quincy Adams letter to Thomas Boylston Adams
1831 February 11
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding the winter weather in Washington, D.C., impending eclipse. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 23
John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Peter S. Du Ponceau, Philadelphia
1831 October 3
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding readings on language, various authors. (3 pages)
Box 2, Folder 24
John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to Robert Walsh, Philadelphia
1832 May 28
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding bank reports. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 25
John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Russell Freeman, Boston
1835 October 12
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding his political philosophy, allegiance to his country, not party. (4 pages)
Box 2, Folder 26
John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to R.T. Paine, Boston
1839 November 14
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Seeking information on European astronomical observatories; expenses, staff, duties, compensations,
instruments. (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 1
John Quincy Adams note to a member of the Select Committee on the Smithsonian
1840 January 14
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter. Requesting meeting of the members of the Select Committee on the Smithsonian. With added note of Simon Brown
attesting to handwriting of John Quincy Adams, 1855. (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 2
John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to J.H. Tefft, Savannah, Georgia
1840 August 22
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding his honorary membership in Georgia Historical Society; sending several pamphlets. (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 3
John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to John Quincy Adams, Quincy
1841 July 7
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter to his nephew in Navy regarding his passing exams; also communicated his desire to join Mediterranean
squadron to Secretary of the Navy. (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 4
John P. Hale, Washington, D.C., letter to Lambert Hale
1848 February 22
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding John Quincy Adams' failing health; also Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 5
Addresses in the Congress of the United States and Funeral Solemnities on the Death of John Quincy Adams
1848
Scope and Contents
Published copy. (40 pages)
Box 3, Folder 6
Louisa Catherine Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to Commander Stewart
1842 December 21
Biographical / Historical
Louisa Catherine Adams (1775-1852) was the spouse of President John Quincy Adams.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Recommending her nephew John Quincy Adams, under his command on the Independence. (1 page and addressed
cover)
Box 3, Folder 7
Louisa Catherine Adams, Boston, letter to Caroline De Windt
1847 January 7
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding Caroline De Windt's uncle. (2 pages)
Box 3, Folder 8
Louisa Catherine Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Mary Catherine Hellen Adams?
1848 September 16
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter expressing concern about the perversion of the late John Quincy Adams' opinions by members
of Congress; states that John Quincy Adams detested the idea of a military president, Mexican-American War. (4 pages) Likely
recipient of letter identified by Judith Graham, Series Editor of the Louisa Catherine Adams Papers, 2009.
Box 3, Folder 9
Joseph K. Pokorny, Towson, Maryland, letter to Spiro T. Agnew, Washington, D.C.
1973 July 18
Biographical / Historical
Spiro Agnew (1918-1996) was Vice President of the United States under President Nixon from 1969 to 1973. He resigned his office
in October 1973 following a corruption investigation involving his previous public service in Maryland.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding dispensation of office wall memorabilia, law firm. (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 10
Susan B. Anthony, Washington, D.C., letter to Sarah Soule? Wilbour
1891 February 6
Biographical / Historical
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) was an activist for women's rights and suffrage.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Sending certificate of life membership, National American Woman Suffrage Association. (3 pages, certificate
not included) Included with this letter are four letters, circulars, and postcards probably related to Sarah Soule Wilbour
(two envelopes are addressed to her) regarding the National American Woman Suffrage Association/ Little Compton (Rhode Island)
Suffrage League, 1887-1891. (7 pages total)
Box 3, Folder 11
Mr. Armstrong to local secretary of the Society of Chemical Industry, Newcastle-on-Tyne Section
1899 April 22
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Members welcome to inspect the grounds at Craigside. (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 12
Chester A. Arthur, Washington, D.C., letter to G. Roberts Brown
1881 November 16
Biographical / Historical
Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886) was the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Will grant Brown's request. (1 page, includes addressed and stamped portion of envelope)
Box 19, Folder 1
Bernard M. Baruch, Washington, D.C., letter to John Hays Hammond, Washington, D.C.
1918 February 19
Biographical / Historical
Bernard M. Baruch (1870-1965) was an American financier and statesman. He served on the Advisory Commission of the Council
for National Defense and the War Industries Board (WIB) during World War I and as a presidential advisor and spokesman during
World War II. Baruch was also an economic policy advisor and funded numerous election campaigns of Democratic politicians.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Is happy to send Hammond a photograph of himself, hoping Hammond will send one in return. (1 page)
Box 19, Folder 2
Winston Churchill, London, letter to Bernard M. Baruch
1921 June 23
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Is sorry that Baruch and his wife cannot dine with him on the 12th, hoping to reschedule. On Colonial
Office letterhead. (3 pages)
Box 19, Folder 3
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to Bernard M. Baruch, Washington, D.C.
1921 December 31
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Is sorry he did not attend the dinner of the War Industries Board. On White House letterhead. (1
page)
Box 19, Folder 4
Bernard M. Baruch, New York, letter to Edgar French Strother, Washington, D.C.
1929 May 14
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Congratulating Strother on his appointment in the Hoover White House. Includes typescript copy of
Strother's response to Baruch, 1929 May 20. (2 pages total)
Box 19, Folder 5
Bernard M. Baruch, New York, letter to John Hays Hammond, Washington, D.C.
1930 May 8
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Is wondering what Hammond used as bait in the Yacqui (Yaqui) Delta proposition, it was a surprise
to get the money back. (1 page)
Box 19, Folder 6
Bernard M. Baruch, New York, letter to Edgar French Strother, New York
1931 March 9
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Is enclosing a statement on a subject "you have often heard me discuss." Includes typescript copy
of Strother's response to Baruch, 1931 March 10. (2 pages total)
Box 19, Folder 7
A. Bigio, New York, letter to Bernard M. Baruch, New York
1943 January 14
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Is sending a copy of a letter he wrote to Dr. Stephen Wise regarding his war advice for Roosevelt
and Churchill, would like a meeting with Roosevelt. Typescript copy of letter from Bigio to Wise enclosed, 1942 December
15. (6 pages total)
Box 19, Folder 8
Leslie Benson, Washington, D.C., letter to Bernard M. Baruch
1943 January 18
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Is sending a list of purchases made on Baruch's behalf for General Harvey. Items were delivered to
the embassy. Includes typescript list of items. (3 pages total)
Box 19, Folder 9
Edward J. Bing letter to Bernard M. Baruch
1943 January
Scope and Contents
Clippings with autograph notes. Sending copies of two of his essays published in the American Mercury, "Divided Loyalties
in the Near East" and "Modern Science Discovers God;" also encloses newspaper clipping about himself. (17 pages total)
Box 19, Folder 10
Leslie Benson, Washington, D.C., letter Bernard M. Baruch
1943 February 10
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed, with autograph additions. Invitation to dinner; reports on the death of pilot Brigadier Dykes. (1
page)
Box 19, Folder 11
Benjamin Axleroad, Camp Forrest, Tennessee, letter to Bernard M. Baruch, New York
1943 February 12
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Is sending an extract from Roosevelt: A Study of Fortune and Power by Emil Ludwig that discusses
Baruch. Requests an autographed copy of a book reissued by Baruch. (2 pages)
Box 19, Folder 12
Charles E. Bertrand, Great Neck, New York, letter to Bernard M. Baruch, New York
1943 June 24
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Is enclosing opinions on dealing with Mussolini for Baruch to pass along if he finds them useful.
(2 pages)
Box 19, Folder 13
John J. Bradley, New York, letter to Bernard M. Baruch, New York
1943 June 30
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Inviting Baruch to be a guest on his radio show to discuss the war. (1 page)
Box 19, Folder 14
Leslie Benson, London, letter to Bernard M. Baruch
1943 September 30
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Reports on his children, visitors, and house in London. (2 pages)
Box 19, Folder 15
Herman R. Allen, Washington, D.C., letter to Bernard M. Baruch, Washington, D.C.
1943 October 5
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Requests a statement by Baruch for the Associated Press to be used in the event of Germany's surrender.
Includes typescript copy of Baruch's response to Allen, 1943 October 18. (2 pages total)
Box 19, Folder 16
William Harman Black, New York, letter to Bernard M. Baruch, Washington, D.C.
1943 October 15
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Is sending a copy of a constitutional amendment proposal. Includes typescript copy of response from
John M. Hancock on behalf of Bernard Baruch, 1943 October 20; typescript signed of Black's amendment proposal with notes,
1943 October 15; and typescript letter signed of Black's response to Hancock, 1943 October 31. (9 pages total)
Box 19, Folder 17
Sigrid Arne, New York, letter to Bernard M. Baruch, Washington, D.C.
1944 January 10
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. From the Associated Press, sending copies of a "personality story" about Baruch. Includes typescript
copy of Baruch's response to Arne, 1944 January 17, and clippings of articles. (2 pages and clippings)
Box 19, Folder 18
Tony Biddle, Washington, D.C., letter to Bernard M. Baruch, Washington, D.C.
1944 February 2
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Was happy to see him recently and is happy about their renewed friendship. (1 page)
Box 19, Folder 19
Lawson Adams, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, letter to Bernard M. Baruch
1944 April 23
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Offering for sale a watercolor of Woodrow Wilson at the 1918 Paris Peace Conference. (3 pages) Includes
copy of watercolor and two clippings about Baruch.
Box 19, Folder 20
Bernard M. Baruch? letter to the British Embassy, Washington, D.C.
1944 August 11
Scope and Contents
Typescript copy. Hoping to include enclosed letter to Churchill in official mail pouch. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 1
Roger Callender, Chicago, letter to Bernard M. Baruch, Georgetown, South Carolina
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Is soliciting employment on Baruch's South Carolina estate (Hobcaw Plantation). Includes Baruch's
signed typescript response to Callender, 1944 December 27. (2 pages total and envelope)
Box 20, Folder 2
Bernard Brookes, Washington, D.C., letter to Bernard M. Baruch, Washington, D.C.
1944 November 16
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Wondering if Baruch is interested in purchasing a collection of Thomas Edison and Civil War material
for the Library of Congress. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 3
Bernard Brookes letter to Bernard M. Baruch
1944 December 11
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Is forwarding typescript letter signed from Lieutenant Colonel A.M.L. de Luxembourg to Bancroft Foley,
1944 November 21 regarding the proposed sale of his 1673 bust of Benedict de Spinoza. (1 page) Also includes photographs of
the bust with notes, a photograph of another bust in de Luxembourg's possession of James Monroe and a typescript copy of the
appraisal of the Monroe bust by Charles Moore, Commission of Fine Arts, 1935 May 7.
Box 20, Folder 4
Robert Lee Bullard, New York, letter to Bernard M. Baruch
1944 December?
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding December 11 issue of Life magazine. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 5
Clement A. Attlee account of Wendell Willkie (to Bernard M. Baruch?)
1944
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Account of Wendell Willkie's visit to London during the Blitz. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 6
Mrs. B.P. Asch, St. Paul, Minnesota, note to Bernard M. Baruch
approximately 1944
Scope and Contents
Autograph note. Sending newspaper clipping of a cartoon "When All Other Remedies Fail" from the St. Paul Dispatch that depicts
Baruch. (1 page and clipping, return address portion of envelope)
Box 20, Folder 7
Brehon Somervell, Washington, D.C., letter to Bernard M. Baruch, New York
1945 March 30
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Appreciates his note of congratulations on his promotion to general. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 8
Brehon Somervell, Washington, D.C., letter to Bernard M. Baruch, New York
1945 December 12
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Appreciates his note regarding his award from the City of New York. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 9
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., New York, letter to Bernard M. Baruch
1945 April 17
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Inviting Baruch to join sponsoring committee for the American Veterans Committee event "Our World
Forum" on May 2. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 10
Bernard M. Baruch, New York, letter to Gustaf Stromberg, Pasadena, California
1946 September 25
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Responding to the proposals of his letter regarding armed forces, relations with the Soviet Union.
(2 pages)
Box 20, Folder 11
Bernard M. Baruch, New York, letter to Natalie H. Hammond, New York
1950 July 21
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Was pleased to receive her letter, is forwarding it. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 12
Bernard M. Baruch, New York, letter to "Elevator Girls"
1950 July 30
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Thanking them for the flowers. (2 pages)
Box 20, Folder 13
Bernard M. Baruch letter to Natalie H. Hammond
1952 January 21
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking her for her brother's article, is passing it on to Churchill's staff. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 14
Bernard M. Baruch, New York, letter to General Leslie R. Groves, New York
1953 May 4
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Had intended to attend the dinner, regrets missing it. Mentions current military policies. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 15
Bernard M. Baruch, New York, letter to Rose Bigman, New York
1956 February 1
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Was not disturbed by Truman's remarks; wants the best for the U.S. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 16
Bernard M. Baruch, New York, letter to Hy Gardner, New York
1960 October 6
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Is having his publisher send him a copy of the newly published second volume of his memoir, Baruch,
The Public Years. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 17
John F. Kennedy, Washington, D.C., letter to Bernard M. Baruch, Kingstree, South Carolina
1962 May 21
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed, with added autograph note. Thanking him for writing to him about the McDermotts. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 18
Bernard M. Baruch, Kingstree, South Carolina, letter to G.M. Loeb, New York
1965 February 28
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Acknowledging receipt of his letter; discusses "getting the facts" and mentions his lecture "A Philosophy
of Our Time." (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 19
Minor Shaw, "Belle's Legacy"
1999 March 4
Scope and Contents
Typescript speech. Thursday Club presentation by the Chairman of the Independent Colleges and Universities of South Carolina
Foundation regarding the Belle W. Baruch Foundation at Hobcaw Barony; Belle W. Baruch leaving the Hobcaw property to the state
of South Carolina for research and educational purpose. (25 pages)
Box 20, Folder 20
Bernard M. Baruch signed photograph portrait
undated
Scope and Contents
Photograph portrait of Baruch signed to George Albert Ingham, mentions Boy Scouts of America.
Box 3, Folder 13
James Buchanan, Washington, D.C., letter to Maria J. Yates
1831 January 3
Biographical / Historical
James Buchanan (1791-1868) was the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter to his sister; expresses desire to leave House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. ("is duller
than I have ever known it"); his health, family matters. (2 pages)
Box 3, Folder 14
James Buchanan, Washington, D.C., letter to W.J.G.L. Brown
1857 June 13
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter of recommendation. (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 15
James Buchanan, Washington, D.C., letter to W.C.N. Swift, New Bedford
1858 October 30
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Returning donation to the Democratic party. (1 page with franked envelope)
Box 3, Folder 16
George Bush, Washington, D.C., letter to L. Dennis Shapiro
1992 October 2
Biographical / Historical
George Bush (1924-2018) was the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Justice Department's antitrust litigation against Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
student financial aid. (1 page and envelope)
Box 3, Folder 17
Richard E. Byrd, Boston, letter to Marie Smith
1926 September 13
Biographical / Historical
Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957) was an American naval officer, aviator, and polar explorer.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding lecture bookings. (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 18
Louis Nizer, New York, letter to Truman Capote
1973 May 14
Biographical / Historical
Truman Capote (1924-1984) was an American author.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Jacqueline Susann's potential libel suit against Capote. (2 pages)
Box 3, Folder 19
Jimmy Carter, aboard Air Force One, letter to Phil Leonard
1980 October 31
Biographical / Historical
Jimmy Carter (1924-) was the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding that day's visit to Jackson. (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 20
Charles Bates, Albuquerque, letter to Jimmy Carter
1991 June 12
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Answer to question regarding offer to ransom American POWs in Vietnam. With Jimmy Carter autograph
signed note/reply. (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 21
Winston Churchill, London, letter to Ivan Colvin
1945 January 22
Biographical / Historical
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was prime minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945, and from 1951 to 1955.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking for the work of Royal Naval War Libraries. (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 22
Henry Clay letter to John Quincy Adams
1819 October 29
Biographical / Historical
Henry Clay (1777-1852) was a U.S. congressman and senator from Kentucky. He also served as secretary of state from 1825 to
1829 under President John Quincy Adams.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding referring case of French neighbors to Albert Gallatin. (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 23
Grover Cleveland, Albany, letter to Joseph L. Fairchild, Buffalo
1884 July 19
Biographical / Historical
Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) was the 22nd president from 1885 to 1889 and the 24th president from 1893 to 1897 of the United
States.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding their friendship, Fairchild's "kind words," presumably on Cleveland's recent nomination
for President at Democratic National Convention. (2 pages and envelope)
Box 3, Folder 24
Grover Cleveland letter to unidentified addressee
1888 June 12
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Enclosing an order relating to teaching in Native American schools. (2 pages)
Box 3, Folder 25
Grover Cleveland, Washington, D.C., letter to John Parkinson
1895 January 7
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding accusation of trespassing on land. (2 pages and envelope)
Box 4, Folder 1
Bill Clinton remarks at Ron Brown memorial, Washington, D.C.
1996 April 4
Biographical / Historical
Bill Clinton (1946-) was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 2
Bill Clinton, Washington, D.C., letter to Daniel P. Moynihan
1996 July 20
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Kuwaiti apostasy law; case of Robert Hussein accused of apostasy for converting to Christianity.
(1 page)
Box 4, Folder 3
Gustave Paul Cluseret, Washington, D.C., letter to Clement Duvernois?
1862 February 21
Language of Material: In French.
Biographical / Historical
Gustave Paul Cluseret (1823-1900) was a French soldier who served as a brigadier general in the American Civil War under Generals
Fremont and McClellan.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter from Union general to a friend regarding Civil War. (4 pages)
Box 4, Folder 4
Calvin Coolidge, Washington, D.C., letter to W.A.C. Bazeley, Uxbridge, Massachusetts
1923 August 18
Biographical / Historical
Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) was the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking for letter, suggestions. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 5
Calvin Coolidge, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion, Ohio
1923 September 10
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for the Harding memorial stamps. See also French Crow correspondence under Warren G.
Harding. (1 page and envelope)
Box 4, Folder 6
Calvin Coolidge, Washington, D.C., letter to Cornelius Greenway
1924 November 18
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Letter to Tufts College student with advice. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 7
Calvin Coolidge, Washington, D.C., letter to Thomas W. White, Boston
1926 January 27
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Favor has been received. (1 page and envelope)
Box 4, Folder 8
Calvin Coolidge, Paul Smith's, New York, letter to E.J. Blanchard, Plymouth, Vermont
1926 September 3
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding taxes on Coolidge's father's estate. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 9
Jefferson Davis, Montgomery, letter to Braxton Bragg
1861 May 23
Biographical / Historical
Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 during the U.S. Civil War.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding Fort Pickens, Pensacola. (4 pages)
Box 4, Folder 10
Benjamin Disraeli letter to Lord Devereux
1871 December 26
Biographical / Historical
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) was a British politician and was Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Personal note. (4 pages)
Box 4, Folder 11
Edward, Duke of Windsor letter to Robert T. Snyder, New York
1954 April 24
Biographical / Historical
Edward VIII (1894-1972) was King of England in 1936 before abdicating to marry a divorcee, Wallis Simpson.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking for the flowers; space available in Chemical Bank vault, New York. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 12, Box 21, Folder 6
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, the Marquess of Lansdowne, letter to Richard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone
1903 April 2
Physical Location: Commission and envelope are located in oversize, Box 21.
Biographical / Historical
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, the Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927) was a British statesman. In 1903 he was Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs.
Scope and Contents
Letter (1 page) and enclosed commission, 1903 March 24, King Edward VII appointing Richard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone
to tribunal relative to boundary between Canada and Alaska. Signed by Edward VII. (3 pages and envelope)
Box 4, Folder 13
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Washington, D.C., letter to Ethel Merman, New York
1953 January 28
Biographical / Historical
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) was the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking for performing during inaugural festivities. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 14
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Washington, D.C., letter to Irving Geist
1956 April 6
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding not acting as Eisenhower's personal representative at Grace Kelly wedding. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 15
Flight report of the aircraft Columbine, Daytona Beach, for Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower
1956
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Regarding flight from Daytona Beach, Florida. Signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie E. Eisenhower.
Box 4, Folder 16
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Washington, D.C., letter to David H. Marx
1958 August 5
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Personal note; postscript regarding a "bubble blowing monkey." (1 page and envelope)
Box 4, Folder 17
Edward Everett, Department of State, letter to J.P. Kennedy
1853 January 7
Biographical / Historical
Edward Everett (1794-1865) was the governor of Massachusetts, a U.S. congressman and senator, and secretary of state from
1852 to 1853.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Secretary of State returning Commadore Magruder's report. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 18
Millard Fillmore letter to Mrs. W.T. Carroll, Washington, D.C.
1851 June 17
Biographical / Historical
Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) was the 13th president of the United States from 1850 to 1853.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding sending his carriage for use. (2 pages with envelope)
Box 4, Folder 19
Millard Fillmore, Washington, D.C., letter to Secretary of State Daniel Webster
1851 December 19
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Enclosing paper on paying the Mexican indemnity. Letter addressed only to "Secretary of State." (2
pages)
Box 4, Folder 20
Gerald R. Ford, Washington, D.C., letter to Edwin D. Eshleman
1976 May 11
Biographical / Historical
Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006) was the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Pennsylvania primary; appreciation and thanks. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 21
Gerald R. Ford signed Independence Day Monticello program
1976 July 5
Scope and Contents
Ephemera signed. (4 pages)
Box 4, Folder 22
Gerald R. Ford letter to Jakie L. Pruett, Yorktown, Texas
1979 August 31
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding his relationship with Speaker John W. McCormack, House of Representatives. (2 pages)
Box 4, Folder 23
Benjamin Franklin, Passy (Paris), France, letter to Valmont de Bomare
1778 November 26
Biographical / Historical
Benjamin Franklin (1705/1706-1790) was an American statesman, diplomat, politician, scientist, and writer.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Missed his company at dinner; invitation to dine. (1 page)
Box 5, Folder 1
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 material
1850-1854
Scope and Contents
Material relating to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, particularly to the cases of Thomas Sims and Shadrach Minkins, both enslaved
persons who self-emancipated and were later captured in Boston. The material documents efforts by U.S. Marshal for the District
of Massachusetts Charles Devens Jr. to recover expenses incurred during the extradition of Sims and during prosecutions against
those who were charged with helping Minkins escape from jail.
Items include: Millard Fillmore letter to Elisha Whittlesey, 1853 March 3 (letter signed, 2 pages and docket); Elisha Whittlesey
letter to Charles Devens Jr., 1853 March 8 (contemporary copy, 2 pages and docket); two bills for expenses to Charles Devens
Jr., received by clerk of District Court of the U.S., Massachusetts District, 1853 January 1 (1 page and docket) and approximately
1853 January (1 page and docket); abstract of compensation to Charles Devens Jr., approximately 1853 January (printed form,
filled in, 1 page and docket); Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 printed copy (3 pages, with manuscript notations); Elisha Whittlesey
letter to Franklin Pierce, 1854 March 15 (autograph letter signed, two pages and docket, signed by Pierce); abstracts of compensation,
payments to guards in October 1850, 1851 April, includes lists of names of guards with payment amounts and signatures (2 items,
1 page each and docket).
Box 5, Folder 2
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to Jonathan Burrall, New York
1801 September 26
Biographical / Historical
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) was a Swiss-born diplomat and politician who emigrated to the U.S. in 1780. He was a member of
the U.S. House of Representatives from 1795 to 1801 and served as the fourth secretary of the treasury from 1801 to 1814.
He was U.S. minister to France from 1816 to 1823 and minister to Great Britain from 1826 to 1827. Gallatin was a founder of
New York University and served as president of The New-York Historical Society and the American Ethnological Society.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed with autograph note. Letter to cashier at Offices of Discount and Deposit, enclosing letter for bankers of the
U.S. at Amsterdam. (1 page)
Box 5, Folder 3
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department Washington, D.C., letter to Rufus King, London
1802 November 16
Scope and Contents
Letter signed (letter book copy). Regarding payments to King, remittances to bankers in Holland. (5 pages)
Box 5, Folder 4
Petition to David Gelston, Collector of Port of New York, for beacon at East Bank 1802 October 28, supported by Albert Gallatin
1802 December 7
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Signed note by Gallatin regarding approval of beacon. Petition appears to be a contemporary copy. (3 pages)
Box 5, Folder 5
Albert Gallatin report to the Chairman of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the State of the Treasury
1802
Scope and Contents
Published report. (32 pages)
Box 5, Folder 6
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to Samuel Reynolds
1803 June 6
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding federal government's efforts to recoup money from estate of John Lamb, former collector
of Port of New York. Back page contains penciled drawings, possibly part of survey. (2 pages and addressed cover)
Box 5, Folder 7
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to Joseph Wilson, Marblehead, Massachusetts
1803 June 21
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Letter to town collector regarding account. (2 pages and addressed cover)
Box 5, Folder 8
Albert Gallatin, New York, letter to Anthony Lamb, Burlington, New Jersey
1803 September 12
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding his father John Lamb's estate. (1 page)
Box 5, Folder 9
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to Superintendents of the Light House Establishments
1804 November 17
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Circular letter regarding casks for transporting oil to lighthouses. (1 page)
Box 5, Folder 10
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to David Hoge, Steubenville
1805 March 13
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Letter to Registrar of Land Office regarding surveys, land sales in Indiana Territory. (3 pages)
Box 5, Folder 11
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to John Connell, Virginia
1805 December 10
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. Regarding find certificate, Register of Land Office. (1 page)
Box 5, Folder 12
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to Joshua Wingate, Bath
1806 July 11
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Approving appointments. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 5, Folder 13
Albert Gallatin, New York, letter to Jacob Crowninshield, Salem, Massachusetts
1807 August 13
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding where to send American expedition to warn of impending rift with Great Britain. (3 pages
and addressed cover)
Box 5, Folder 14
Albert Gallatin, Washington, D.C., letter to Daniel Call, Richmond
1808 June 1
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding survey of property. (2 pages)
Box 5, Folder 15
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to B. Lincoln, Boston
1808 June 30
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Application for additional buildings at Marine Hospital cannot be approved. (1 page)
Box 5, Folder 16
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to Jedidiah Huntington, New London, Connecticut
1808 July 15
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Authorization to contract for rescue voyage for stranded seamen. (2 pages and addressed cover)
Box 5, Folder 17
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to John Kittridge, Gloucester, Massachusetts
1808 December 20
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Regarding enforcement of embargo. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 5, Folder 18
Albert Gallatin letter to Caesar Rodney, Wilmington, Delaware
1809 April 11
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding marshal of Delaware. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 5, Folder 19
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to William Ellery, Newport
1809 July 14
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Regarding the importation of enslaved laborers by expelled Cubans. (2 pages and addressed cover)
Box 5, Folder 20
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to Thomas Nelson, Richmond
1809 August 12
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Authorization request to pay $5,000 for invalid pensions, Virginia. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 5, Folder 21
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to David Gelston, New York
1810 February 20
Physical Description: Signature partially missing.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. To Gelston as Superintendent of Light Houses regarding lighthouse oil. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 5, Folder 22
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to David Gelston, New York
1810 April 20
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Regarding Mediterranean passport for ship Thomas of New York. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 1
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to David Gelston, New York
1810 April 28
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. To Gelston as Collector of New York regarding Brig Lucy. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 2
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to David Gelston, New York
1810 July 6
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. To Gelston as Superintendent of Light Houses regarding horse for use of Sandy Hook Lighthouse. (1 page and
addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 3
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to David Gelston, New York
1810 December 10
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. To Gelston as Superintendent of Light Houses regarding lighthouse account. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 4
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to John Steele
1810 December 26
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding case of the Frances, smuggling. (2 pages)
Box 6, Folder 5
Albert Gallatin, Washington, D.C., letter to Governor John Langdon, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1811 March 12
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding smuggling goods from Canada into New England. (2 pages)
Box 6, Folder 6
Albert Gallatin, Washington, D.C., letter to Governor John Langdon, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1811 April 12
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding commission of Mahuria as collector of new district of White Mountains; smuggling. (2 pages)
Box 6, Folder 7
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to Isaac Vanhorne, Zanesville, Ohio
1811 May 22
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. To collector regarding returning a deposit for land. (2 pages and addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 8
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to William S. Shaw, Boston
1811 July 26
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Enclosing decision in case of Eliakim Morse, owner of ship New Galen. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 9
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to Joshua Wingate, Bath, Massachusetts (Maine)
1811 October 14
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Regarding seamen's assistance. (1 page)
Box 6, Folder 10
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to Joshua Wingate, Bath, Massachusetts (Maine)
1811 October 23
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Regarding advertisement for oil bids. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 11
Albert Gallatin letter to Senator William Bibb
1812 January 13
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding monies owed to the government by various. (1 page and cover)
Box 6, Folder 12
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to Blair McClenachen, Philadelphia
1812 March 6
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Letter to Commissioner of Loans of Pennsylvania regarding the state's account with Bank of the United States.
(1 page and addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 13
Albert Gallatin, Washington D.C., letter to Caesar Rodney, Wilmington
1812 June 26
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding payment due Rodney's late father as former land commissioner. (2 pages and addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 14
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to Joshua Wingate, Bath
1812 August 26
Scope and Contents
Circular letter signed. Regarding non-importation act, merchandise seized from British. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 15
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to Governor Henry Dearborn, Albany
1813 February 4
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding new collector of Vermont. (1 page)
Box 6, Folder 16
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to Walter Bradley, Fairfield
1813 February 8
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Regarding personnel nominations. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 17
Albert Gallatin, Philadelphia, letter to Lloyd Jones, Philadelphia
1815 October 6
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Returning his account with errors to correct, amend. Interior pages contain penciled notes and calculations.
(1 page and addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 18
Albert Gallatin, Treasury Department, letter to William R. Lee, Salem, Massachusetts
1816 April 3
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Letter to Collector regarding ship Export. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 19
Enoch Jackson certificate for land purchase, Cincinnati
1817 June 23
Scope and Contents
Document signed (printed form, filled in). Originally filed with Gallatin material. (1 page)
Box 6, Folder 20
Albert Gallatin, Paris, letter to Sir Charles Stuart
1819 March 29
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding birth certificate for a relative. (1 page)
Box 6, Folder 21
Albert Gallatin, New York, letter to Edward Everett, Boston
1828 August 9
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter regarding impressment and treaty of Ghent; "free ships, free goods" principle. (3 pages and
addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 22
Albert Gallatin, Washington, D.C., letter to Doctor James Mease, Philadelphia
1828 November 14
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding maps for talks with British Minister. (1 page and signed cover)
Box 6, Folder 23
Marquis de Lafayette, La Grange, letter to Albert Gallatin, New York
1830 July 17
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding French politics. (2 pages and addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 24
Albert Gallatin, New York, letter to Doctor C.S.? Rafinesque, Philadelphia
1837 May 6
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding transactions of the American Antiquarian Society. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 6, Folder 25
Albert Gallatin, New York, letter to Mr. Goodhue, New York
1841 April 28
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter. Invitation to dinner. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 1
Albert Gallatin, New York, letter to W. St. Clair Clarke, Washington, D.C.
1843 April 24
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Sending copies of his inaugural address to The New-York Historical Society. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 2
Albert Gallatin letter to Mr. Embury, Brooklyn
1844 January 5
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Invitation to Ethnological Society of New York meeting. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 7, Folder 3
Albert Gallatin, New York, letter to Alexander Yearley & Sons, Baltimore
1845 December 20
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding real estate payments. Note reads: Deed in fee From Albert Gallatin, to Francis DeVille,
Mabelle? DeVille. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 7, Folder 4
Albert Gallatin, New York, letter to Maria Montgomery, New York
1846 January 28
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Invitation to his 85th birthday gathering. (1 page and addressed cover)
Box 7, Folder 5
Albert Gallatin report on Peace with Mexico
1847
Scope and Contents
Printed report. (17 pages)
Box 7, Folder 6
Albert Gallatin report on Expenses of the War
1848
Scope and Contents
Printed report. Regarding Mexican-American War. (16 pages)
Box 7, Folder 7
Historic Friendship Hill: Home of Albert Gallatin by Minnie Kendall Lowther
1928
Scope and Contents
Souvenir booklet. (70 pages)
Box 7, Folder 8
James Garfield, Washington, D.C., letter to Richard Brown
1867 February 15
Biographical / Historical
James Garfield (1831-1881) was the 20th president of the United States in 1881.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding Tariff and Internal Revenue bills in the House of Representatives. (4 pages)
Box 7, Folder 9
James Garfield, Washington, D.C., docketed request to Hamilton Fish
1870 May 2
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. On copy of 1834 document by Jason Robbins, Ohio, regarding sloop Elanora, expenses due to capture in
Caribbean. (2 pages)
Box 7, Folder 10
James Garfield, Washington, D.C., letter to W. H. Crowell
1879 July 18
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding reference for Crowell's brother. (2 pages)
Box 7, Folder 11
James Garfield, Washington, D.C., telegram to Alexander Ramsay
1880 February 5
Scope and Contents
Autograph telegram signed. To Secretary of War regarding appointment of E.G. Barnard as clerk in Surgeon General's Office.
(1 page)
Box 7, Folder 12
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Washington, D.C., letter to Daniel Patrick Moynihan
1984 December 12
Biographical / Historical
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020) was a lawyer, judge, and was a Supreme Court justice from 1993 to 2020.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding his note to her daughter Jane in Paris. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 13
Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissenting opinion in Bush v. Gore
after 2000 December 12
Scope and Contents
Typescript document signed. (10 pages)
Box 7, Folder 14
William Gladstone, London, letter to Sir Edward J. Reed
1892 October 4
Biographical / Historical
William Gladstone (1809-1898) was a British politician and statesman, and served as Prime Minister from 1892 to 1894.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding honors. (1 page and signed envelope). Also includes two letters: Edward J. Reed to William
Gladstone (3 pages) and E.W. Hamilton to Edward J. Reed (1 page), both 1884 October 22, both with envelopes signed by Gladstone.
Box 7, Folder 15
Ulysses S. Grant, Washington, D.C., letter to Secretary of Treasury George S. Boutwell
1872 February 26
Biographical / Historical
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was the Commanding General for the U.S. Army during the Civil War and later served as the 18th
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Introduction of Rev. J. Lanaham, Methodist church. (2 pages)
Box 7, Folder 16
Ulysses S. Grant, Long Branch, letter to Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano
1875 July 15
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding Patent Office. (2 pages)
Box 7, Folder 17
A.W. Greely, Washington, D.C., letter to Langdon Gibson, Schenectady
1900 April 23
Biographical / Historical
A.W. (Adolphus Washington) Greely (1844-1935) was a U.S. army officer and polar explorer.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding Gibson's Greenland journey; Greely's Arctic collection of publications. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 18
Alexander Hamilton, Treasury Department, letter to Samuel R. Gerry, Marblehead, Massachusetts
1791 December 10
Biographical / Historical
Alexander Hamilton (1757?-1804) was a lawyer, delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and co-author of the Federalist
Papers, and the first secretary of the treasury of the U.S. from 1789 to 1795.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Regarding payment for procuring weights. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 19
John Hancock certification, Philadelphia
1776 October 1
Biographical / Historical
John Hancock (1736/1737-1793) was the 4th and 13th president of the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1777 and from 1785 to
1786. He was also the 1st and 3rd governor of Massachusetts from 1780 to 1785 and from 1787 to 1793.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Appointment of Benjamin Franklin and Robert Morris to Committee of Secret Correspondence. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 1
Florence Kling Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to ? Reddy
approximately 1920
Biographical / Historical
Florence Kling Harding (1860-1924) was the spouse of the 29th president of the United States, Warren G. Harding.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed, on two postcards. Regarding Washington activities and Harding's presidential run. (4 pages)
Box 8, Folder 2
Florence Kling Harding envelope to French Crow, Marion
? July 10
Scope and Contents
Envelope only; signed by Florence Kling Harding.
Box 8, Folder 2
Florence Kling Harding letter to French Crow, Marion
1923 September 2
Scope and Contents
Printed letter. Printed reply to sympathy card for death of Warren G. Harding. (1 page and envelope)
Box 8, Folder 3
Florence Kling Harding letter to Major O.M. Baldinger
1923 September 24
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding White House items. (3 pages and envelope) Also includes penciled notes for drafts of letters.
(4 pages)
Box 8, Folder 4
Warren G. Harding, Marion, letter to French Crow, Marion
1910 August 9
Biographical / Historical
Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) was the 29th president of the United States from 1921 to 1923.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding his suggestion for the Executive Committee. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 5
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to James C. Woods, Marion
1918 July 17
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Star newspaper rates, suspension of comics supplement. (3 pages)
Box 8, Folder 6
Warren G. Harding, Marion, Ohio campaign subscription
1919 December 17
Scope and Contents
Document. (4 pages)
Box 8, Folder 7
Fred L. Gray, Minneapolis, letter to Warren G. Harding
1920 June 15
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). (1 page) Includes copy of Fred L. Gray letter to E.W. Decker, 1920 June 15. (1 page) Items were
filed with Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to Fred L. Gray, Minneapolis, 1920 June 21, in Box 8, Folder 8.
Box 8, Folder 8
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to Fred L. Gray, Minneapolis
1920 June 21
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Gray's support. (1 page) Letter was filed with copies of Gray's letter to E.W. Decker;
Gray's letter to Harding in Box 8, Folder 7.
Box 8, Folder 9
Warren G. Harding, Marion, letter to Governor Calvin Coolidge, Boston
1920 November 2
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Congratulations on Republican victory. In pencil. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 10
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to Howes Norris, Jr., Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
1921 April 4
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Letter to autograph seeker. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 11
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to A.J. Williams, Australia
1921 May 13
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Greeting to Boy Scouts of Australia. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 12
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to John Wanamaker, Philadelphia
1921 July 15
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Special Committee for Near East Relief's efforts for Armenians. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 13
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to Maurice Maschke, Cleveland
1922 January 12
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding nomination of Miss Cline. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 14
French Crow, Marion, letter to Warren G. Harding
1922 January 25
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding postmaster nomination. (1 page) Letter was filed with Warren G. Harding, Washington. D.C.,
letter to French Crow, Marion, 1922 January 28, in Box 8, Folder 15.
Box 8, Folder 15
Warren G. Harding, Washington. D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1922 January 28
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding appointment of Crow as Postmaster, Marion Post Office. (1 page and envelope) Letter was
filed with copy of French Crow letter in Box 8, Foder 14.
Box 8, Folder 16
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to Henry Wilson Temple
1922 February 3
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Congressional Reorganization Commission; marked "URGENT". (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 17
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow
1922 March 2
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding photograph request, Postmaster position. (1 page and envelope)
Box 8, Folder 18
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to Mary E. Lee, Westerville, Ohio
1922 March 7
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regrets will not make dinner engagements on Ohio trip, cannot attend Committee Conference. (1 page
and envelope)
Box 8, Folder 19
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to Frank B. Niles, Toledo, Ohio
1922 April 17
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding St. Lawrence Waterway project. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 20
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to Nelle Numbers James, Evanston, Illinois
1922 July 27
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Will not be coming to Chicago. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 21
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1922 September 5
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding purchase of Erickson property. (1 page and envelope)
Box 8, Folder 22
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to Edward A. Roberts, Cleveland
1922 September 28
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding presidential conduct toward invitations. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 23
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to Ora M. Baldinger
1922 October 3
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Appointment as supervisor, White House Police Force. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 24
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1922 October 6
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding contract with Mahala Appleman to purchase Finney farm. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 25
Laura Harlan, Washington, D.C., letter to Mrs. French Crow
1922 October 10
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Letter from secretary regarding delivery of letter to Florence Harding. (1 page and envelope)
Box 8, Folder 26
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1922 October 12
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Appleman receipt, contracts for tenancy. (1 page and envelope)
Box 9, Folder 1
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1922 November 11
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding seeing the Ericksons; Ohio politics. (1 page and envelope)
Box 9, Folder 2
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1922 November 16
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding meeting with the Ericksons, planting corn, farming. (1 page and envelope)
Box 9, Folder 3
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1923 February 20
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed with autograph postscript initialed. Regarding fees for farm deals. (1 page and envelope)
Box 9, Folder 4
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1923 March 1
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Enclosing checks, discusses farm contracts, insurance policies. (1 page)
Box 9, Folder 5
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to Cornelius Greenway, Franklin, Massachusetts
1923 April 12
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Regarding American Legion, Americanization effort. (1 page)
Box 9, Folder 6
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1923 May 9
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding farm, expenses, animals, deed for properties for estate. (2 pages and envelope)
Box 9, Folder 7
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1923 May 21
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding reinstatement of mail carrier. (1 page and envelope)
Box 9, Folder 8
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1923 May 26
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Tribune matter. (1 page and envelope)
Box 9, Folder 9
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1923 June 2
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding appointment of a postmaster at Ottawa, Kansas. (1 page and envelope)
Box 9, Folder 10
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to Warren F. Martin, Washington
1923 June 4
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Regarding objections to appointment of John B. Meserve as District Judge in Oklahoma. (1 page and envelope)
Includes unsigned typescript copy of reply 1923 June 7. (2 pages)
Box 9, Folder 11
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1923 June 6
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding sale of Baptist Church at Blooming Grove. (1 page)
Box 9, Folder 12
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1923 June 18
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Postal Conference Convention in Marion. (1 page and envelope)
Box 9, Folder 13
Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1923 June 20
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding transfer of property to brother. (1 page and envelope)
Box 9, Folder 14
Warren G. Harding photograph onboard USS Henderson
1923 July
Scope and Contents
Photo taken while on Western tour to Alaska, Canada; also includes Florence Kling Harding and Major O.M. Baldinger.
Box 9, Folder 15
Charles E. Sawyer souvenir photo album of Warren G. Harding Alaska tour
1923 July
Scope and Contents
Souvenir photo album for Brigadier General Charles E. Sawyer titled Alaska Tour, Presidential Party, U.S.S. Transport Henderson,
July 1923, and presented by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Includes 12 photographs, bulk scenes of Alaska; also a group
portrait of the excursion party that appears to have been added later. Also includes signatures of excursion party, including
Harding and Herbert Hoover. (15 pages)
Box 9, Folder 16
Warren G. Harding ephemera
1920, 1922, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes four tickets to Republican National Convention 1920, a postcard for the Marion Centennial, 1922, and undated souvenir
photo of Harding from Marion Chamber of Commerce. (6 pages)
Box 9, Folder 16
Warren G. Harding clippings
1922 February, undated
Scope and Contents
Five clippings from Marion Star, Lawrence Union and unidentified newspapers regarding French Crow. (5 pages)
Box 9, Folder 17
Warren G. Harding estate documents
1925 May 16
Scope and Contents
Typescript documents. Probate record, First Account, Probate Court of Marion County, Ohio. Date is from postmark on envelope.
(13 pages and envelope)
Box 9, Folder 18
W.W. Mooney, Washington, D.C., letter to French Crow, Marion
1930 November 26
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Letter from Postmaster regarding Warren Harding stamp. (1 page and envelope)
Box 9, Folder 19
Warren G. Harding estate affidavit of settlement
1932 November 3
Scope and Contents
Typescript document. Regarding Warren G. Harding and the Harding Publishing Company agreement with Marion Star newspaper.
(1 page)
Box 9, Folder 20
John W. Bricker, Governor, letter to French Crow, Marion
1944 November 15
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. With autograph postscript. Letter from governor of Ohio regarding 1944 presidential election, Republican
Party. Originally filed with Warren G. Harding material. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 1
Benjamin Harrison, Washington, D.C., letter to General John M. Schofield
1889 September 2
Biographical / Historical
Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) was the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Authorization to perform as Secretary of War if needed. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 2
Benjamin Harrison, Washington, D.C., letter to May Terhune
1892 March 10
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Thanking for copy of her book. (2 pages)
Box 10, Folder 3
Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, letter to Allen F. Wood, New Bedford, Massachusetts
1899 January 2
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Thanking for the school souvenir. (1 page) Includes envelope and print of Fifth Street Grammar School, New
Bedford, Massachusetts.
Box 10, Folder 4
William Henry Harrison, North Bend, Ohio, letter to John Woods
1840 April 10
Biographical / Historical
William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was the ninth president of the United States in 1841.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Is suffering from a severe head cold. (1 page)
Box 22
Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler report Comparison of Weights & Measures
1832
Biographical / Historical
Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler (1770-1843) was a Swiss-born surveyor who headed the United States Coast Survey and the Bureau of
Weights and Measures.
Scope and Contents
Printed report. Comparison of Weights and Measures of Length and Capacity, Reported to the Senate of the United States by
the Treasury Department in 1832 and made by Ferd. Rod. Hassler (Washington, D.C.), printed by Duff Green, 1832). (122 pages,
bound volume)
Box 10, Folder 5
Rutherford B. Hayes, Washington, D.C., letter to General R.P.K.?
1877 October 25
Biographical / Historical
Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893) was the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Sends suggestions about a situation, instructions to "keep cool." (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 6
Rutherford B. Hayes, Washington, D.C., letter to John Bright, Member of Parliament
1879 July 14
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Inviting Bright to visit the U.S. (3 pages)
Box 10, Folder 7
Rutherford B. Hayes, Washington, D.C., letter to Secretary of State William Evarts
1879 August 25
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Sending application for Counsel. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 8
Herbert Hoover, Washington, D.C., letter to Hernand Behn, New York
1930 April 15
Biographical / Historical
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) was the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation reports from South America. (1 page
and envelopes)
Box 10, Folder 9
Herbert Hoover, Washington, D.C., letter to Bishop William F. McDowell, Washington
1932 November 22
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Would like to defer delivery of radio address on world peace until February. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 10
J. Edgar Hoover, Washington, D.C., letter to J. Bernard Wells, Baltimore
1937 February 2
Biographical / Historical
J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) was the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States from
1924 to 1972.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding address by FBI Inspector L.C. Schilder to Catholic Big Brother Association in Baltimore.
(1 page)
Box 10, Folder 11
Andrew Jackson letter to Secretary of Treasury Samuel D. Ingham
1829 April 18
Biographical / Historical
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding appointments. (2 pages)
Box 10, Folder 12
Andrew Jackson, Hermitage, letter to William L. May
1837 June 1
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding accusations of May's political integrity; Jackson never doubted his attachment to Democratic
Party. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 13
Thomas Jefferson, Washington, D.C., letter to John Bartow Prevost
1804 July 20
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Appointment as judge of Superior Court, Orleans Territory. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 14
Thomas Jefferson, Washington, D.C., letter to Marquis de Lafayette
1805 March 10
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding lands in Orleans Territory. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 15
Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., letter to Ulysses S. Grant, Washington
1868 March 21
Biographical / Historical
Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) was the 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Requesting copies of his telegraph correspondence with Major General Hancock. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 16
Lyndon B. Johnson, Washington, D.C., letter to John and Ashton Gonella
1967 December 28
Biographical / Historical
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) was the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Typescript letter signed. Holiday wishes. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 17
Lyndon B. Johnson, Washington, D.C., letter to Dean Acheson
1968 April 11
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Reflections on Acheson's life and career for his 75th birthday. (4 pages)
Box 10, Folder 18
Inauguration souvenir booklet signed by John F. Kennedy to Frank Lausche
1961 February
Biographical / Historical
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) was the 35th president of the United States from 1961 to 1963.
Scope and Contents
Ephemera signed. Life magazine "Inaugural Spectacle."
Box 10, Folder 19
John F. Kennedy notes
approximately 1961 November 11
Scope and Contents
Autograph notes. Regarding remarks at Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 20
John F. Kennedy note
1962 December 14
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed on clipping of Time magazine article about Kennedy administration, published December 14, 1962. Clipping
incomplete, fisrt two pages of article only. (2 pages)
Box 10, Folder 21
John W. Kluge Prize signed program
2003 November 5
Biographical / Historical
The John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity is awarded by The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of
Congress.
Scope and Contents
Ephemera signed. Signed by James Billington, Leszek Kolakowski, John W. Kluge. (9 pages)
Box 10, Folder 22
John W. Kluge Prize (2nd) signed program
2004 December 8
Scope and Contents
Ephemera signed. Signed by Jaroslav Pelikan. (13 pages)
Box 11, Folder 1
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
1862 March 24
Biographical / Historical
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Submitting the appointment of Ward B. Burnett as a brigadier general of volunteers. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 2
Abraham Lincoln: five dollar bill signed by Helen Leale Harper, Jr.
2001 May 24
Scope and Contents
Signature of granddaughter of Dr. Charles Leale, the first doctor to attend to Lincoln after he was shot at Ford's Theater.
Box 11, Folder 3
Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Washington, D.C., letter to Kisner
1974 July 20
Biographical / Historical
Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) was the daughter of the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. She
married Congressman Nicholas Longworth in 1906.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding "Aunt Lizzie." (1 page) Includes undated note from Aunt Lizzie to Kermit Roosevelt. (2
pages with envelope)
Box 11, Folder 4
Nicholas Longworth, Washington, D.C., letter to Oscar Davis
1929 January 14
Biographical / Historical
Nicholas Longworth (1869-1931) was a U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1925 to 1931. He married
Alice Roosevelt in 1906.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Sending autograph. (1 page)
Box 21, Folder 3
Louisiana Purchase in American Mercury newspaper
1803 November 3
Scope and Contents
Front page of the American Mercury newspaper with transcription of "Treaty between the United States of America and the French
Republic" regarding the purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the U.S.
Box 11, Folder 5
Donald B. MacMillan, Provincetown, letter to Paul W. Kieser, Boston
1939 December 18
Biographical / Historical
Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970) was a U.S. lecturer and Arctic explorer.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Pitching his new lecture "Beyond the Arctic Circle." (1 page and envelope)
Box 20, Folder 22
Dolley Madison, Washington, D.C., letter to Lewis Tappan
1839 April 11
Biographical / Historical
Dolley Todd Madison (1768-1849) was the spouse of the fourth president of the United States, James Madison.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Is enclosing a letter of Rev. G.L. Bull regarding English laws on will accessibility; she mentions
"the one in question" and the Orange County Court House in Virginia, so the letter is presumably referring to Tappan's request
to see the will of James Madison. Includes seal of James Madison. Enclosure not present. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 6
Dolley Madison poem to John Quincy Adams
1842 March 26
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 7
Dolley Madison note to unidentified addressee
1849 January 12
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Personal note. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 8
James Madison approval of William Henry Harrison claim for compensation
1809 August 30
Biographical / Historical
James Madison (1751-1836) was the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Claim of William Henry Harrison for annual compensation as superintendent of the saline. Signed note with
approval by Albert Gallatin; approval with signature by James Madison. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 9
James Madison, Montpelier, letter to Richard Rush
1816 July 10
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Sending a letter from Judge Tucker; welcoming friends to Montpelier. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 10
James Madison, Montpelier, letter to Bushrod Washington
1822 December 1
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Sending his letters from George Washington. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 11
Hiram S. Maxim, Nice, letter to Richard Fleischer
1903 April 9
Biographical / Historical
Hiram Maxim (1840-1916) was a U.S. inventor who created the first automatic machine gun.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Chinese politics, characteristics. (5 pages)
Box 11, Folder 12
William McKinley, Washington, D.C., letter to William M. Laffan
1898 October 7
Biographical / Historical
William McKinley (1843-1901) was the 25th president of the United States from 1897 to 1901.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Thanking him for the information about Santiago?; General Leonard Wood in command. (1 page)
Box 21, Folder 4
James Monroe decree, Washington, D.C.
1820 May 12
Physical Description: Item was previously framed, is still mounted.
Biographical / Historical
James Monroe (1758-1831) was the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Decree by James Monroe as president excusing taxes against Patrick Durkin, regarding merchandise imported
on ship Ceres. Also signed by John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 13
James Monroe, Washington, D.C., letter to unidentified addressee
1823 June 20
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Returning a letter on a confidential matter. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 14
James Monroe, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Jared Ingersoll
1823 July 4
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding Russian claims along Pacific coast. (3 pages)
Box 11, Folder 15
James Monroe, Washington, D.C., letter to Susan Wheeler Decatur
1823 October 11
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding her late husband, Commodore Stephen Decatur. (2 pages)
Box 11, Folder 16
James Monroe, Washington, D.C., letter to Joseph Anderson
1824 November 25
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding a letter signed by Lafayette. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 17
National Library Russia exhibition pamphlet
2007
Scope and Contents
Exhibition pamphlet for "Manuscripts of Presidents and Statesmen, Representatives of Science, and Cultural Leaders of the
United States of America in the National Library of Russia… On the 200th Anniversary of Official Diplomatic Relations between
Russia and the United States of America" at the National Library of Russia and the Consulate General of the United States
of America in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Box 11, Folder 18
New Hampshire Colonization Society, report of the Board of Managers
after 1835 June 4
Scope and Contents
Published report, presented June 4, 1835. Cover signed by T.H. Miller. With annotations, underlines. (24 pages)
Box 21, Folder 1, Box 24
William Edward Newton patent with seal of Queen Victoria
1856 July 28
Physical Description: Patent with attached seal is housed separately (box 24).
Biographical / Historical
William Edward Newton (1818-1879) was a British inventor and patent agent. Queen Victoria (1819-1901) was Queen of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901.
Scope and Contents
Patent for improved instrument for taking altitudes, with attached seal (2 pages, 52 x 76 cm, 46 x 61 cm). Includes several
other documents: indenture, 1698 (23 x 64 cm); "Professor Bache Washington City or the High School Philadelphia" booklet of
mechanical diagrams, undated (10 pages, 33 x 21 cm); William Edward Newton patent, 1856 July 28 (33 x 21 cm); William Edward
Newton specifications (copy), 1857 January 26 (2 pages, 42 x 34 cm); John Stinson patent, 1855 September 18 (3 pages and two
attached drawings, 51 x 38 cm).
Box 11, Folder 19
Chester W. Nimitz photograph
approximately 1960
Biographical / Historical
Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1966) was a fleet admiral of the U.S. Navy.
Scope and Contents
Photograph portrait signed to Mike Regnier?.
Box 11, Folder 20
Richard Nixon, Washington, D.C., letter to Joseph Kaplan, Los Angeles
1969 December 2
Biographical / Historical
Richard Nixon (1913-1994) was the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Kaplan's recent honors. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 21
Richard Nixon, Washington, D.C., letter to Kika de la Garza
1972 November 21
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Nixon's election victory. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 22
Queen Noor, Washington, D.C., letter to L. Dennis Shapiro
2002 October
Biographical / Historical
Queen Noor Al-Hussein, born Lisa Najeeb Halaby (1951-), was the Queen consort of Jordan from 1978 to 1999 and is the widow
of King Hussein.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking for the copy of letter and photograph for her father, Najeeb Halaby. (1 page and envelope)
Includes letter from Megan J. Cary to L. Dennis Shapiro 2002 October 29 (1 page).
Box 11, Folder 23
Barack Obama, Washington, D.C., letter to L. Dennis Shapiro
2015 April 2
Biographical / Historical
Barack Obama (1961-) was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for the letter. (1 page and envelope)
Box 11, Folder 24
Sandra Day O'Connor, Washington, D.C., letter to Daniel Patrick Moynihan
1985 February 14
Biographical / Historical
Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-) was an attorney and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for letter about Leslie Cornfeld. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 25
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, New York, letter to Doctor Janet Travell
1968 November 21
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking Doctor Travell for her book. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 26
Robert Peary, Greenland, letter to S.S. McLure
1899 August 28
Biographical / Historical
Robert Peary Sr. (1856-1920) was a U.S. Navy officer and Arctic explorer.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Will send article on Arctic Highlanders, delayed. (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 1
Franklin Pierce, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles G. Atherton, Nashua, New Hampshire
1853 July 6
Biographical / Historical
Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) was the 14th president of the United States from 1853 to 1857.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding nepotism at 1853 Expo. (3 pages)
Box 12, Folder 2
Franklin Pierce, Washington, D.C., letter to Ann Swasey Partridge, Bristol, Pennsylvania
1855 January 10
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding her late husband, Captain Alden Partridge; power of appointments to Naval Academy. (2 pages)
Box 12, Folder 3
Franklin Pierce letter to Professor A.D. Bache
1855 June 2
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Scheduling a meeting. A.D. Bache, Superintendent of U.S. Coast Survey. (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 4
Franklin Pierce letter to Governor William Marcy
1856?
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Introducing B.C. Lee who desires conversation with him. (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 5
James K. Polk letter to Secretary of War William Marcy
1846 April 8
Biographical / Historical
James K. Polk (1795-1849) was the 11th president of the United States from 1845 to 1849.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding military nominations. Letter addressed only to "Secretary of War." (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 6
Ronald Reagan, Washington, D.C., letter to Phil Regan, Pasadena
1987 June 25
Biographical / Historical
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) was the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding G7 summit, relationship with six allies. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 23
Eleanor Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Harry Hopkins?
1939 February 4
Biographical / Historical
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was married to the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed (initialed), with handwritten corrections. Primarily regarding income tax "on my share of the fund
and the gift tax," presumably referring to the Todhunter School as the letter mentions Marion Dickerman and Bernard Baruch.
Written on White House stationary. Letter addressed to "Harry." (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 7
Eleanor Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Harry Hopkins?
1939 February 8
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding school funds. Letter addressed to "Harry." (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 8
Franklin D. Roosevelt appointment to Jesse C. Horton
1918 March 1
Biographical / Historical
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) was the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 to 1945.
Scope and Contents
Typescript document signed. Temporary appointment of Horton as Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Navy; signed by F.D.R. as Acting Secretary
of the Navy. (1 page). Also includes typescript circular letter to Horton from W.C. Braisted, 1918 June 19 (1 page) and Horton's
discharge from U.S. Naval Reserve, 1918 June 11 (stamped date), typescript document signed (1 page).
Box 12, Folder 9
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Warm Springs, letter to Dwight L. Hoopingarner
1928 February 9
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. With autograph postscript. Regarding the Manufacturer's Trust Company; board members meeting, F.D.R.
as Vice President of Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland.
Box 12, Folder 10
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Albany, letter to Harold W. Fisher, Dallas
1929 February 12
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Raising money for Harvard. (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 11
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Albany, letter to Basil O'Connor, New York
1929 March 20
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Should sell "bum securities." (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 12
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Warm Springs, letter to Basil O'Connor
1929 May 1
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding talk with "Mr. B." (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 13
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Albany, letter to Arthur Carpenter, Warm Springs, Georgia
1931 September 14
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed with autograph corrections. Regarding possible departure from New York. (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 14
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Albany, letter to Basil O'Connor, New York
1932 March 15
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding taxes, his gift to Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 15
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Frank B. McNinch
1934 July 9
Biographical / Historical
Frank R. McNinch (1873-1950) was the chairman of the Federal Power Commission from 1933 to 1937 and chairman of the Federal
Communications Commission from 1937 to 1939 in the Roosevelt administration.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Wants to establish a National Power Policy Committee within Public Works Administration. (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 16
Thomas N. McCarter memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt
1934 December 17
Scope and Contents
Typescript signed. From the president of Edison Electric Institute. (9 pages)
Box 12, Folder 17
Franklin D. Roosevelt note and Frances Perkins memo and note
1935 January 22
Biographical / Historical
Frances Perkins (1880-1965) served as Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945 in the Roosevelt administration.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note of Roosevelt with autograph memo signed added by Perkins; also Perkins autograph note signed (was attached).
Regarding discussion about social security. (1 page, 2 pages)
Box 12, Folder 18
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Frank B. McNinch
1936 September 8
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Need to reach decision on the facilities to be provided for the distribution of power from Bonneville
Dam; Senate Bill No. 4695. (2 pages)
Box 12, Folder 19
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Frances Perkins
1936 September 12
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Requesting report on wages, hours, working conditions in Navy. (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 20
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Frank B. McNinch
1936 September 17
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding possibility of a power pool or grid system in the Southeast U.S. through cooperation of
Tennessee Valley Authority and private utility interests. (1 page) Includes items stapled to letter: memo cover sheet initialed
by McNinch and copy of letter from McNinch to Roosevelt 1936 September 16.
Box 12, Folder 21
Franklin D. Roosevelt statement on rural electrification, Bonneville Dam
1936 September
Scope and Contents
Typescript (2 pages). Includes other items stapled to letter: typescript memorandum unsigned from White House (1 page), copy
of letter from McNinch to Roosevelt, 1936 September 18 (1 page), copy of letter from Roosevelt to McNinch, 1936 September
8 (2 pages).
Box 12, Folder 22
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Frank B. McNinch
1937 January 16
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Bonneville Dam power distribution, need immediate legislation. (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 23
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Frank B. McNinch
1937 January 25
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Preliminary fact-finding completed for possibilities of joint use of power transmission in Tennessee
Valley, report available. Injunction issued against the Tennessee Valley Authority precludes agreement, discontinue conferences
(1 page). Includes several items stapled to letter: copy of McNinch to Roosevelt, 1937 February 1 (1 page), note from "JEJ"
(1 page), copy of McNinch to Roosevelt, 1937 February 1 (1 page).
Box 12, Folder 24
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, letter to Elvira O'Connor
1937 October 29
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking for the letter, squash, Thanksgiving. (1 page and envelope)
Box 12, Folder 25
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to George T. Bye
1938 October 10
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding War Department records of the Civil War; availability of records to historians. (2 pages)
Box 13, Folder 1
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Archibald MacLeish
1939 June 6
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding his position as Librarian of Congress. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 2
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Clyde L. Seavey, Washington
1939 December 22
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding planting sequoia trees at Hyde Park. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 3
Basil O'Connor? letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt
1942 February 5
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Letter regarding salary of president subject to increase in income taxes. Includes docketed autograph
note of Roosevelt. (3 pages)
Box 21, Folder 5
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Arthur J. Morris, New York
1942 May 4
Physical Description: Item was previously framed and letter is still mounted.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding estate tax. (1 page and envelope)
Box 13, Folder 5
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor photograph
1942
Scope and Contents
Photograph signed by FDR with inscription "at it again!".
Box 13, Folder 6
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Elvira O'Connor, Westhampton
1943 August 28
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding 25th wedding anniversary with Basil O'Connor. (1 page and envelope)
Box 13, Folder 7
Basil O'Connor, New York, letter to Anne Brennan, Jersey City
1945 April 20
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking her for letter of sympathy. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 8
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1934 January 31
Biographical / Historical
Charles Engelhard Sr. founded a metals processing business in 1902, which handled platinum, gold, and silver. In the 1930s
he was president of the Hanovia Chemical & Manufacturing Company in Newark, New Jersey.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Thanking him for the meeting at the White House regarding the use of ultraviolet lamps at Warm Springs.
(1 page)
Box 13, Folder 9
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1934 February 5
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Is delighted Engelhard will be going to Warm Springs. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 10
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1934 March 19
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Reporting on his visit to Warm Springs and provides details on ultraviolet lamps. (2 pages)
Box 13, Folder 11
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1934 March 21
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Hoping to see him sometime soon and to seeing the new apparatus at Warm Springs. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 12
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, Newark
1934 May 23
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for the gift of lamps to Warm Springs. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 13
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1934 May 28
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding the proposed silver bill before Congress (most likely the Silver Purchase Act of 1934).
(2 pages)
Box 13, Folder 14
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1935 May 20
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding a new international gold standard and gold and silver as part of the international economy.
(3 pages)
Box 13, Folder 15
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1935 May 23
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of May 20. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 16
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1935 July 20
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding the administration's monetary policies, including on gold and silver, and tax laws. (4
pages)
Box 13, Folder 17
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1935 July 26
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Is showing his letter to Secretary Morgenthau. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 18
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park
1935 September 11
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Reporting on his trip to Europe, discusses U.S. gold and silver policies. (3 pages)
Box 13, Folder 19
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1935 September 19
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of September 11. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 20
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park
1935 September 20
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Submitting a donation of $10,000 to combat polio. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 21
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1935 October 2
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for the donation. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 22
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1935 October 16
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Is forwarding his response to a questionnaire regarding silver and gold issue from Senator Thomas.
(1 page, no enclosure)
Box 13, Folder 23
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1935 October 31
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for the copy of his letter to Senator Thomas, is bringing it to the attention of the
Secretary of the Treasury. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 24
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park
1935 November 4
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding silver and gold monetary policies, economic situation in Europe and China. (5 pages)
Box 13, Folder 25
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Warm Springs, Georgia, letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1935 November 22
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. The questions raised in his letter of November 4 are receiving close attention from the administration.
(1 page)
Box 13, Folder 26
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1935 December 3
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Letter in praise of Roosevelt's policies and accomplishments; situation in China and Japan. (3 pages)
Box 14, Folder 1
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1935 December 11
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Read his letter of December 3 with great deal of interest. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 2
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1935 December 11
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Hoping for a new international gold standard and flexible silver purchasing system. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 3
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1935 December 19
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for letter of December 11. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 4
Charles Engelhard telegram to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1936 January 30
Scope and Contents
Sending birthday wishes. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 5
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1936 February 5
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for birthday greetings. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 6
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1936 February 25
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Praises Roosevelt's monetary policies, discusses silver and gold, international matters. (3 pages)
Box 14, Folder 7
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1936 March 11
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter, will consider his suggestions. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 8
Charles Engelhard telegram to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1936 June 30
Scope and Contents
Congratulating him on his address at Franklin Field, Philadelphia. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 9
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1936 June 2
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding silver and gold policies, government debt. (3 pages)
Box 14, Folder 10
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1936 June 17
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his comments in letter of June 2. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 11
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1936 July 2
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his generous message. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 12
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1936 September 12
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding economic situation in Europe. (3 pages)
Box 14, Folder 13
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1936 September 16
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Delighted to receive his letter. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 14
Charles Engelhard telegram to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1936 September 30
Scope and Contents
Praising his Syracuse speech. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 15
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1936 October 3
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his message. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 16
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1936 December 2
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Sending sympathy for the death of Roosevelt's bodyguard and friend, Gus Gennerich. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 17
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1936 December 16
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his note of sympathy. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 18
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1937 June 5
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding the price of gold and silver. (2 pages) Includes copy of letter Roosevelt to Engelhard,
1937 June 16 expressing appreciation for Engelhard's letters. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 19
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1937 June 16
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Expressing appreciation for Engelhard's letters. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 20
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1937 September 14
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding economic situation in Europe. (3 pages)
Box 14, Folder 21
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1937 September 18
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of September 14. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 22
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1937 November 8
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding election, international politics, situation in Europe and conflict between China and Japan.
(2 pages)
Box 14, Folder 23
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1937 November 12
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for the letter of November 8. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 24
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1937 December 7
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding prices of gold and silver. (2 pages)
Box 14, Folder 25
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1937 December 24
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Wishing his family a happy Christmas and New Year; enclosing a donation to the Georgia Warm Springs
Foundation. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 1
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1937 December 29
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of December 7. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 2
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1938 January 4
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his donation to the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, asking if he would become
a board member of the organization. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 3
Charles Engelhard invitation to White House reception
1938 January 18
Scope and Contents
Ephemera. Includes ticket for Northwest Gate.
Box 15, Folder 4
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1938 January 25
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Expressing his approval of Roosevelt's tax policies and his views on the need to support private
enterprise; discusses gold and silver policies, situation in China. (4 pages)
Box 15, Folder 5
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1938 February 5
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Responding to his letter of January 23; notes that his recommendations for tax revisions were not
as sweeping as Engelhard expressed. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 6
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1938 February 24
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding Hitler and Germany, war between China and Japan, silver policies. (3 pages)
Box 15, Folder 7
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1938 March 9
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of February 24. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 8
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1938 March 22
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding the situation in Europe, gold and silver policies. (3 pages)
Box 15, Folder 9
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1938 April 5
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of March 22. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 10
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1938 June 14
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Expressing admiration for the president and his administration. Situation in Europe, world economy,
gold standard and silver prices. (3 pages)
Box 15, Folder 11
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1938 June 16
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of June 14. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 12
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1938 July 12
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding the situation in Europe. (2 pages)
Box 15, Folder 13
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1938 August 4
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of July 12. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 14
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1938 September 6
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding the situation in Europe, especially Germany; gold and silver policies. (4 pages)
Box 15, Folder 15
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1938 September 22
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of September 6. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 16
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1938 October 28
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding situation in Europe, China and Japan; war debts, gold and silver policies. (3 pages)
Box 15, Folder 17
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1938 November 16
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding situation in Europe, Germany; war debt, gold standard. (2 pages)
Box 15, Folder 18
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Warm Springs, Georgia, letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1938 November 23
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of October 28. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 19
Treasury Department press release
1939 March 23
Scope and Contents
Typescript report. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr.'s responses to questions from Senator Robert L. Wagner regarding
U.S. monetary policies, gold. (28 pages)
Separated Materials
Originally enclosed in Franklin D. Roosevelt letter to Charles Engelhard, 1939 May 8 (folder 20).
Box 15, Folder 20
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1939 May 8
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of April 20; is sending press release of correspondence between Senator
Wagner and Secretary Morgenthau, 1939 March 23. (1 page)
Separated Materials
Enclosure of Treasury Department press release, 1939 March 23 is in folder 19.
Box 15, Folder 21
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1939 September 1
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Reporting on his recent trip to Europe, especially Germany and Hitler. (4 pages)
Box 15, Folder 22
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1939 September 26
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of September 1 and his report of conditions in Europe. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 23
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1939 October 30
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding China and Japan, Germany and Hitler, gold standard, silver pricing. (3 pages)
Box 15, Folder 24
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1939 November 18
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for this letter of October 30. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 25
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1939 December 19
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding U.S. foreign policies, monetary situation. (2 pages)
Box 16, Folder 1
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1939 December 26
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of December 19 and for the donation to the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation.
(1 page)
Box 16, Folder 2
Charles Engelhard telegram to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1940 January 30
Scope and Contents
Telegram. Sending birthday and new year's wishes. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 3
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1940 February 1
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for the birthday telegram. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 4
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1940 March 15
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding gold and silver policies, situation in Europe. (4 pages)
Box 16, Folder 5
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1940 March 25
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding gold and silver policies. (2 pages)
Box 16, Folder 6
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1940 April 11
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letters of March 15 and 25, has referred them to the secretary of treasury.
(1 page)
Box 16, Folder 7
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1940 April 22
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding gold and silver policies, nitrate, the war. (3 pages)
Box 16, Folder 8
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1940 May 11
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding the war and Hitler, gold and silver. (2 pages)
Box 16, Folder 9
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1940 May 15
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of April 22 and telegram of May 1, has referred them to the Treasury
Department. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 10
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1940 May 27
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Acknowledging his letter of May 11. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 11
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1940 May 27
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding the war, gold and silver policies. (2 pages)
Box 16, Folder 12
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1940 June 7
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of June 7, has referred his comments to the Treasury Department. (1
page)
Box 16, Folder 13
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1940 July 8
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding situation in Asia, Europe, gold and silver policies. (2 pages)
Box 16, Folder 14
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1940 July 22
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Congratulating Roosevelt on his nomination for a third term as president. Regarding Hitler, National
Committee for the Recovery of War Debts. (2 pages)
Box 16, Folder 15
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1940 July 25
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of July 8. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 16
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1940 July 26
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his message of congratulations. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 17
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1940 September 4
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Regarding U.S. monetary policies, gold and silver. (3 pages)
Box 16, Folder 18
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1940 September 21
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of September 4; critics of the government's policies have nothing to
offer. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 19
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1940 November 14
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Congratulating him on his electoral victory, discusses the state of the war. (3 pages)
Box 16, Folder 20
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1940 December 16
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his letter of November 14. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 21
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1940 December 27
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his Christmas wishes and donation to the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 22
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1941 February 4
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his birthday greetings. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 23
Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C.
1942 December 24
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter (copy). Wishing him and Mrs. Roosevelt a happy Christmas and New Year, sending a donation to the Georgia
Warm Springs Foundation. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 24
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Engelhard, New York
1942 December 29
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Thanking him for his donation to the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 1
Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Paul Dana, New York
1902 February 5
Biographical / Historical
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed with added autograph note. Letter to editor of New York Sun regarding the Winfield Scott Schley case.
(1 page)
Box 17, Folder 2
Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Eugene A. Philbin, New York
1903 December 2
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding his appointment on investigative commission; attacks on Commissioner Williams. (2 pages)
Box 17, Folder 3
Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Berkeley
1904 October 31
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Washington Post article. Includes added autograph note. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 4
Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Sereno E. Pratt, New York
1906 March 3
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. To the editor of Wall Street Journal regarding appreciation of article 1906 March 2, Roosevelt's
popularity. Includes autograph edits. (3 pages) Also includes copy/draft of response of March 6 presumably from Pratt, unsigned
typescript with autograph edits. (2 pages)
Box 17, Folder 5
Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Lyman Abbott, New York
1906 April 12
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. To the editor of the Outlook regarding Roosevelt's "Man with Muck-rake" speech. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 6
Theodore Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, letter to General C.C. Sniffen
1907 September 14
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Thanking for letter of Andrew Jackson. (2 pages)
Box 17, Folder 7
Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Brigadier General Alexander Mackenzie, Washington
1907 November 13
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. On conference for conservation of natural resources; Inland Waterways Commission. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 8
Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, letter to Fred L. Gray, Minneapolis
1908 August 10
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed, with printed copy of Fred L. Gray letter of August 8. Regarding attacks in publications. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 9
Theodore Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, letter to Miss Coville
1911 April 2
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Best wishes for marriage. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 10
Richard Rush, Washington, D.C., letter to Daniel Webster, Boston
1829 April 1
Biographical / Historical
Richard Rush (1780-1859) was the eighth Attorney General and the 8th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding opportunities in England. (6 pages)
Box 17, Folder 11
Richard Rush, Paris, letter to Commodore George C. Read
1848 August 28
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter from the Secretary of Treasury to the Commander of U.S. Naval Forces in the Mediterranean.
Rush states he has acted upon Reed's communication and has recommended an increase in U.S. forces in the Mediterranean to
the Secretary of State. (3 pages)
Box 17, Folder 12
Ernest Shackleton Nimrod expedition map signed
after 1909 October 21
Language of Material: Program in French.
Biographical / Historical
Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) was a British Antarctic explorer.
Scope and Contents
Societe Royale de Geographie D'Anvers reception map of Nimrod expedition signed by Shackleton. (3 pages)
Box 17, Folder 13
Ernest Shackleton, London, letter to Grand Duchess ? of Russia
1910 December 19
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Introducing his friend Harry Brittain who is traveling in St. Petersburg. (3 pages) Was enclosure
to autograph letter signed from Brittain to Grand Duchess, approximately 1910 December, also included. (2 pages)
Box 17, Folder 14
Ernest Shackleton, South Georgia, letter to Miss Brookes
1914 November 28
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Thanking her for interest and assistance for expedition. In hand of and postscript by Thomas Orde-Lees; on
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition letterhead. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 15
Leland Stanford, Palo Alto, letter to C.S. Haley, Newark, California
1891 May 19
Biographical / Historical
Leland Stanford (1824-1893) was a U.S. Senator from 1885 to 1893, Governor of California from 1862 to 1863, industrialist,
and founder of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Is forwarding citizens petitions to Congress. (1 page and envelope)
Box 17, Folder 16
Clipping from Leslie's Weekly Advertiser "A Presidential Hurry Call" by Robert D. Heinl regarding son of William H. Taft
1910?
Biographical / Historical
William H. Taft (1857-1930) was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the 10th Chief Justice of the
U.S. Supreme Court from 1921 to 1930.
Scope and Contents
Clipping regarding Taft's son Robert's involvement in a car accident, Dr. Samuel Mixter. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 17
Charles Norton, Beverly, Massachusetts, letter to Doctor Samuel J. Mixter, Swampscott
1910 August 8
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Letter from President Taft's secretary regarding bill for accident victim in Robert Taft incident. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 18
William Howard Taft, Beverly, Massachusetts, letter to Doctor Samuel J. Mixter, Swampscott
1910 August 13
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding Mixter's reluctance to submit a bill for services to accident victim. (3 pages and envelope)
Box 17, Folder 19
Charles Norton, Washington, letter to Doctor Samuel J. Mixter
1910 October 28
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter from President Taft's secretary, sending check for services for Mrs. Norton. (3 pages)
Box 17, Folder 20
William Howard Taft lease for property in Beverly, Massachusetts
1910 November 7
Scope and Contents
Typescript document signed by Taft. Regarding his estate in Beverly, Massachusetts. (3 pages)
Box 17, Folder 21
William Howard Taft, Beverly, Massachusetts, letter to Mrs. Rufus H. Thayer, London
1912 October 17
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Regarding her illness; Taft's second election, assassination attempt of Theodore Roosevelt. (2 pages)
Box 17, Folder 22
William Howard Taft, New Haven, letter to Robert L. O'Brien
1914 December 8
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Sending lecture remarks on improvement of military defenses to Boston Herald. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 23
William Howard Taft, Washington, D.C., letter to Russell Chittenden
1919 May 25
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding house rental. (2 pages)
Box 17, Folder 24
William Howard Taft, Montreal, letter to General Felix Agnus
1921 March 21
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Will talk to President about Judge Leser. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 25
Zachary Taylor, Baton Rouge, letter to Henry C. Wiley
1848 August 5
Biographical / Historical
Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th president of the United States from 1849 to 1850. He served as Major General in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding autograph request. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 26
Zachary Taylor, Washington, D.C., letter to Joseph Grinnell, New Bedford
1849 October 12
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Regrets for speaking invitation. (2 pages)
Box 18, Folder 1
William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, Glasgow, letter to William E. Gladstone
1898 March 17
Biographical / Historical
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907) was a British physicist and engineer.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Requesting votes at Athenaeum. (1 page)
Box 18, Folder 2
Harry S. Truman engraving
undated
Biographical / Historical
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) was the 33rd president of the United States from 1945 to 1953.
Scope and Contents
Portrait signed by Truman.
Box 18, Folder 3
Harry S. Truman, Washington, D.C., letter to Basil O'Connor
1946 May 6
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding estate of Franklin D. Roosevelt, requesting papers on foreign policies, State Department
access. (1 page and envelope)
Box 18, Folder 4
Harry S. Truman, Key West, letter to Howard McGrath, Washington
1950 March 20
Physical Description: Includes autograph note added.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Letter to Attorney General about confidential files argument. (1 page and envelope)
Box 18, Folder 5
Harry S. Truman, Washington, D.C., letter to George Allen
1951 September 2
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding travel plans, library site. (1 page)
Box 18, Folder 6
Harry S. Truman, Kansas City, letter to Leonard Lyons, New York
1955 September 14
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Doesn't want any further controversies with Nixon, leave political reference out of column, New
York Post. (1 page)
Box 18, Folder 7
Harry S. Truman, Kansas City, letter to Charles L. Ruby, Fullerton, California
1956 August 2
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding forged signature on dollar bill; returning bills. (1 page and envelope, also $1 bill)
Box 18, Folder 8
Harry S. Truman, Independence, letter to Teddy W. Diener, Kansas City
1965 September 7
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding invitation to walk with daughter. (1 page)
Box 18, Folder 9
Harry S. Truman, Independence, letter to Basil O'Connor, Warm Springs
1967 November 24
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Congratulations on 40th anniversary of Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. (1 page)
Box 18, Folder 10
John Tyler, Washington, D.C., letter to I.G. Miller
1842 August 13
Biographical / Historical
John Tyler (1790-1850) was the 10th president of the United States from 1841 to 1845.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding politics. (3 pages)
Box 18, Folder 11
John Tyler, Washington, D.C., letter to Doctor Robert M. Patterson
1842 November 1
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding the Mint. (1 page)
Box 18, Folder 12
John Tyler letter to Secretary of the Navy John Mason
1844 April 11
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding shoes for the marines. Letter addressed only to "Secretary of the Navy." (1 page and addressed
cover)
Box 18, Folder 13
John Tyler, Sherwood Forest, Virginia, letter to Doctor Conway
1845 June 3
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding clerkship for Conway. (2 pages)
Box 18, Folder 14
Martin Van Buren, Washington, D.C., letter to Anne Atherton
1838 May 7
Biographical / Historical
Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) was the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Thanking for the present. (3 pages and envelope)
Box 18, Folder 15
Martin Van Buren letter to Edwin? Croswell
1838 November 19
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding "keeping our friend at Albany." Date added later. (1 page)
Box 18, Folder 16
Order for penalty for importing an enslaved person into the United States
1839 February 21
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed (form, filled in). Signed by Martin Van Buren. Authorization to Secretary of State of penalty to
Monroe Edwards for bringing an enslaved person into the U.S., Port of New Orleans, from a foreign country. (1 page)
Box 18, Folder 17
Martin Van Buren letter to John Letcher
1840 July 9
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding copy of speech. (3 pages)
Box 18, Folder 18
Martin Van Buren, Washington, D.C., letter to John Fairfield, Augusta, Maine
1840 October 8
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. To the governor of Maine regarding the loss of his position, final months of office. (2 pages)
Box 18, Folder 19
George Washington, Mount Vernon, letter to John Langdon
1788 April 2
Biographical / Historical
George Washington (1732-1799) was the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was Commander in Chief of
the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding constitutional convention, proposed constitution, New Hampshire. (1 page)
Box 18, Folder 20
George Washington, Mount Vernon, letter to Alexander Hamilton
1790 October 3
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed, possibly letter book copy. (1 page)
Box 18, Folder 21
George Washington, Wilmington, letter to James Maury
1795 October 20
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Requesting seeds. (2 pages)
Box 22
Jedidiah Morse eulogy of George Washington
1800
Scope and Contents
Proceedings of the Town of Charlestown, in the County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in Respectful Testimony
of the Distinguished Talents and Preeminent Virtues of the Late George Washington (1800). Includes A Prayer and Sermon, Delivered
at Charlestown, December 31, 1799; on the Death of George Washington... by Jedidiah Morse. (106 pages, bound volume)
Box 18, Folder 22
Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C., letter to George T. Jenkins, Baltimore
1914 January 13
Biographical / Historical
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1923) was the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Regarding Bishop Wilson. (1 page)
Box 18, Folder 23
Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C., letter to Mary Hoyt
1914 August 25
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Letter to his cousin regarding Wilson's recently deceased wife Ellen. (2 pages and envelope)
Box 18, Folder 24
Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles P. Howry
1915 March 9
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter signed. Accepting his resignation. (1 page and envelope)
Box 18, Folder 25
Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C., letter to Herbert Bayard Swope
1916 July 19
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Response to his request for advice on jobs. (1 page) Includes two draft copies (typescript and manuscript)
of Swope to Wilson. (4 pages)
Box 18, Folder 26
Walter Winchell draft accounts
probably 1967 June 23
Biographical / Historical
Walter Winchell (1897-1972) was a newspaper gossip columnist and radio commentator.
Scope and Contents
Two draft typescripts of account of President Lyndon B. Johnson's visit to Los Angeles and speech at the Century Plaza Hotel
on June 23, 1967. Drafts are different versions of the same account, one with handwritten corrections and additions by Winchell.
(6 pages)
Box 23
Presidential portraits
Scope and Contents
Primarily etchings or copies of etchings, also one photograph print (Roosevelt). Forty-one items total, arranged alphabetically.
Presidents represented include: John Adams (1), John Quincy Adams (8), Chester A. Arthur (1), James Buchanan (1), Grover Cleveland
(1), Millard Fillmore (1), James Garfield (3), Ulysses S. Grant (2), William Henry Harrison (1), Rutherford B. Hayes (1),
Andrew Jackson (1), Thomas Jefferson (2), Andrew Johnson (1), Abraham Lincoln (2), James Madison (2), William McKinley (1),
James Monroe (1), Franklin Pierce (2), James K. Polk (1), Theodore Roosevelt (2), Zachary Taylor (2), John Tyler (1), George
Washington (2). Also includes an etching of Martha Washington (1).
Also included in this box are etching copies and portrait photocopies, primarily of U.S. presidents, which Shapiro used as
section markers in his collection binders or framed with some individual letters. In addition, there are copies of portraits
of Abigail Adams and Dolley Madison, and a photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt, which were included in the addenda gift of February
2022.