169
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ARTHUR, CHESTER A. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as President,
appointing Theodore D. Wilson Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair and
Chief Constructor in the Navy. Countersigned by Secretary of the Navy William H. Hunt.
12x16 inches; some loss to paper seal.
Washington, 3 March 1882
[600/900]
170
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BUCHANAN, JAMES. Autograph Letter Signed, to “Mrs. William Brown,” con-
fessing that he cannot recall having met Mr. Brown in ‘62 and remarking that “he must
have changed from what he had been in former years if he became ‘weak in mind &
memory’ at the date of his will. . . .” 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank; minor scattered soil-
ing.
“Wheatland near Lancaster,” 4 May 1867
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171
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CLEVELAND, GROVER. Autograph Letter Signed, as Governor, to Charles W.
McCann, sending thanks for a box of cigars, expressing his lack of aptitude for hunting
deer, and hoping that incorrect newspaper reports would be corrected concerning the
death of his personal physician. 3
1
/
2
pages, 8vo, written on a single folded sheet; moderate
soiling to terminal page (dark vertical fold through signature).
Buffalo, 15 August 1883
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. . . I shall . . . have many a cheerful smoke in the woods with thoughts of good friends left
behind in the haunts of civilization.
“
I cannot promise to find you any venison . . . . You see I have not the utmost confidence in
the prevalence of deer nor in my ability to kill them.
“
I wish the mistake that has been made in the papers to the effect that Dr. [Jacob Simmons]
Mosher was one of my party might be corrected. He was my friend and I loved him and am
much afflicted by his sudden death; . . .”
Jacob Simmons Mosher (1834-1883), Cleveland’s personal physician while Governor, died of
heart failure in his home on August 13.
172
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CLEVELAND, GROVER. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as President,
commission appointing Theodore D. Wilson Naval Constructor in the Navy.
Countersigned by Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney. 11
1
/
2
x18 inches; some loss to
seal.
Washington, 20 December 1886
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CLEVELAND, GROVER. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as President,
commission appointing Henry D. Wilson Passed Assistant Surgeon in the Navy.
Countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert. 18
1
/
2
x14
1
/
2
inches; moderate
foxing in top and bottom margins, paper seal intact.
Washington, 26 February 1897
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