Sale 2519 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, October 10, 2019

INCLUDES WASHINGTON, ADAMS, JEFFERSON, AND LINCOLN 74 c   (ALBUM—PRESIDENTS.) Auto- graph album containing 30 items, each Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, by one of the first 32 U.S. Presidents, mostly DsS, many as President, each hinged or mounted to its own leaf, some folded to fit, most pre- ceded by one or two etched portraits inlaid or mounted and bound in.With documents from Zachary Taylor and Andrew Johnson, each with secretarial or stamped signature. The album, calligraphic title-page. Folio, crushed morocco with gilt Great Seal on front cover and gilt titling on spine by Stike- man & Co., front board detached, rubbing to edges with some loss to a raised band; top edge gilt, others uncut; cloth slipcase. Vp, 1775-1932 [30,000/40,000] George Washington. ADS, in the third person within the text, receipt issued to Isaac Edwards: “Feb’y 3’d 1775.Then received from GeorgeWashington for, and on acc’t of Mr. Edw’d Snicken the Sum of Twenty Pounds Virg’a Currency.” Additionally signed by Edwards. 1 / 2 page, 3 1 / 2 x4 3 / 4 inches; inlaid, mounted along one edge to a larger sheet, faint scattered staining, docketing on verso. Np, 3 February 1775 * John Adams. Partly-printed DS, four-language ship’s papers for the schooner Skjoldebrand . Countersigned by Timothy Pickering. 15 1 / 2 x19 inches; torn into three pieces (without loss). Philadelphia, 14 November 1798 *Thomas Jefferson. Partly-printed DS,“Th: Jefferson,” four-language ship’s papers for the brig Pres- ident . Countersigned by James Madison. 18x22 1 / 4 inches; few separations at folds and small holes at edges expertly repaired. [Washington], 27 July 1805 * James Madison. Partly-printed DS, four-language ship’s papers for the ship Amiable Matilda . Countersigned by Robert Smith. 16 1 / 2 x20 inches; two holes at lower left and right repaired with paper. [Washington], 11 August 1809 * James Monroe. Partly-printed vellum DS, passport for the brig Ranger . Countersigned by John Quincy Adams. 14x9 1 / 2 inches. [Washington], 20 June 1823 * John Quincy Adams. Partly-printed vellum DS, “J.Q. Adams,” patent for “a Machine for grinding Apples for the manufacture of Cider, called the Apple-grinder,” issued to Hendrick E. Paine & S. Horace Russell. Countersigned by Henry Clay. 1 page, 14x10 1 / 2 inches.Washington, 5 March 1827 * Andrew Jackson. Partly-printed vellum DS, passport for the ship Two Brothers . Countersigned by John Forsyth. 14x10 inches. [Washington], 8 October 1835 * Martin Van Buren. Partly-printed vellum DS, “M.VanBuren,” appointing James W. Ripley Major of Ordnance. Countersigned by Joel R. Poinsett. 17 1 / 2 x13 1 / 2 inches.Washington, 1 April 1839 *William Henry Harrison. ALS, “Will’m H Harrison,” to James T. Eubank, explaining that money for Quartermaster purchases can be drawn by Bryson and how it should be applied. 1 page, oblong 8vo, with integral blank. Cincinnati, 30 May 1812 * John Tyler. DS, pardoning a mail carrier convicted of abandoning the mail. Countersigned by John C. Calhoun. 2 pages, folio, written on recto and verso of single sheet.Washington, 7 December 1844 * James K. Polk. Part- ly-printed vellum DS, appointing aVice Consul of Brazil at Baltimore. Countersigned by James Buchanan. 12 3 / 4 x14 1 / 2 inches. Washington, 18 October 1847 * Millard Fillmore. LS, to Editor of the Sullivan CountyWhig , sending a notice for publication [not present] and arranging payment. 1 page, 4to, pale blue paper.Albany, 29 June 1848 * Franklin Pierce. Partly-printed DS, pardoning Henry Byrle, alias Murphy. 1 page, 4to, pale blue paper, with integral blank.Washington, 6 June 1855 * James Buchanan.ALS, to “My dear Sir,” reporting that President Polk would nominate him chargé d’affaires to Sardinia. 1 page, 4to.Wash- ington, 11 November 1847 * Abraham Lincoln. Partly-printed DS, unaccomplished maritime passport. PRESIDENTS LOTS 74 - 128