Presidential Items List


GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799)

3 items available

  1. George Washington's first inaugural address, 30 April 1789 (George Washington Papers).
  2. Letter, Benedict Arnold to George Washington pleading for mercy for his wife, 25 September 1780 (George Washington Papers).
  3. Enclosure, John Hancock to George Washington concerning the reading of the Declaration of Independence to the Revolutionary army, 4 July 1776 (George Washington Papers).

JOHN ADAMS (1735-1826)

2 items available

  1. Letter, John Adams to Thomas Jefferson describing the cordial greeting he received from King George III as the first American minister to Great Britain, 3 June 1785 (Thomas Jefferson Papers).
  2. Letter, John Adams to federal department heads ordering the relocation of government offices from Philadelphia to the District of Columbia, 15 May 1800 (United States Commissioners of the City of Washington Records).

THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826)

9 items available

  1. Letter, John Adams to Thomas Jefferson describing the cordial greeting he received from King George III as the first American minister to Great Britain, 3 June 1785 (Thomas Jefferson Papers).
  2. Thomas Jefferson's drawing of a macaroni machine and instructions for making pasta, ca. 1787 (Thomas Jefferson Papers).
  3. Letter, James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, partially written in cipher with translation by Jefferson, 23 May 1789 (James Madison Papers).
  4. Letter, Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Banneker expressing his belief that blacks possess talents equal to those of "other colours of men," 30 August 1791 (Thomas Jefferson Papers).
  5. Thomas Jefferson's design for a plow, ca. 1794 (Thomas Jefferson Papers).
  6. Subpoena served on Thomas Jefferson to testify at Aaron Burr's trial for treason, 13 June 1807 (Aaron Burr Papers).
  7. Sales contract between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison for an indentured servant's remaining term, 19 April 1809 (Carter G. Woodson Collection).
  8. Letter, Thomas Jefferson to William Plumer regarding the Dartmouth College case, 21 July 1816 (Thomas Jefferson Papers).
  9. Letter, James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson seeking foreign policy advice, 17 October 1823 (Thomas Jefferson Papers).

JAMES MADISON (1751-1836)

2 items available

  1. Letter, James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, partially written in cipher with translation by Jefferson, 23 May 1789 (James Madison Papers).
  2. Sales contract between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison for an indentured servant's remaining term, 19 April 1809 (Carter G. Woodson Collection).

JAMES MONROE (1758-1831)

1 item available

  1. Letter, James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson seeking foreign policy advice, 17 October 1823 (Thomas Jefferson Papers).

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767-1848)

1 item available

  1. Henry Clay's appointment as secretary of state, 7 March 1825 (Henry Clay Papers).

ANDREW JACKSON (1767-1845)

2 items available

  1. Henry Clay's appointment as secretary of state, 7 March 1825 (Henry Clay Papers).
  2. Letter, Andrew Jackson to Martin Van Buren discussing the nullification crisis, 13 January 1833 (Martin Van Buren Papers).

MARTIN VAN BUREN (1782-1862)

1 item available

  1. Letter, Andrew Jackson to Martin Van Buren discussing the nullification crisis, 13 January 1833 (Martin Van Buren Papers).

JAMES K. POLK (1795-1849)

1 item available

  1. Retained copy of letter, James K. Polk to the Committee of the Democratic National Convention accepting the Democratic presidential nomination, [12 June 1844] (James K. Polk Papers).

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865)

8 items available

  1. Page of Abraham Lincoln's student sum book, ca. 1824-26 (Herndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana).
  2. Letter, Abraham Lincoln to Mary S. Owens reflecting the frustration of courtship, 16 August 1837 (Abraham Lincoln Papers).
  3. Draft of Abraham Lincoln's instructions to Maj. Robert Anderson in command at Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina, 4 April 1861 (Abraham Lincoln Papers).
  4. Letter, Mary Todd Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln advising her husband to remove the hesitant Gen. George B. McClellan from command, 2 November [1862] (Abraham Lincoln Papers).
  5. Ulysses S. Grant's commission as lieutenant general signed by Abraham Lincoln, 10 March 1864 (Ulysses S. Grant Papers).
  6. Letter, Abraham Lincoln to Charles Sumner outlining the president's belief that the dependents of black and white soldiers should be treated equally, 19 May 1864 (Abraham Lincoln Papers).
  7. Charles Wellington Reed's pencil sketch of Abraham Lincoln at City Point, Virginia, 1865 (Charles Wellington Reed Papers).
  8. Letter and corrected reprint of Walt Whitman's "O Captain, My Captain" with comments by author, 9 February 1888 (Walt Whitman Collection).

ULYSSES S. GRANT (1822-1885)

1 item available

  1. Ulysses S. Grant's commission as lieutenant general signed by Abraham Lincoln, 10 March 1864 (Ulysses S. Grant Papers).

JAMES A. GARFIELD (1831-1881)

1 item available

  1. New Year's greeting from presidential assassin Charles Julius Guiteau to his jailer, 31 December 1881 (Charles Guiteau Collection).

THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858-1919)

1 item available

  1. Letter with illustrated fable, Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., 11 July 1890 (Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Papers).

WOODROW WILSON (1856-1924)

1 item available

  1. Woodrow Wilson's speech notes, in shorthand, for his "Fourteen Points" address, [8 January 1918] (Woodrow Wilson Papers).

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (1882-1945)

2 items available

  1. Letter, Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter White detailing the First Lady's lobbying efforts for federal action against lynchings, 19 March 1936 (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records).
  2. Letter, Franklin D. Roosevelt to J. Robert Oppenheimer thanking the physicist and his colleagues for their ongoing secret atomic research, 29 June 1943 (J. Robert Oppenheimer Papers).

JOHN F. KENNEDY (1917-1963)

3 items available

  1. Letter, John F. Kennedy to Clare Boothe Luce thanking the congresswoman for a good luck coin, 29 September [1942] (Clare Boothe Luce Papers).
  2. Letter, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy to Toni Frissell discussing Frissell's photographs of the Kennedys' September 1953 wedding reception in Newport, Rhode Island, [1953] (Toni Frissell Collection).
  3. "Dedication," Robert Frost's presidential inaugural poem, 20 January 1961. Typescript with Frost's holograph script corrections in ink and Stewart Udall's holograph clarifications in pencil on the last page (Stewart L. Udall Collection).

Presidency | Words and Deeds

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