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3 July 1900
McKinley, William (1843-1901)
to John Hay
Text reads: "Hay. Instructions to Ambassadors in China defining the attitude of the United States. Approved". Written on Executive Mansion stationery.
GLC03995
16 January 1904
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
to Paul H. Lacey
Discusses his desire for a Square Deal for all Americans. Severely faded. Typed on White House letterhead.
GLC04078
1921
Edmonston
[Signed photograph of President Warren G. Harding and his cabinet]
Signed by President Harding and Vice President Calvin Coolidge. Also signed by his cabinet: Herbert Hoover, Charles E. Hughes, Andrew W. Mellon, John W. Weeks, Harry M. Daugherty, Will H. Hays, Edwin Denby, Albert B. Fall, Henry C. Wallace, and...
GLC04097
20 December 1916
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)
[Appointment of John J. Pershing to Major General]
Commission to begin on September 25, 1916. Countersigned by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. Stamp indicating receipt by the Adjutant General's office dated 6 January 1917 and signed by H.P. Milam as Adjutant General. Dated when Pershing commanded...
GLC04460
11 May 1920
[Presidential sentence commutation for Richard E. Polen, who was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon 7 December 1912]
Richard Polen was convicted in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and sentenced to ten years in the State penitentiary at Baltimore, Maryland. The judgment was affirmed by the Court of Appeals and Polen began serving his sentence November...
GLC04544
22 April 1919
[Presidential commutation of the sentence of Otto Bruno Reichelt, convicted of violating the Espionage Act on 4 October 1918]
Reichelt was convicted in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey, for violation of the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917, and sentenced to eight years in the State Penitentiary at Baltimore, Maryland. Wilson commuted his sentence to end at once, no...
GLC04549
3 August 1920
Harding, Warren G. (1865-1923)
to Clarence Atwood Nado
Written on Senate stationery, thanking him for his message of congratulation -- apparently for being nominated to the presidency.
GLC04675.30
18 June 1916
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)
to Jose E. Pidgeon
On Navy Dept. stationery, as Assistant Sec. of the Navy. FDR writes that he is unable to supply service records for Marine Harold E. Starrett (since he is on active duty) and suggests contacting his naval base in Haiti.
GLC04675.33
8 May 1922
to Martin B. Madden
Transmitting the report of the Director of the Budget for the fiscal year ending 30 June 1922, "prepared in response to...House Resolution 285," to an Illinois congressman. Discusses reductions in government costs and expenditures and concludes that...
GLC04678
27 August 1908
to Herbert Parsons
Denies charges of undue influence by hand writing "I have no intention of 'forcing' the nomination or of trying to; but that, unless you object, I should like, as a good Republican and party man and a staunch believer...." Envelope is not original...
GLC04930
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