Northwestern Charles Deering McCormick University Library Library of Special Collections Evanston, Illinois 60208-2300 U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents Correspondence and Documents W. Clement Stone donated this collection of correspondence, documents and autographs to the McCormick Library in 1996. Materials have been arranged chronologically according to presidential administrations, with President and Vice President of each term appearing together. Correspondence or documents of Vice Presidents who later served as President appear in separate folders. However, materials were not necessarily generated during an executive's term of office. Following the sequence of correspondence for U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents through the term of the Nixon/Agnew administration is a second correspondence series consisting of presidents pro-tempore of the U.S. Senate and presidents of particular administrations which held a prominent place in the history of the United States. These include Elias Boudinot, president of the Continental Congress, Sam Houston, president of Texas, and Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America. This second series is also in chronological order according to term of office. Included with many of the letters, documents or autograph signatures are short biographical sketches, transcriptions of holograph items, and reproductions of photographs or engravings. The McCormick Library also has correspondence of some of these prominent statesmen in other collections. If additional holdings exist, a citation note has been added to this guide. Box 1 Presidents and Vice Presidents F. 1 George Washington (1732 - 1799) 1st President, 1789 - 1797 -ALS to [Simeon] DeWitt, 17 November 1783, 1p. Also: transcription, bio sketch, 2 engravings. See also: mss. file. F. 2 Document, signed; Philadelphia, 8 March 1792; appointing Hodijah Baylies. Signed by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Incl. transcription F. 3 John Adams (1735 - 1826), 1st Vice President, 1789 - 1797, Washington -Document fragment, signed [Philadelphia] n.d., 1p.; also signed by Timothy Pickering, Sec. of State. F. 4 John Adams, 2nd President, 1797 - 1801 -ALS to Elbridge Gerry, 7 February 1801, 2pp.; transcription -ALS to Judge William Tudor, 24 June 1818, 2pp.; transcription Also: bio sketch and engraving See also: mss. file F. 5 Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), 2nd Vice President, 1797 - 1801, Adams Fragments: n.d. & 5 December 1810, 2pp. Also: bio sketch and engraving. See also: mss. file. F. 6 Aaron Burr (1756 - 1836), 3rd Vice President, 1801 - 1805, Jefferson -ALS to Capt. Alden Partridge, 22 October 1827, 1p. with address leaf Also: 2 clippings F. 7 James Madison (1751 - 1836), 4th President, 1809 - 1817 -Document, signed; Washington, 1 January 1812, appointing William Bonnell, 1p.; also signed by Paul Hamilton, Sec. of the Navy. Also: transcription, bio sketch, engraving F. 8 George Clinton (1739 - 1812), 4th Vice President, 1805 - 1809, Jefferson and 1809 - 1812, Madison -Document, signed, Albany, 6 February 1788, 1p.; re: land bills; also signed by DeWitt Clinton. -ALS, 5 March 1808, 1p. Also: engraving F. 9 Elbridge Gerry (1744 - 1814), 5th Vice President, 1813 - 1814, Madison -Document, signed, Boston, 1 May 1812, 1p. appointing Samuel Townsend. F. 10 James Madison (1751 - 1836), 4th President, 1809 - 1817 -ANS from Artemus Ward, Jr. to Pres. Madison, 13 December 1816, 1p. -ALS from Judge William Cranch to James Madison, 4 February 1836, 1p. -ALS from James Taylor to Mrs. Dolley P. Madison, 13 April 1813, 1p. Also: transcriptions, bio sketches of Cranch, Taylor, Dolley Madison F. 11 Document, signed; Washington, 30 July 1811; letters of patent for Samuel B. Hitchcock and John Bement; 2pp. Signed by Madison, James Monroe, and Caesar Augustus Rodney. Transcription incl. F. 12 James Monroe (1758 - 1831), 5th President, 1817 - 1825 -ALS to Fulwar Skipwith, London, 7 October 1803, 1p. Also: transcription, bio sketch, engraving. See also: mss. file. F. 13 Daniel D. Tompkins (1774 - 1825), 6th Vice President, 1817 - 1825, Monroe -Document, signed; Albany, 8 July 1816, 1p. -ALS to Smith Thompson, New York, 31 October 1820, 3pp. Also: engraving F. 14 John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848), 6th President, 1825 - 1829 -ALS to Jonathan Russell, Washington, 24 May 1818, 2pp. -ALS to Rev. Calvin Colton, Quincy, Mass., 11 November 1830, 1p. -ALS to Melvin Lord, Quincy, Mass., 17 October 1833, 2pp. Also: transcriptions, bio sketches of Adams and Eleazar Williams, 2 engravings See also: mss. file. F. 15 John Caldwell Calhoun (1782 - 1850), 7th Vice President, 1825 - 1829, Adams and 1829 - 1832, Jackson -ALS to J.D. Gardner, Washington, 16 October 1837, 2pp. (-ALS from Winslow S. Pierce to A.J. Vanderpool, New York, 14 February 1885, 1p. re: attached Calhoun letter) Also: engraving of Calhoun, bio sketch of Vanderpool. F. 16 Andrew Jackson (1767 - 1845), 7th President, 1829 - 1837 -Document, signed; Washington, 1 November 1830, 1p. -Document, signed; Washington, 10 May 1834, 1p. Signed by Jackson and Louis McLane; printed in English, French, Spanish, Dutch. Also: transcriptions, bio sketch, engraving. See also: mss. file. F. 17 Martin Van Buren (1782 - 1862), 8th Vice President, 1833 - 1837, Jackson -ALS fragment, Lindenwald, Kinderhook, New York, 26 March 1861, 1p. with oval photograph. Also: engraving. See also: mss. file. F. 18 Martin Van Buren (1782 - 1862), 8th President, 1837 - 1841 -Document, signed; Washington, 3 November 1840, 1p. Signed by Van Buren and John Forsyth. Also: transcription, bio sketch, engraving. F. 19 Richard Mentor Johnson (1780 - 1850), 9th Vice Pres., 1837-1841, Van Buren -Autograph document, signed, 1 March 1825, 1p. F. 20 William Henry Harrison (1773 - 1841), 9th President, 4 March - 4 April 1841 -Document, signed; Fort Washington, 17 April 1796, 1p. -ALS to Mr. Hall, North Bend, Ohio, 22 January 1841, 1p. Also: transcriptions, bio sketch. F. 21 John Tyler (1790 - 1862), 10th Vice President, 1841, Harrison -ALS fragment to Mrs. Robert Tyler, Washington, 27 May c.1841-1845, 2pp. F. 22 John Tyler (1790 - 1862), 10th President, 1841 - 1845 -Document, signed; Washington, 29 June 1841; appointing John Q. Adams as midshipman, 1p.; -ALSo signed by George E. Badger. -ALS to William Anderson, Washington, 3 September 1841, 1p. -Document, signed; Washington, 20 April 1843; appointing James B. Yates midshipman, 1p.; also signed by Abel Upshur. -ALS to Sec. of Navy [John Young Mason], Washington, 27 January 1845, 1p. Also: transcriptions, bio sketch, 2 engravings. See also: mss. file. F. 23 James Knox Polk (1795 - 1849), 11th President, 1845 - 1849 -ALS to "eldest son of. .Brig. Gen. Thomas Hamer," Washington, 2 March 1849, 1p. & envelope. Also: transcription, bio sketch, engraving. See also: mss. file. F. 24 George Mifflin Dallas (1792 - 1864), 11th Vice President, 1845 - 1849, Polk -Autograph Document, signed; [Philadelphia] 15 September 1830, 1p. F. 25 Zachary Taylor (1784 - 1850), 12th President, 1849 - 1850 -ALS to A.H. Mickle, Matamoros, Mexico, 16 June 1846, 1p. Also: transcription, bio sketch, engraving. 26 Millard Fillmore (1800 - 1874), 12th Vice President, 1849 - 1850, Taylor -ANS to H.J. Richards, Buffalo, NY, 29 March 1861, 1p. with photo. Also: engraving. F. 27 Millard Fillmore, 13th President, 1850 - 1853 -ALS to P. Greely, Jr., Washington, 8 April 1852, 1p. -Document, signed; Washington, 19 April 1853, 1p.; also signed by Edward Everett. Also: transcriptions, bio sketches of Fillmore and Everett, engraving. See also: mss. file F. 28 Franklin Pierce (1804 - 1869), 14th President, 1853 - 1857 -ALS to Col. William Winston Seaton, Washington, 20 March 1854, 1p. -Document, signed; Washington, 1 February 1854, 1p. for extradition of Alexander Heilbroun. Also: transcriptions, bio sketch, engraving. F. 29 William Rufus De Vane King (1786 - 1853), 13th Vice President, 1853, Pierce -ALS to A.P. Upshur, [Washington] 20 April 1842, 1p. F. 30 James Buchanan (1791 - 1868), 15th President, 1857 - 1861 -ALS to Samuel L. Southard, Lancaster, Penn., 26 April 1827, 1p. -Document, signed; Washington, 13 June 1859, 1p. -Document, signed; Washington, 12 June 1860, 1p.; also signed by Lewis Cass, Secretary of State. Also: transcriptions, engraving, bio sketches of Buchanan, Cass, and James Murray Mason. See also: mss. file. F. 31 John Cabell Breckinridge (1821 - 1875), 14th Vice President, 1857 - 1861, Buchanan Autograph only, n.p., n.d. F. 32 Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), 16th President, 1861 - 1865 -ANS to Sec. of War, Edwin McMasters Stanton, 22 August 1863 re: William Pollock Dougal, nephew of James Pollock, written on: -ALS from James Pollock to Abraham Lincoln, Philadelphia, 4 August 1863, 2pp. See also: mss. file. -Printed leaflet for funeral arrangements for Abraham Lincoln, Washington, Adjutant General's Office, 17 April 1865, 3pp. Also: transcriptions, engraving, bio sketches of Lincoln and Pollock. F. 33 Hannibal Hamlin (1809 - 1891), 15th Vice President, 1861 - 1865, Lincoln -ALS to Bellamy, Washington, 2 February 1847, 1p. -ALS to C.H. Peaslie, Portland, 13 April 1853, 1p. F. 34 Andrew Johnson (1808 - 1875), 17th President, 1865 - 1869 -Autograph, Granville, Tenn., n.d. -Document, signed; Washington, 12 September 1865, 2pp.; also signed by William H. Seward re: pardon of Charles McCoy. -ALS to Major Gen. George G. Meade, Washington, 19 October 1865, 2pp. with envelope. -Document, signed; Washington, 27 November 1867, 1p. re: pardon of James Baker. Also: transcriptions, engraving, bio sketch. F. 35 Ulysses Simpson Grant