Signed Album Page, 5 ¾” x 7 ¼”, “Millard Fillmore, Buffalo, N[ew] York,”  as U.S. Representative from New York, circa 1840.  Undoubtedly taken from a period autograph album, the single sheet is also signed, front and reverse, by eight of Fillmore’s colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives: Christopher Morgan, New York; Richard Wigginton Thompson, Indiana (U.S. Navy Secretary - 1877-80); John Maynard, New York; Francis Granger, New York (U.S. Postmaster General - 1841); Samuel Lewis Hays, Virginia; John Campbell, South Carolina; John Patterson Bryan Maxwell, New Jersey; Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, Pennsylvania (U.S. Secretary of the Interior – 1850).

Lightly and evenly toned, with minor staining; old binding chips at the left edge.

Signature, an early frank as U.S. Representative from New York, circa 1840, “Free, M. Fillmore, M[ember] C[ongress],” on a 1 ½” x 4 ½” portion of a larger postal cover.

On brown paper, with several creases.

Document Signed, 8 ¼” x 10 ¼”, as U.S. President, a partly printed “affix the seal” document.

“I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to the remission of the remaining portion of the term of imprisonment, imposed upon Jacob Rowles, convicted of petit larceny; dated this day, and signed by me; and for so doing this shall be his warrant.  Millard Fillmore, Washington, October 3, 1850.”

Light soiling and wear, with a few edge chips and tears; weakness and minor paper separation at the edges of two horizontal folds.

Franked Envelope, 3 ¼” x 5”, “Florence Kling Harding,” sending her deceased husband’s autograph, no longer present, and bearing a March 10, 1924, Washington, D.C. postmark; black-bordered, in mourning of the death of President Warren G. Harding on August 2, 1923.  Accompanied by a typed note of the same date, dimension, and bordering on a card, signed by a secretary.

Both pieces are lightly and evenly toned, with light soiling and wear and minor chipping to the borders; the reverse of the envelope is irregularly cut and torn.

Signature, as U.S. Senator, “Benj. Harrison, Ind[ian]a,” on a 5 ½” x 8 ¼” album page, above the signature of Daniel W. Voorhees, Harrison’s Indiana colleague in the U.S. Senate; the large signature of U.S. Senator John A. Logan, Union general from Illinois during the American Civil War, is on the reverse.

Excellent, with light, even toning and a few superficial stains and light surface creases.

Signed Album Page, 4 ¾” x 7 ¼”, “Andrew Johnson.”

Excellent, with light, even toning and original binding holes at the left edge.

Signed Program, 4” x 6”, as President on the front cover, “Lyndon B. Johnson,” for a White House event honoring the President of the Philippines, October 5, 1964, featuring The Harkness Ballet.

On heavy paper, lightly and evenly toned, with superficial wear and soiling.

Thanking Missouri Constituents for a Christmas Ham

Typed Letter Signed, 7” x 8 ¾”, as President on White House stationery, thanking “Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Holt, 229 Main Street, Boonville, Missouri,” for a Christmas ham.

“Washington, January 3, 1949. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Holt: You certainly were generous to send us that ‘blue ribbon’ ham which I am sure you must have prized very highly. We are using it sparingly so that we may enjoy it for a long time. I cannot tell you how much the family and I appreciate your though of us and we unite in extending all good wishes to you. Very sincerely yours, Harry S. Truman.”

In excellent condition, the letter is lightly and evenly toned, with the usual horizontal fold at the center, and there are a few minor glue stains on the blank reverse of the integral leaf.