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PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES]. POLK, James K. Autograph document signed ("James K Polk", with a flourish) as President, [Washington], 13 May 1847. 1 p., oblong 4to, integral blank . Requesting that the chief clerk of the Treasury Department send all papers involving the appointment of naval officer Christopher Robinson.-- TAYLOR, Zachary. Manuscript document signed ("Z. Taylor"), Ft. Crawford, 23 July 1834. 1 p., an oblong . A whiskey return for men on extra and daily duty.-- FILLMORE, Millard. Document signed ("Millard Fillmore") as President, Washington, 27 April 1852. 1 p., 4to . Order to affix the seal on "three full powers, authorizing R.C. Schenck and J.L. Pendleton to conclude treaties of commerce with the Argentine Confederation, with Paraguay and...Uruguay."-- PEIRCE, Franklin. Printed document signed ("Franklin Pierce") as President, Washington, 12 May 1853. 1 p., double folio, large paper seal of the United States . Pierce appoints Ely Moore as an Indian agent to the Weas, Piankeshaws, Kaskasias and others.-- PIERCE. Document signed ("Franklin Pierce") as President, Washington, 20 September 1856. 1 p., 4to . Order to affix the seal to "the pardon granted to George Bell "-- BUCHANAN, James. Autograph letter signed ("James Buchanan") to Mrs. Wright, Washington, 1 September 1847. 1½ pp., 4to . Buchanan sends sympathies on the death of her husband: "I know that time alone can soothe, though it will never heal, your wounded heart...For years, Mr. Wright, Doctor Linn & myself, a little band of brothers, sat together in the Senate in the midst of the opposition...Your husband was an extraordinary man...He has descended to the tomb full of honors & the whole nation deplores his loss." Together six items . (6)