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PRESIDENTS. PIERCE, FRANKLIN. Autograph letter signed ("F. Pierce") to Lt. Gen. Bowers, n.p., 14 April l847, 1 full page, 4to, integral address leaf with panel in Pierce's hand, on pale blue paper, sending "seven new recruits [who are named]...You will find them excellent men. Burnham can command $40 or $50 per month and there will not be a better man than Chapman in the Regt. They both want a leave of absence for reasons they will explain to you for a day or two. They are true men & you can place implicit confidence in them....I do not send the papers because the certificates are not signed. I have paid the bounties to all of these men out of my own pocket...." -- CLEVELAND, GROVER. Autograph letter signed as Governor of New York, to David Pisi, Executive Mansion, Albany, 1 page, 8vo, on imprinted stationery, small triangular portion of lower corner trimmed, thanking his correspondent for congratulations on winning the Presidential nomination (July l884), "...Your letter called to mind, in the midst of the battle and perplexity which surround one, the better and happier days of school life...." -- ARTHUR, CHESTER A. Autograph letter signed ("C.A. Arthur") to George Jones [New York], 29 June, n.y., 1 page, 12mo, in dark ink on black-bordered stationery with motto at top, expressing pleasure that "you invited Mr. Halstead to join us. I will see you before three o'clock tomorrow, in regard to the time of our leaving town...." -- COOLIDGE, CALVIN. Autograph letter signed in full to Mr. Haskell, Northampton, Mass., 1 May l902, 1 page, 4to, on imprinted stationery with address of Coolidge's Law Office at top, "No doubt you have sent back copy of Declaration and I will get it in time, but it has not come yet and I am a little anxious. What can we do to Mr. Doe for being in contempt?" -- ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO. Autograph letter signed ("F.D. Roosevelt") to Mr. Crawley, New York, 21 January n.y., 1 page, 4to, on stationery with imprinted heading of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, of which Roosevelt was Vice President, two filing holes at left margin, "I think our Foundation balance will just about stand drawing $250 to Mr. Hanley for his back salary...." (5)