Creator:
O'Geran, Graeme.
Inclusive Dates:
1783- 1991
Abstract:
Autographs of the first 41 presidents of the United States (Washington through George H. W. Bush) and a few of other notable individuals (among them Edison, Ford, and Firestone). Signed items include letters, documents and photographs.
Type of Material:
Autographs.
Photographs.
Subject:
Science and medicine
Politics, government and public administration
Inventors -- Autographs.
Presidents of the United States -- Autographs.
Autographs -- Collections.
Creator:
Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857.
Inclusive Dates:
1821- 1857
Abstract:
Papers of the U.S. Senator (1831-1833); New York State Governor (1833-1838); U.S. Secretary of War under James K. Polk (1845-1849); U.S. Secretary of State under Franklin Pierce (1853-1857). Incoming and outgoing letters concerning a wide variety of subjects such as the establishment of the State Geological Survey (G. W. Boyd, T. A. Conrad, John Delafield, Lardner Vanuxem); the use of volunteers for military service during the 1845-1848 war with Mexico (Silas Wright), the settlement of the New York-New Jersey boundary dispute (Andrew Jackson), the appropriation of public funds (Levi Woodbury, William C. Bouck), and the establishment of a State institution for the mentally handicapped (James B. Richards).
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
New York (State) -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
United States -- History -- 1815-1861.
Governors.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Governors -- New York (State)
Military service, Voluntary.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
Creator:
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868.
Inclusive Dates:
1848- 1862
Abstract:
Letters, notes, and "An Act for the Relief of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents in the City of New York" with accompanying State Department certification and seal
Type of Material:
Legislative acts.
Letters (correspondence)
Subject:
Cabinet officers.
Gold standard -- United States.