Autograph collection of United States presidents, 1751-1954.

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Autograph collection of United States presidents, 1751-1954.

Holographs signed, documents signed, typewritten transcripts, and photographs. Collection includes autographs of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson.

1 case (47 items) ; 27 x 34 x 23 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8127739

Knox College, Seymour Library

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Sang, Philip D.

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Philip D. Sang and his wife Elsie O. Sang are collectors of historic documents and the heads of the American Jewish Historical Society. They co-authored the book "The Genesis of American Freedom." From the description of Philip Sang photograph collection. (Southern Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 319855161 From the description of Philip D. Sang collection of historical documents, 1787-1956. (Southern Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 236101498 ...

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The President of the United States is the chief executive office of the United States. In contrast to many countries with parliamentary forms of government, where the office of president, or head of state, is mainly ceremonial, in the United States the president is vested with great authority and is arguably the most powerful elected official in the world. The nation's founders originally intended the presidency to be a narrowly restricted institution. They distrusted executive authority because...

IBKK. Manuscripts.

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