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President Benjamin Harrison: Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the Discovery of America
July 29, 1892
Document Signed
1 page
SMC 1173
President Harrison leads the nation in celebrating the Columbus quadricentennial by authorizing the Seal of the United States to be affixed to a document entitled "The administration of the United States Government at the beginning of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America."
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President Benjamin Harrison Appoints a Commissioner for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
May 23, 1890
Document Signed
1 page
SMC 1176
President Benjamin Harrison appoints a commissioner for the exposition celebrating four hundred years since Columbus discovered America. The Exposition was held in Chicago and ran from 1 May 1893 until 30 October of that year.
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Check Signed
1 page
SMC 1177
This, one of the first personal checks signed by Benjamin Harrison as president, was written to the Treasurer of the American Bar Association, Francis Rawle of Philadelphia.
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President Benjamin Harrison Discusses a Letter Written by his Grandfather, William Henry Harrison
May 25, 1892
Autograph Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 1235
President Benjamin Harrison thanks Curtis Guild, Sr., a collector, for sending him a copy of a letter written by his grandfather, William Henry Harrison. The President is pleased to have obtained a letter of "great family interest."
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Autograph Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 1236
Young Benjamin Harrison, who had made stump speeches for President Lincoln's campaign calls in a favor just two days into Lincoln's administration: he endorses Senatorial Elector and Lincoln canvasser Will Cumback as worthy of "a mark of Administrative favor." Lincoln appoints Cumback paymaster.
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Letter Signed
2 pages
SMC 1237
Benjamin Harrison declines to write a short tribute to Abraham Lincoln, explaining that as he is short on time, it would not be appropriate to take on the task, as one must choose one's words wisely when discussing Lincoln.
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Autograph Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 1238
President Benjamin Harrison writes to his aunt, and tells her that with not a soul in the White House but himself, it is "very lonesome."
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Signed Photograph
1 page
SMC 1243
Rare signed photograph of Benjamin Harrison as President.
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Former President Benjamin Harrison Explains That Former Presidents Should Be Seen and Not Heard
September 4, 1900
Autograph Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 1244
Appalled by William McKinley's imperialism, Benjamin Harrison declines to endorse and speak on his behalf, insisting that former presidents should be "seen and not heard."
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Benjamin Harrison Names Solomon Hirsch Minister to Turkey, the Third Jew to Hold That Diplomatic Rank
May 15, 1889
Autograph Letter Signed
2 pages
SMC 1531
Solomon Hirsch tops President Benjamin Harrison's list of diplomatic appointees. Harrison was indebted to the German-born Hirsch, who carried his home-state of Oregon as Republican.
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Typed Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 1818
This 1889 letter to a book bindery owner in Philadelphia, thanking him for the gift of an olive wood box which he had made especially for the new President, is the earliest known example of a presidential typewritten letter.
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