Presidential documents and autographs collected by George Foster Shepley, 1848-1863 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Presidential documents and autographed letters signed by James Buchanan, Franklin Pierce, and Abraham Lincoln. Buchanan's letters, dated 1848, refer to the illegal departure of Charles C. Duncan, master of the ship Swanton, of Bath, from Le Havre, France, and Shepley's commission as Attorney of the U.S. for the District of Maine. Autograph letter signed from Pierce regards Shepley's proposed visit to Washington, D.C., dated 1855, and includes another letter, undated, conveying condolences. Lincoln's letter expresses strong disapproval of northerners being elected as congressional representatives in Louisiana, dated 1862. Document signed, dated 1863, orders that properly cleared vessels be permitted to proceed to and from New Orleans