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PRESIDENTS]. GRANT, Ulysses S. Autograph letter signed ("U.S. Grant") with initialed postscript, New York, 15 November 1880. 1 p., 8vo, small chip at top edge . Authorizing a real-estate agent "to receive the money for my Long Branch [New Jersey] property," and requesting the funds be "deposited in the Marine Bank...after deducting commissions and other dues." -- GARFIELD, James A. ALS ("J.A. Garfield") to a Mr. Derrance, Washington, D.C., 25 February 1864. 1 p., 12mo . Complying with a request (probably by furnishing his autograph). -- GARFIELD. Autograph telegram signed, to Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, Washington, D.C., 8 December 1874, 1 p., oblong 8vo, on printed form of Departmental Telegraph Lines, "for Government Business only." Garfield inquires about a possible misprint in the Congressional laws: "...Please inform me whether the enrolled law reads the same way. If so it was a clerical error. The bill as we passed it read twenty-five thousand dollars..." -- JOHNSON, Andrew. Engraved document signed (stamped signature), as President, Washington, D.C., 1 June 1865, 1 p., large folio , ON PARCHMENT, blue papered seal at left , attractively engraved with large vignette of an American Eagle at top, at bottom an elaborate arrangement of military emblems, flags, cannons and other implements. An appointment of John McIntosh as first lieutenant of infantry. Fine condition. -- HAYES, Rutherford B. ALS ("R.B. Hayes") as President, to W. Hunter, Acting Secretary of State, Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., 5 September 1879. 1 p., 8vo, on Executive Mansion stationery . "Enclosed please find Mr. [William M.] Evarts' supplementary opinion in the S. Africa[?] Case, affirmed by me , and therefore ready for action..." Marked "Private" at top. -- ARTHUR, Chester A. DS ("C.A. Arthur") to Governor John Dix New York, 28 January 1873. 1 p., 4to . Arthur and three others recommend a man for a Judgeship, "...as being in every way a competent and proper person...." -- CLEVELAND, Grover. Autograph annotations as President on a letter from a child, n.p., n.d. 2 pp., 4to . In response to the question "When if ever is intentional deception justifiable?" Cleveland writes, "Never"; to the question "Is the obligation of veracity absolute, or dependant upon motive?" he adds, "Absolute - when one speaks at all." With: -- CLEVELAND. A signed "Executive Mansion" calling card ("Grover Cleveland"). -- HARRISON, Benjamin. Engraved DS ("Benj. Harrison") as President, Washington, D.C., 7 January 1895. 1 p., large folio , ON PARCHMENT, papered seal , attractively engraved, with American eagle vignette at top and at bottom a composition of military paraphenalia, appointing a Captain of Infantry. -- MCKINLEY, William. TLS to Joseph Holmes, 9 July 1896. 1 p., 8vo, on printed stationery . Thanking Holmes for sending statistics on the wool industry. Together 10 items . (10)