The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-04-10

GEORGE WASHINGTON.
What firmness and dignity is expressed In
the signature of Washington. His writing,
like everything else he did, was executed with
rare deliberateness and ability.
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JOHN ADAMS.
The above autograph is taken from letter
of John Adaus while he was vice President,
He was precise and methodicalin his letters, -
he was shrewd and sagacious in business.
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THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Thomas Jefferson's hand was just such .
one as young man acquires in college, where
little attention is usually paid to penmanship.
His signature was graceful and dignifed COM
pared to his other writing.
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JAMES MADISON.
Madison was another college graduate, but
his ''fist" was firm and plain,
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JAMES MONROE.
Monroe was a busy man and did not waste
much time on his autograph.
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
John Quincy Adams chirography was as
graceful and formal as copper-plate script
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ANDREW JACKSON.
Andrew jackson subscribed himself as II,
"By the Eternal, he meant 1t. He bore SO
hard on the paper as to force the ink
through.
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MARTIN VAN BUREN.
The above signature Of Martin Van Buren's
was written @ few months before his death,
in 1862, at the age Of 80.
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WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
Harrison wrote in a cramped, ungainly
hand. His education had been neglected, for
at the age Of 10 he was engaged in an Indian
war.
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Tyler wrote but little, and judging from his
autograph it was hard work to accomplish
that which he did.
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JAMES X. POLK.
James Knox Polk considered that a few
ness to his signature.
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ZACHARY TAYLOR
raphy of Zachary Taylor.
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MLLARD FILLMORE.
One year before his death in 1874 e1-Presi-
dent Fillmore indited the above. He was
born in 1900, so that his hand had lost much
of its early grace.
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FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Pierce wrote In an old-fashioned, dignifed
way. He did not spare paper. He would
scrawl few words over whole sheet.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Staid and formal was the writing Of bache-
lor Buchanan.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Honesty and homeliness characterized the
handwriting of Abraham Lincoln. He wasted
little time on his signature.
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ANDREW JOHNSON.
Painfully labored was Johnsons penman-
ship. For q man who was apprenticed to
tailor at the age of 10 it is all that could be
expected
Gen. Grant writes in bold, firm, decisive,
rapid way. As q boy he wrote it U. Fl. Grant.
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RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. 49,.
Like the scratches Of his favorits hens does
Rutherford's pen make tracks over the paper,
he Is saving Of both ink and paper. .
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JAMES A. GARFIELD.
A clear, bold, business-like writer was Gar
field He was q rapid writer, attending per-
sonally to much of the volumincus correspon-
dence which accompanied his busy LIE.
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CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
Ex-President Arthur writes rapidly. From
the start to the finish Of his signature his pen
never lets 60 Of the paper even to cross ths
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GROVER CLxvELAND.
The Presidents manuscript Is positively
painful to decipher. The style Is sharp and
iuciiye. He writes with lightning r1piditY