The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-04-24
RARE AUTOGRAPHS.
A Volume In the Senate Literally Wsrtb
ItA Weight In Gold,

RARE AUTOGRAPHS.
Volume In the Senate Literally Wsrtb
Its Weight In Gold.
In the Office of the secretary o.
the senate is a volume Of autographs
that is as rare and interesting as any
in America. AS is we'll known, all
of the official communications from
the president to the senate from the
beginning of this government are
preserved, and General Ansm Nc.
Cook, when secretary of the senate,
selected few Of the greatest his
torical interest and had them bound
in red morocco covers. They are all
executive documents, and all but
one are nominations to Office That
one is a message from che president
of the United States and reads AZ
follows:
Gentlemen Of the Senate:
The president Of the United States will meet
the members Of the senate In the senate cham.
Der at II 80 o'clock to advise with them on thu
terms Of the treaty to be negotiated with the
southern Indians. GEORGE WARRINGTON.
New York, Aug. q, 1859.
Another interesting document, In
the handwriting of the second presi.
dent of the United States, reads:
Gentlemen Of the Senate:
/ nominate George Washington Of Mount
Vernon to be lieutenant general and com.
mandcr in chief Of all armies raised and to b
raised in the United States. JOHN ADAMS
The United States, July 2, l7oe.
In the same penmanship appears
the following, which shows that
John Adams was not above appoint.
ing his own son to an important
Office It will be noticed that he
dates all his communications "The
United States:'
Gentlemen of the Senate:
nominate John Quincy Adams Of Massachu'
sets as minister plenipotentiary from tho
United States to the king Of Prussia.
JOHN ADAAA
United States, May 20, 1907.
In addition to these are the nom.
nations of Jefferson's cabinet and
Madison's, which are written In his
own handwriting on a single sheet
of paper. The nomination of the
Monroe cabinet and that of John
Quincy Adams are also preserved,
as we'll as that of Andrew jackson,
who wrote all his nominations with
his own hand. Next comes the NOM
nation of Roger B. fancy to bc
chief justice of tho United States in
tho we'll known penmanship of Old
Hickory. The nominations of every
cabinet from jackson down to Glove
land are preserved. Those Of Will
liam Henry Harrison and Polk are
in their own handwriting.
A curious paper is Andrew John
sons nomination of U. S. Grant to-
be general of the army. It was
written by a clerk on sheet Of or
binary legal cap paper with a blank
space in which Grants name was
inserted by johnson himself. The
list of Grants cabinet was made out
the same way. A clerk had takenn
sheet OF foolscap paper and written,
II nominate -- to be secretary Of
state" etc., and tho blank was fill.
ed oQt in General Grants own hand.
One bf tho papers reads as follows:
To the Senate:
nominate William T. Eherman to be gen.
eral Of the army Of the United States In place
| Of Ulysses s. Grant, resigned.
Sheridan's nomination to be lieu
tenant general accompanies this and
was mado on tho same date and in
the same form. The nominations of
President Hayes cabinet were made
out on printed blanks, sheet for
each one, as are those of Presidents
Garfield, Arthur and Cleveland. Tho
last paper in the book is the nomi-
nation of General Grant to the retir-
ed list of the army, and it is signed
by Grover Cleveland. Chicago Rec
ord.