$2,268
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Auction: February 2, 2023 11:00 AM EDT
1. Van Buren, Martin
Partially-Printed Document, signed
Washington, (D.C.), July 25, 1837. One sheet folded to make four pages, 10 x 8 1/4 in. (254 x 209 mm). Partially-printed presidential order, signed by Van Buren, directing "the Secretary of State," John Forsyth, "to affix the seal of the United States to the order, remitting the forfeiture and penalties incurred by the British Barque Ocean, Thomas Swinford, master"; docketed on verso; creasing from contemporary folds.
2. Fillmore, Millard
Partially-Printed Document, signed
Washington, (D.C.), June 4, 1852. One sheet folded to make four pages, 10 x 8 1/4 in. (254 x 209 mm). Partially-printed presidential order, signed by Fillmore, directing "the Secretary of State," Daniel Webster, "to affix the Seal of the United States to the pardon granted to Hiram Boomer"; docketed on verso; creasing from contemporary folds.
3. Pierce, Franklin
Partially-Printed Document, signed
Washington, (D.C.), December 14, 1854. One sheet folded to make four pages, 10 x 8 1/4 in. (254 x 209 mm). Partially-printed presidential order, signed by Pierce, directing "the Secretary of State," William L. Marcy, "to affix the Seal of the United States to the release of imprisonment granted to Henry Comstock"; docketed on verso; creasing from contemporary folds; bottom horizontal fold traversing Pierce's signature.
4. Buchanan, James
Partially-Printed Document, signed
Washington, (D.C.), April 10, 1857. One sheet folded to make four pages, 10 x 8 1/4 in. (254 x 209 mm). Partially-printed presidential order, signed by Buchanan, directing "the Secretary of State," Lewis Cass, "to affix the Seal of the United States to the pardon granted to Riley R____ alias Riley R____; docketed in pencil on verso; creasing from contemporary folds; bottom horizontal fold traversing Buchanan's signature.