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American Manuscripts & other Property from the Collection of Elsie and Philip Sang

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Property from the Collection of Elsie and Philip SangMARTHA WASHINGTONSIGNATURE ("M WASHINGTON") On a slip of paper (5/8 x 2 1/4 in.; 17 x 57 mm) clipped from a larger letter or document. Matted and framed with an engraved portrait of Mrs. Washington by J. B. Longacre from an original miniature by Robertson.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON | George Washington plans the retaliatory Sullivan Expedition against Upstate New York Tories and their allies from the Iroquois Confederacy

JOHN ADAMS | In a letter candid even by the standards of his correspondence with Benjamin Rush, John Adams discusses the site of the Federal government, appointments to the first Supreme Court, and his view of the vice presidency

THOMAS JEFFERSON | In a compelling and wide-ranging letter to his old friend Philip Mazzei, Thomas Jefferson expresses confidence in the "incalculable value" of the just-completed Louisiana Purchase

JAMES MADISON | An appointment for a tax assessor in Pennsylvania signed by James Madison and James Monroe

JAMES MONROE | James Monroe, as 5th President of the United States, addresses his Scottish ancestry, evidencing that the biographical dictionaries of the period were wrong 

JAMES MONROE | A presidential land grant, signed by James Monroe, as 5th President, and countersigned by Josiah Meigs, as Commissioner of the General Land Office

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | John Quincy Adams explains the motivations for President Washington's retirement to Jean Luzac, editor of the highly influential Gazette de Leyde

 MARTHA WASHINGTON | A fine clipped signature of Martha Washington, the first First Lady

MARTHA WASHINGTON | A fine clipped signature of Martha Washington, the first First Lady

MARTHA WASHINGTON | A fine clipped signature of Martha Washington, the first First Lady

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