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- Buchanan
- Buchanan's Loyalty
(Century Magazine, 1882A)
- A commentary on Buchanan's position on the Civil War and Reconstruction, based on letters and memos of the early 1860's.
- Cleveland
- The Mistress of the White House
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1890)
- Our Fellow Citizen of the White House: The Official Cares of a President of the United States, by C.C. Buel
(Century Magazine, 1897A)
- The Outgoing President
(Century Magazine, 1897A)
- Garfield
- See the James Garfield page.
- Grant
- General Grant, by Adam Badeau
(Century Magazine, 1885B)
- The Last Days of General Grant, by Adam Badeau
(Century Magazine, 1885B)
- Lincoln and Grant, by Horace Porter
(Century Magazine, 1885B)
- Reminiscences of General Grant, by James Harrison Wilson
(Century Magazine, 1885B)
- A Letter from General Grant to His Physician, by U.S. Grant
(Century Magazine, 1886A)
- A facsimile of a pencil-written letter from Grant to his physician, Dr. John H. Douglas, written on July 2, 1865, expressing his preparation for death; Grant died on July 23.
- A Japanese Life of General Grant
(Century Magazine, 1895B)
- A rare find in Tokyo: A set of books in Japanese depicting the life of General Grant, with many woodcuts.
- Grant's Horsemanship, by Alfred M. Fuller
(McClures, 1897)
- Grant's Life in Missouri, by Hamlin Garland
(McClures, 1897)
- The Rise of General Grant
(Century Magazine, 1897A)
- Harrison
- A Saying of Ex-President Harrison's
(Century Magazine, 1898B)
- "We are a great people in power. Let us be great in the love of justice, great in that integrity of individual life, in that unselfish patriotism which makes men ready not only in time of war, when the drum-beat rouses our hearts, to rush forward to death, but also steadfast defenders, in times of peace, of honest administration."
- Lincoln
- See the Abraham Lincoln page.
- McKinley
- The Incoming President
(Century Magazine, 1897A)
- Pierce
- An Hour with the President of the United States (Leisure Hour, 1860)
- Their Letters to a Good Friend, by Henry L. Bryan (Ladies Home Journal, 1898)
- Facsimiles of letters to various presidents from international rulers, including Queen Victoria, Napoleon I, Napoleon III, and William I.
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- Adams
- John Quincy Adams, by William Everett
(Atlantic Monthly, 1875)
- An Incident in the Life of John Adams, by George Bancroft
(Century Magazine, 1887B)
- Jackson
- The Origin of "O.K.", by Prof. W.S. Wyman (Century Magazine, 1894B)
- Debunking the myth that "OK" was the result of Andrew Jackson's illiteracy, and suggesting instead that the word came to us from Jackson through his knowledge of the Choctaw language.
- Jefferson
- The Writer of the Declaration: A Familiar Sketch, by John Esten Cooke
(Harper's Monthly, 1876B)
- Thomas Jefferson's Home, by John G. Nicolay
(Century Magazine, 1887B)
- The Later Years of Monticello, by Frank Stockton
(Century Magazine, 1887B)
- Washington
- See the George Washington page.
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