Advance Press Transcript of Truman's
Final State of the Union Address
Signed by Harry Truman
Advance press transcript of Truman's final State of the Union Address, signed by him, a stirring summation of the challenges and accomplishments of his years in office, and a call to unite behind the efforts of President-Elect Eisenhower. This is a mimeographed advance transcript of the speech, marked "Confidential" at the top, issued in very small numbers for the use of the press—most copies would have been discarded after use. $13,500. | More...
Eighth Annual Message to Congress, in The Farmer's Cabinet-Extra
Thomas Jefferson
Very early public printing of Jefferson’s eighth and final State of the Union Address, the first to be delivered not in person but in writing only-a key document expressing Jefferson’s failure in the Embargo Crisis that tested a nation-this scarce folio printing published only one week after its delivery to Congress, printed as an “Extra” to the November 15, 1808 edition of the Amherst, New Hampshire weekly, The Farmer’s Cabinet, and signed in type “TH: Jefferson.” $4800. | More...
State of the Union Address, in National Intelligencer— Extra
John Quincy Adams
Probably the earliest newspaper printing of Adams’ last State of the Union Address, in which he acknowledges the unfairness of the famous “Tariff of Abominations,” which all but lost him the presidency. $3000. | More...
President Lincoln's Inaugural: Opinions of the Press,
in The New York Tribune
Abraham Lincoln
Original New York Tribune reports of events pursuant to the formal declaration of the Civil War, including reactions to Lincoln’s first inaugural address, the siege of Fort Sumter, Lincoln’s acknowledgment of a state of “insurrection,” and the blockade of Southern ports. $2200. | More...
Address of the President at the Opening of the Conference on the Japanese Peace Treaty, September 4, 1951
Inscribed by Harry Truman
Special limited first edition, number 33 of only 60 copies with the text from Truman’s speech at the Japanese Peace Conference, printed for President Truman at Christmas 1951, an exceptional presentation/association copy warmly inscribed the month of publication to Truman’s Secretary of the Air Force, “To Hon. Stuart Symington, with best wishes for a Merry Christmas, Harry Truman, Dec. 25, 1951.” $12,500. | More...
Inaugural Address
Andrew Jackson
1836 commemorative printing of Jackson’s first inaugural address that was delivered March 4, 1829, this issued the year Jackson retired from the presidency, handsomely printed on glossy card stock (5 by 6-1/2 inches) with small engraved vignette of Jackson and facsimile of his signature, with a decorative border. $1100. | More...
