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Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.
This book contains the text of seven major war addresses by the Allied leaders from the first year of America’s involvement in World War II. It was printed by the Roosevelt administration as a Christmas gift, and the President gave this copy to the…
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
Ulysses S. Grant wrote his memoirs during the last year of his life and completed them only just before his death in July 1885. Although he discusses his personal life, Grant’s memoirs focus on the main two wars of his lifetime: the Mexican-American…
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, with an Account of His Writings. Edited by Washington Irving.
Abraham Lincoln received this collection of Irish author Oliver Goldsmith’s works from his brother-in-law Ninian W. Edwards shortly after it was published. In 1861, Lincoln gave the book to his law partner (and later biographer) William Henry…
Military Bridges: With Suggestions of New Expedients and Constructions for crossing Streams and Chasms; including, also, Designs for Trestle and Truss Bridges for Military Railroads.
Publisher D. Van Nostrand presented this copy of Military Bridges to Abraham Lincoln, who then presented the volume to Civil War General J.B.S. Todd, Chief of Engineers with the Army of the Potomac. Todd held this gift in such high esteem that he…
A Vindication of the Measures of the President and His Commanding Generals, in the Commencement and Termination of the Seminole War. By a Citizen of the State of Tennessee.
In 1817, Andrew Jackson, then a general, led an invasion into the Spanish-controlled Seminole territory of Florida. This action, which sparked the First Seminole War, was a highly controversial one, and Congress debated resolutions condemning Jackson…
Mémoires de Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de Sully, Principal Ministre de Henri Le Grand.
Thomas Jefferson wrote secret ownership marks in the books he kept in his library, including this volume of Sully’s Memoirs in French. In small handwriting, he wrote “J.” next to signature T to spell his initials “T.J.” He also wrote “T” next to…
The Gleaner: A Miscellaneous Production, volume 1.
Along with Martha Washington, John Adams, Henry Knox, and John Hancock, George Washington subscribed to early American feminist Judith Sargent Murray’s The Gleaner, which covered a broad range of topics relating to the new republic. Murray shared…
Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose.
Our current president Joe Biden wrote Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose in 2017 when he was Barack Obama’s vice president. At his son Beau’s last Thanksgiving, he and his father had a meaningful conversation where Beau said,…
Our Journey Together.
Without political experience, Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election using the slogan “Make America Great Again.” This book, showing pictures of Trump’s presidency with brief and sometimes vulgar captions, was published…