Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826
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| Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809 |
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Thomas Jefferson signed ship's passport, dated the 18th day of July, 1806 for the "Orozembo" bound for Rotterdam, countersigned by James Madison, then Secretary of State.
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| V.P. Aaron Burr 1801-1804 |
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18th Century Percusion Pistol once owned by Aaron Burr, Vice President under Thomas Jefferson from 1801 thru 1804. In the early morning hours of July 11th, 1804, Burr shot and killed Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, during a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey.
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| V.P. George Clinton 1805-1812 |
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George Clinton, 4th Vice President of the United States, and the 1st to die in office, as well as the 1st to serve under two different Presidents: Jefferson & Madison. John C. Calhoun was the other to serve under two different Presidents: John Quincy Adams & Andrew Jackson.(George Clinton is no relation to Bill Clinton, who was born William Jefferson Blythe lll). George Clinton took office upon the resignation of Aaron Burr.
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| James Madison 1809-1817 |
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James Madison signed ship's passport, dated the 29th day of December, 1812 for the Brig "Hope" and bound for Bordeaux, France. Countersigned by the next President of the United States, then Secretary of State, James Monroe.
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| 1st Lady, Dolly Madison |
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James Madison signed ship's Passport, signed the 11th day of April 1809, shortly after taking office.
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| Dolly Todd Madison Free Frank, 1812 |
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The skull of Jaques "Smiling Jack" Garnier, a smuggler and privateer who sailed with Jean Lafitte during the war of 1812. Lafitte, along with his band of cut-throats, were originally recruited by the Bristish...but decided instead to fight alongside the Americans and Andrew Jackson. Lafitte and his crew were lost to history several years later off the Yucatan Peninsula. Smiling Jack's remains were unearthed on Grande Terre Island, about a hundred miles south of New Orleans, in the 1840's and sold to a collector for $25.00 His skull was later donated to the International Maritime Museum...and is currently on loan to the U.S.Presidential Archives.
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Elbridge Thomas Gerry 1744-1814
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| V.P. Elbridge Gerry 1813-1814 |
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Above, is the signature of Elbridge T. Gerry, the 5th Vice President of the United States. Gerry was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence: But he was also one of the three original signers that refused to sign the constitution, because it didn't...at the time...include the Bill of Rights! But he is probably best known for the use of his name in the term "Gerrymandering", the process that re-draws congressional districts to aid the party in power.
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| James Monroe 1817-1825 |
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President James Monroe signed Land Grant, Dated the 30th day of September, 1825, assigning 160 Acres in Harrison County, Indiana to Peter Kintner.
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Daniel D. Tompkins 1774-1825
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| Vice President Daniel Tompkins 1817-1825 |
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Daniel Tompkins signed Militia appointment for James J. Jones during the War of 1812. At the time, Tompkins was Governor of New York and head of the state Militia, which he funded out of his own pocket. It was this largess that propelled him to the Vice Presidency under President James Monroe. Unfortunately for Tompkins it also drove him into bankruptcy and alcoholism. He died just 99 days after leaving office at the age of 50.
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