Includes D.R. Anthony III’s note, “Documents of Col. D.R. Anthony signed by Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, J.A. Garfield, C.A. Arthur, R.B. Hayes, Montgomery Blair, D.M. Key, J.A.J. Cresswell, Wm. H. Seward, [Governor] Chs. [Charles] Robinson, and [Governor] S. Medary.”

Most of the documents are postmaster appointments. An 1881 letter to D.R. Anthony from President Chester Arthur is also included, with pages bordered in black indicating the former vice-president was mourning the recent death of President James Garfield.