[ Autographs ] CHESTER A. ARTHUR Uncommon war-date A.L.S. "C. A. Arthur" as Inspector General for the State of New York on official letterhead, 2pp.4to., Albany, March 2, 1862, to a clerk in the Quartermaster's Corps. In part: "...No single item of property must beissued from the storehouse except upon the proper requisitions...I desire to see that this rule is carried out ... The Governor is very anxious that all the clothing ... should be turned over to Capt. Hodges without a day's delay...". Small tear to bottom margin of firstpage, otherwise very good. E400-600 An angry Theodore Roosevelt attacks Taft's political machine