Lot 109
Garfield, James (1831-1881) 20th President of the United States (March 4-Sept. 19, 1881). Autograph letter signed, as President-elect ("J.A. Garfield"), 1p, 10¼ x 8 in., Mentor, Ohio, December 23, 1880. To Senator Geo. F. Edmunds. With original envelope addressed in his hand. Garfield was nominated on the third ballot as an alternative to Grant and was elected President, having declined a Senatorship. He writes about that in this letter: "Yours…enclosing suggestions in reference to my declination of the Senatorship came duly to hand…I have adopted your need of the case and have written to the Governor and to the General Assembly renouncing the appointment of Senator and have also notified the President of the Senate of my action. I have suggested to the Governor that my letter be laid before the Legislature on the first day of their session…and to elect in strict accordance with the law of Congress in this subject. This I think will cover all the points in the case…." Garfield would die from an assassin's bullet six and a half months after being inaugurated.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
Christies 6/12/1996, sale 7881, lot 38.
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