GARFIELD, James A. (1831-1881), President . Partly printed document signed ("James A. Garfield"), AS PRESIDENT, Washington, 20 May 1881. 1 page, 4to, printed text, accomplished by secretary and signed and dated by Garfield in full at bottom . A fine example.
GARFIELD, James A. (1831-1881), President . Partly printed document signed ("James A. Garfield"), AS PRESIDENT, Washington, 20 May 1881. 1 page, 4to, printed text, accomplished by secretary and signed and dated by Garfield in full at bottom . A fine example. AN EXCEPTIONAL, FULL GARFIELD SIGNATURE AS PRESIDENT, on an order to affix the seal of the United States to "the envelope of my letter recalling Mr. H. W. Hilliard, from the mission at Rio de Janeiro." Henry Washington Hilliard (1808-1892) served as a Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and after 1865 practiced law in Georgia before being named ambassador to Brazil under Hayes. Meanwhile, the strange case of another diplomatic job seeker--Charles Guiteau--was unfolding towards its tragic climax. One week earlier, on 13 May 1881, a reeking, slovenly and deranged Charles Guiteau, was expelled from the White House, where he had been pestering staff to see the new President and receive what he thought his due--nothing less than the Paris consulship. Guiteau, wearing the same unwashed suit of clothes every day (the only one he owned), was asked never to return to the White House. The following day, Secretary of State Blaine dismissed him from Executive Office Building with the comment, "Never speak to me again of the Paris consulship as long as you live." On 2 July 1881, Guiteau, Garfield and Blaine all met in the tragic confrontation at the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad station when Guiteau shot Garfield twice in the back. In a final, terrible irony to this case, Garfield's non-fatal wounds were mistreated by his doctors, and by the lack of x-ray technology to locate one of the bullets lodged near his spine. Unsterilized metal probes and fingers were repeatedly inserted into his wound, causing infections that ultimately killed Garfield two months later, on 19 September 1881. Garfield is the second rarest Presidential autograph, after William Henry Harrison.
GARFIELD, James A. (1831-1881), President . Partly printed document signed ("James A. Garfield"), AS PRESIDENT, Washington, 20 May 1881. 1 page, 4to, printed text, accomplished by secretary and signed and dated by Garfield in full at bottom . A fine example.
GARFIELD, James A. (1831-1881), President . Partly printed document signed ("James A. Garfield"), AS PRESIDENT, Washington, 20 May 1881. 1 page, 4to, printed text, accomplished by secretary and signed and dated by Garfield in full at bottom . A fine example. AN EXCEPTIONAL, FULL GARFIELD SIGNATURE AS PRESIDENT, on an order to affix the seal of the United States to "the envelope of my letter recalling Mr. H. W. Hilliard, from the mission at Rio de Janeiro." Henry Washington Hilliard (1808-1892) served as a Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and after 1865 practiced law in Georgia before being named ambassador to Brazil under Hayes. Meanwhile, the strange case of another diplomatic job seeker--Charles Guiteau--was unfolding towards its tragic climax. One week earlier, on 13 May 1881, a reeking, slovenly and deranged Charles Guiteau, was expelled from the White House, where he had been pestering staff to see the new President and receive what he thought his due--nothing less than the Paris consulship. Guiteau, wearing the same unwashed suit of clothes every day (the only one he owned), was asked never to return to the White House. The following day, Secretary of State Blaine dismissed him from Executive Office Building with the comment, "Never speak to me again of the Paris consulship as long as you live." On 2 July 1881, Guiteau, Garfield and Blaine all met in the tragic confrontation at the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad station when Guiteau shot Garfield twice in the back. In a final, terrible irony to this case, Garfield's non-fatal wounds were mistreated by his doctors, and by the lack of x-ray technology to locate one of the bullets lodged near his spine. Unsterilized metal probes and fingers were repeatedly inserted into his wound, causing infections that ultimately killed Garfield two months later, on 19 September 1881. Garfield is the second rarest Presidential autograph, after William Henry Harrison.
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