Unique Executive Mansion Card of James Garfield, Signed to His Daughter Four Days Before He Was Shot
A moving memento of the Garfield presidency, coming right from his family
James Garfield was president for just four months when he was shot on July 2, 1881, at the Sixth Street Station of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad in Washington, by Charles J. Guiteau, a disgruntled office-seeker. He died on September 19, 1881. His autographs as President are the most uncommon, after William...
James Garfield was president for just four months when he was shot on July 2, 1881, at the Sixth Street Station of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad in Washington, by Charles J. Guiteau, a disgruntled office-seeker. He died on September 19, 1881. His autographs as President are the most uncommon, after William Henry Harrison.
Executive Mansion card, signed and dated by Garfield as President, June 28, 1881, just four days before he was shot. It is inscribed “To Ms. Mollie Garfield,” his daughter.
Public records over the last hundred years show only 3 others having reached the market, but no others inscribed to one of his immediate family members. Truly a unique and moving memento.
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