Displayed is a November 16, 1878, James Garfield (later the 20th U.S. President) signed handwritten letter written on United States House of Representatives stationery. At the time, Garfield was a member of the House of Representatives, representing Ohio. Garfield served seven terms as a U.S. Congressman. He had previously been an attorney and a preacher. He also was a noted Major General serving the Union during the Civil War. In the Republican National Convention in 1880, he became a compromise Presidential nominee, and he won election as the 20th President of the United States. He was inaugurated on March 4, 1881. Garfield was a strong supporter of civil rights for African Americans, and he strongly opposed corruption in government.

The two-page letter, each page measuring 5x8", reads, in part, "Dear Seagrave, Yours of the 13th came duly at hand. I have received a very good list from Higley but I have written him asking for a list....We ought to send docs during the winter...and have till next June the time to do it.... I am very grateful to my friend...for the vote given me. Very Truly yours, J.A. Garfield." The letter was written in ink from a fountain pen. The ink color has faded from the passage of time, but it is still clearly legible. Both pages of the letter are affixed to an 11x13" piece of thick card stock or cardboard. This card stock or cardboard backing has some staining, and the letter pages exhibit some darkening and some small stains. Each page of the letter has folds from mailing. The two pages of the letter are exhibited side-to-side. Beneath the letters, at the bottom of the backing, measuring approx. 1.1x3.3" on paper or very thin card stock, is a typed notice reading, "Political letter written by President James A. Garfield at Mentor, Ohio, on November 16, 1878./Property of Edward Lamb." Garfield only served six-and-a-half months as President. An assassin, a failed political office seeker, shot Garfield two times on July 2, 1881, at the Sixth Street Station of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad in Washington, D.C. After being taken to Long Branch, New Jersey in early September, in an attempt to have Garfield recover in a cooler climate, Garfield passed away on September 18, 1881. The offering comes with a PSA LOA for the signature.

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