1881 ALs re: PRESIDENT GARFIELD ASSASSINATION from J. R. Lowell For Sale
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1881 ALs re: PRESIDENT GARFIELD ASSASSINATION from J. R. Lowell :
$200.00
1881 ALs re: PRESIDENT GARFIELD ASSASSINATION from Ambassador J. R. Lowell
Handwritten and Signed 2-page letter as Ambassador to England, dated August 29, 1881, containing good content regarding the recent shooting of President Garfield (who hadn’t died yet): “…I really cannot go out to dine til I get better news from Washington. My morning telegram thank God marked gain…by comparison with the two days before it was almost hopeful, but all hangs by a hair.” (Garfield died on Sept. 19th.)
James Russell Lowell(1819-1891):Americanpoet, critic, editor, abolitionist, and diplomat,one of the first American authors who rivaled the popularity of British poets;editor of the Atlantic Monthly, Minister to the Court of Spain and England.$200 + $3.00 1st class shipping, U.S. only
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