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- Subject is exactly "Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Assassination."
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Check to Albert Hawkins, 1881 June 30
President James A. Garfield issued this check to African-American coachman Albert Hawkins two days before the President was shot. After the death of President Garfield, Mrs. Lucretia Garfield gave the check to the historian Edward Everett Hale, who…
Guiteau's dream, about 1882
Guiteau's dream. Dated about 1882. A song written from the perspective of Charles Julius Guiteau, who assassinated United States President James A. Garfield. Sung to the melody of “Sad and Lonely.”
The midnight knell : a poem, 1881 September 20
The Midnight Knell, a poem. Dated September 20, 1881. This poem by Henry C. Dane memorializes the death of President James A. Garfield. Imprint at bottom of the broadside reads, "Published by N. W. Appleton, 7 School Street."
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Certificate of appreciation issued to Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Mayor of Boston, 1869 June 19
Certificate issued to Nathaniel Shurtleff, Mayor of Boston, by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, for "their high appreciation of the…