BIB_ID
102917
Accession number
MA 22409
Creator
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881, sender.
Display Date
Washington, D.C., 1881 April 30.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1983.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 25.2 x 19.6 cm
Notes
Letter written in unknown hand and signed by Garfield.
Written on letterhead stationery printed "Executive Mansion / Washington."
Written on letterhead stationery printed "Executive Mansion / Washington."
Summary
Confirming that the pen-holder used in the preparation of his inaugural address was the one of olive wood grown in Palestine that had been sent to him by Alfred A. Marcus of Boston.
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