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): American  poet, 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.

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PROVENANCE NOTES: This Autograph item is from my personal collection which I started accumulating in the 1970s. Everything in my autograph collection was purchased from reputable sources such as East Coast Book Auctions, Harris Auction Galleries, Remember When Antiquities, Richard J. Cohen, and Donald Dean of Discovery Gide. I also had a running advertisement throughout the 1980s in PCM (Paper Collectors’ Marketplace) through which I obtained a number of these. Nothing in this collection was purchased through Ebay or any other online source. 

Note also that virtually everything was obtained before “COAs” became routine (which I have doubts about anyway), so no such ‘certificate’ accompanied these items when I purchased them. I do, however, stand behind any autograph material I offer for sale, which comes with my personal money-back guarantee ensuring your complete satisfaction.