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Guiteau, Charles J. (Charles Julius), 1841-1882

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Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Charles Guiteau Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS133
Scope and Contents

The Charles J. Guiteau Collection consists of correspondence, affidavits, and printed material by and about Guiteau, the attorney who assassinated US President James Abram Garfield on July 2, 1881. The assassination resulted in one of the most infamous American "insanity trials" of the nineteenth century that became something of a legal milestone in the judgement of the criminally insane.

Dates: 1876 - 1882
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts