"The Death of James A. Garfield" Poem by James Slattery., 07/02/1881-12/31/1882

File — Box: 1, Folder: 13

Identifier: 42716

"The Death of James A. Garfield" Poem by James Slattery.

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Charles J. Guiteau collection consists of correspondence, affidavits and printed material by and about Guiteau, the notorious attorney who assassinated U.S. President James Abram Garfield on July 2, 1881. The assassination resulted in one of the most celebrated American 'insanity trials' of the nineteenth century, which became something of a legal milestone in the judgement of the criminally insane.

This collection has been digitized and is available to view online in DigitalGeorgetown.

Dates

07/02/1881-12/31/1882

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