LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 7.75, March 27, 1872. Letter to Reverend Isaac Errett. In part: “I know how poor and weak are any words of sympathy, when such grief as the loss of a child has fallen upon a family. But I know you will not consider it an intrusion into that sacred circle of your grief, when I write to say, that all the sympathy that I am capable of feeling, goes towards you and yours in this sad affliction.” In fine condition. While studying art in France, Errett’s son was found dead in his bedroom under mysterious circumstances—at first, cause of death was thought to be typhoid fever, then determined to be his own accidental discharge of a pistol, and later thought to be murder. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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