ALS in pencil, one page, 3.75 x 6.5, July 2, 1881. Letter to journalist Byron Andrews of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, complaining that District Attorney George B. Corkhill had taken possession of papers intended for the press. In full: “Please get papers from Col. Corkhill which he took possession of illegally & without my consent. They are intended for you & the other papers. Attend to this at once.” Endorsed on the reverse by Secret Service detective Estes G. Rathbone, “Written by Charles Guiteau in my presence at in the United States Jail D.C. about 7 PM July 2d 1881.” Matted and framed with an original 1881 C. M. Bell cabinet portrait of Guiteau, with a window on the reverse for viewing the endorsement. In fine condition, with intersecting folds and light soiling (the mat also shows some light staining). Accompanied by a complete issue of the Chicago Weekly Tribune, July 6, 1881, devoted to the “assasination” and featuring a prominent front-page engraving of Guiteau. The seized papers referenced by Guiteau, which included anti-Garfield editorials and some of Guiteau’s own writings, figured prominently in the trial. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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