Exceedingly rare ALS as president signed "J. A. Garfield," written in pencil on a 5.75 x 8.25 American Union telegraph sheet, June 4, [1881]. A telegram directed to O. L. Pruden at the "Executive Mansion," dispatched from Fort Monroe during his visit to Virginia. In full: "If you have any bulletin from New York repeat it to me here." In fine condition, with two very small tape stains to the upper corners. Garfield was in Virginia to visit the Hampton Institute, Fort Monroe, and an old soldiers' home, where on June 5th he was greeted by 750 veterans marching in review. He would be shot by Charles Guiteau less than a month later, on July 2nd, and he died of complications in September. Because of Guiteau's devilish feat, Garfield's autograph as president is of the utmost rarity.
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