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The Death Of James A. Garfield

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The Death Of James A. Garfield
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Autograph Letter Signed, “H.C. Lybrook.” Two pages, 5” x 8”. Dowagiac, Michigan. September 11, 1881. The letter reads, in part: “ … The death of the President does not appear to excite much feeling among our people all that have been done they have hung the flag on a pole half way up and they have Crepe stretched over the door of Post office and Mrs. Boating has Crepe stretched round the top and on the collumns [sic] of the stoop in front of her shop. The people here are tramping around as usual. There was a company of some 6 or 8 persons men and women came down from Decatur last Saturday and got drunk and were disorderly and they were all taken before the Justice of the peace and fined …” Extremely Fine.