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Charles J. Guiteau, “My Case” [poem], June 1, 1882 (Gilder Lehrman Collectio

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Charles Guiteau’s reasons for assassinating President Garfield, 1882

Charles Julius Guiteau employed the unusual defense of poetry to plead his innocence while on...

George Washington to Henry Knox, April 1, 1789. (GLC02437.09419)

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The first inauguration: George Washington and his reluctance to become president, 1789

From 1787 to 1789, as the Constitution was submitted for ratification by the states,...