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- GLC#
- GLC00073
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 30 June 1881
- Author/Creator
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
- Title
- [Appointment of William Siler as U.S. Consul at Capetown].
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 45.5 cm, Width: 57.6 cm
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- Empire Building
Countersigned by Secretary of State Blaine. Signed two days before James A. Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau, a disappointed officer-seeker who wanted to be appointed a U.S. consul. Accompanied by paper seal.
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