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Guiteau, Charles, 1841-1882 The Truth and Removal [assassination of Garfield]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06095 Author/Creator: Guiteau, Charles, 1841-1882 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Book signed Date: 1882/06/01 Pagination: Order a Copy

Signed only weeks before he was hanged for the assassination of President Garfield. The title refers to the "removal" of Garfield from the presidency as part of a cosmic belief system which Guiteau explains in his book. Inscribed to Miss Maggie Mitchell.

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

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