[GARFIELD ASSASSINATION]. A group of six letters written within two months of Charles Guiteau's assassination attempt against President James Garfield. Believing that he was carrying out God's work for the good of the nation, the mentally unstable Guiteau shot the President twice at the Washington Railroad Station. Garfield was immediately taken to the White House where, over the next two months, he underwent three separate operations. He eventually succumbed to his wounds on September 19. The lot includes: TUCKER, Beverley. Draft ALS to Mrs. Lucretia Garfield, n.p., [15 July 1881]. 1 p., 4to. Tucker sends kind words to Garfield's wife: "Surely, the fervent prayers of a whole people in our own land, have ascended, as from one throat." -- BLANKMAN, F. Mrs. Garfield's personal secretary. ALS to Tucker, Washington, 16 July 1881. 2 pp., 8vo, Executive Mansion stationery and envelope. Thanking Tucker for his kind note. -- HUNT, William, Secretary of the Navy. LS to Tucker, Navy Department, Washington, 25 July 1881. 2 pp., 4to. Thanking Tucker for the basket of fruit sent to the President and commenting "You will be glad to know that the President seems to have weathered the extreme point of peril of yesterday and the day before, and that although he is not yet out of danger, we have strong hopes that he soon will be." -- STANLEY-BROWN, Joseph, President Garfield's personal secretary. ALS to Tucker, Washington, 29 July 1881. 1 p., small 4to, Executive Mansion stationery and envelope. Noting that Mrs. Garfield could not respond personally "by reason of the anxiety under which she is laboring." -- HUNT, William. LS to Tucker, Navy Department, Washington, 15 August 1881. 1 1/8 pp, 8vo. Hunt writes: "Your kind attention to the President I hope he will be able himself to thank you for. The bulletins are true. They impress me with continued anxiety. Still the Surgeons are undismayed and declare themselves encouraged, rather than discouraged." -- [HUNT, William]. Telegram to Tucker, Washington, 16 August 1881. 1 p., 8vo, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad telegram stationery. Hunt writes: "The Prests. condition is extremely critical we have not abandoned all hope." Together six items. (6)