GARFIELD, JAMES A., President. Autograph letter signed ("JA Garfield") as PRESIDENT-ELECT to Thomas H.S. Hameasly of Washington, D.C.; Mentor, Ohio, 2 December 1880. 1 page, 8vo, 122 x 200mm. (4 3/4 x 8 in.), integral blank, in fine condition.

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GARFIELD, JAMES A., President. Autograph letter signed ("JA Garfield") as PRESIDENT-ELECT to Thomas H.S. Hameasly of Washington, D.C.; Mentor, Ohio, 2 December 1880. 1 page, 8vo, 122 x 200mm. (4 3/4 x 8 in.), integral blank, in fine condition.

Ten months before his assassination, President-elect Garfield sends a hurried thank you note. "Accept my thanks for the copy of your Register of the U.S Army which you were kind enough to send me - From a hasty glance at its contents, I am sure it is a valuable work [.]"