GARFIELD, JAMES A., President. Autograph letter signed ("J.A. Garfield") as Ohio Representative, to A.T. Goodman, Washington, D.C., 16 March 1864. 1 page, 8vo, on lined stationery, in good condition. The future President Garfield regrets he cannot send a copy of a speech at the Cleveland Sanitary Fair: "...The speech I delivered at the opening of the [Sanitary] Fair at Cleveland was Entirely extemporaneous. I had not even a note, hence can send you no manuscript..."

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GARFIELD, JAMES A., President. Autograph letter signed ("J.A. Garfield") as Ohio Representative, to A.T. Goodman, Washington, D.C., 16 March 1864. 1 page, 8vo, on lined stationery, in good condition. The future President Garfield regrets he cannot send a copy of a speech at the Cleveland Sanitary Fair: "...The speech I delivered at the opening of the [Sanitary] Fair at Cleveland was Entirely extemporaneous. I had not even a note, hence can send you no manuscript..."