Click to enlarge

James A. GARFIELD (1831 – 1881) Autograph Note Signed “J. A. Garfield” as Pesident-elect, 1p. 178 x 112 mm. (7 x 4 1/2 in.), Mentor, Ohio, 13 November 1880 to Edward W. Bok* in Brooklyn, N.Y. honoring a request for an autograph. Garfield had just defeated Winfield Scott Hancock at the polls the previous week.

Usual folds, light fingerprint and paperclip mark at top, else fine condition.

(EXA 4601)

SOLD

_________
*(1863-1930) Dutch-born American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. For three decades Bok edited Ladies Home Journal where he coined the term, “Living Room”—updating the Victorian parlor for the twentieth century. Bok began collecting autographs in his early teens, impressing presidents, generals, and celebrities in numerous fields with his engaging questions.