Jun 21, 2018 - Sale 2483

Sale 2483 - Lot 107

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
"YOUR LAW REPORTER DISCOURSES AMUSINGLY IN TO-DAY'S HERALD" (GARFIELD ASSASSINATION.) GUITEAU, CHARLES J. Autograph Letter Signed, "To the Edition of the Herald," retained draft, responding to an article in that day's Herald concerning a "Profitable Collecting Lawyer," arguing that he is entitled to collect all of the initial payment in a case he has been pursuing for years. Guiteau's visiting card mounted to upper left recto. 1 page, folio, ruled paper; folds. New York, 21 April 1871
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"Your Law reporter discourses amusingly in to-day's Herald . . . . 'All respectable Lawyers', says the reporter, 'retain one half for collection'; to which, I reply, only by contract: not otherwise.
"Ruis Bros & Co agreed to give me one half of all I could attain in a final settlement of their claim . . . . I have been trying for four years to settle this case & claim that I am justly entitled to the first installment paid for my fees & disbursements. . . . The motion has just been denied by Judge Donohue."