(PRESIDENTS 1881) An interesting group of manuscripts relat

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(PRESIDENTS--1881.) An interesting group of manuscripts relating to Garfield assassin Charles Guiteau and his trial. 18 items, various sizes and conditions. (TFC) Vp, 1882 and undated

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Includes: A page of sarcastic notes on the trial, apparently by prosecutor John Kilham Porter, concluding "Whoever did it, he didn't & that the blame rests not on the living assassin, but on somebody dead . . . Perhaps Garfield did it himself to promote the Union of the Rep'n Party." Accompanied by 2 cards signed by Porter dated January 1882 A short poem, undated and unsigned but apparently in Guiteau's hand, which begins "God created Adam and Eve, Satan came, Eve fell, Adam too!" Receipt to Guiteau signed by his attorney George Scoville, for $125 in fees, 2 April 1882 Receipt to Guiteau signed by photographer C.M. Bell and on his billhead. Guiteau had paid $31 for 200 photographs of himself, apparently to send in response to autograph requests. Washington, 5 April 1882 A set of 12 cards autographed by each of the 12 jurors in the Guiteau trial, most notably Ralph Wormley, an African-American; removed from a scrapbook.