James A. Garfield Papers Collection
Document Type
Website
Abstract
The papers of President James A. Garfield, who was assassinated in the first year of his short presidency, have been digitized and are now available online for the first time from the Library of Congress. The Garfield collection includes approximately 80,000 items, mostly dating from 1850 to 1881. Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881, by Charles Guiteau, a mentally disturbed office seeker convinced that Garfield’s death would provide him with a plum diplomatic post. The president’s health would deteriorate for 80 days due to rampant infection after the shooting, and he died on Sept. 19, 1881.
Publication Date
2019
Recommended Citation
Garfield, James A. and Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program, "James A. Garfield Papers Collection" (2019). AALL Legal Website of the Month. 55.
https://ir.law.utk.edu/aall_websites/55