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Rillegible, A.F. to Mrs. [Lucretia] Garfield

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.249 Author/Creator: Rillegible, A.F. Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 November 1886 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; 17.3 cm x 11.3 cm. Order a Copy

Written on blue, laid "Office of Public Buildings and Grounds" stationary [envelope labeled as such]. The friend is confident in the mutual interest between Ward and Mrs. Garfield to meet each other, since Ward is the sculptor of the President Garfield memorial pedestal.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

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