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Title	James A. Garfield Letter to Burke A. Hinsdale
Subject	Education Presidents and Politics Universities and colleges Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Place	Hiram (Ohio) Portage County (Ohio) Washington (District of Columbia)
Description	This 4" x 7" (10 x 17.8 cm) letter was written by President James A. Garfield just after his inauguration to his friend Burke A. Hinsdale, president of Hiram College. Garfield writes of the "dear old quiet and peace of Hiram." Hinsdale and Garfield were classmates at the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute and both later became teachers at the school. The third president (1870-1882) of Hiram College, Hinsdale went on to become the superintendent of public schools of Cleveland and a professor at the University of Michigan. James A. Garfield (1831-1881) was president of the United States from March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881. Born on November 19, 1831 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Garfield was the youngest of five children. Garfield's father died when he was two, and his family was left poverty-stricken. As a teenager, Garfield worked on a canal boat. He enrolled in the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (now Hiram College), then went to Williams College to complete his education. Garfield married Lucretia Rudolph (1832-1918) in 1858. Lucretia was the daughter of Zeb Rudolph, a devoted member of the Disciples of Christ and one of the founders of the institute. Garfield served as a lieutenant colonel in the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.) during the Civil War, and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880. He supported the Radical Republican plan for African American suffrage, as well as the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. In 1880, Garfield was elected to the U.S. Senate. His plans changed, however, when he was nominated for president at the Republican National Convention later that year. The election was close, but Garfield emerged the winner. Less than six months into his administration, Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a Washington attorney who was upset that he did not receive a federal appointment. The president died three months later on September 19, 1881 at Elberon, New Jersey. The James A. Garfield Collection at Hiram College focuses on Garfield's connection to Hiram and includes a broad range of personal and professional material, much of it in Garfield's own hand. The collection also includes a virtually complete set of Garfield's speeches in pamphlet form and works about Garfield written after his death and up to the present.
Creator	Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Date of Original	March 26, 1881
Collection	James A. Garfield Collection
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts)
Submitting Institution	Hiram College
Type	Text
Format	manuscripts

Title	Om132_931274_004
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om132_931274_004.tif
Image Height	2777
Image Width	1798
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Full Text	EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON. March 26, 1881 Dear Burke- I throw you a line across the storm to let you know that I think, when I have a moment between breaths, of the dear old quiet & peace of Hiram & Mentor- Let me hear from you-- Enclose your letter in an envelope to Crete As ever yours JA Garfield

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