GARFIELD, JAMES A., President. Autograph free frank ("J.A. Garfield M.C."), as member of Congress, on envelope (letter not present) addressed by Garfield to C.H. Carter, 4 July, no year, light black circular "Washington D.C. Free" datestamp--GARFIELD, LUCRETIA R., First Lady. Two autograph letters signed "Lucretia R. Garfield") to Dr. Henry Root and Mrs. George Childs Mentor, Ohio and Princeton, New Jersey, 6 September 1896 and 2 June 1905, together 8 pages, 12mo, both on black-bordered mourning stationery with "LRG" monogram , chatty personal letters: "...Have you ever been in the subway? Isn't it wonderful? but appalling. It is more agreeable surely to be above ground..."; Two autograph free franks ("Lucretia R. Garfield Free") on envelopes addressed by her to Mrs. Childs and Mr. Stanley Brown, [1905] and n.d., the first with circular "South Pass, Ca." datestamp, the other without postmark, both on black-bordered envelopes. (5)
GARFIELD, JAMES A., President. Autograph free frank ("J.A. Garfield M.C."), as member of Congress, on envelope (letter not present) addressed by Garfield to C.H. Carter, 4 July, no year, light black circular "Washington D.C. Free" datestamp--GARFIELD, LUCRETIA R., First Lady. Two autograph letters signed "Lucretia R. Garfield") to Dr. Henry Root and Mrs. George Childs Mentor, Ohio and Princeton, New Jersey, 6 September 1896 and 2 June 1905, together 8 pages, 12mo, both on black-bordered mourning stationery with "LRG" monogram , chatty personal letters: "...Have you ever been in the subway? Isn't it wonderful? but appalling. It is more agreeable surely to be above ground..."; Two autograph free franks ("Lucretia R. Garfield Free") on envelopes addressed by her to Mrs. Childs and Mr. Stanley Brown, [1905] and n.d., the first with circular "South Pass, Ca." datestamp, the other without postmark, both on black-bordered envelopes. (5)
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