ALS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 5 x 8, House of Representatives, Committee of Ways and Means letterhead, December 4, 1866. Letter to Capt. S. H. Cole, in part: "Your favor of Nov. 22 is received. I fear it is now too late to secure an appointment in the regular army, but I have sent your recommendations to the Sec. of War & will aid you what I can." In very good to fine condition, with light soiling, and splitting along horizontal folds. After two years of service during the Civil War, Garfield was elected to represent Ohio's 19th district in the House of Representatives. He joined the Ways and Means Committee in 1865, using this position to support a fiscal policy based on the gold standard. A desirable, early letter from the soldier-turned-politician.
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