James A. Garfield presidential land grant and military letter
James A. Garfield presidential land grant and military letter
Dates: 1881-1882
Includes one Certificate issued by the General Land Office of the Unites States and signed by United States President James A. Garfield in 1881, as well as a Military Letter written by an adjutant general in 1882. Certificate issued by the General Land Office of the United States giving Samuel Russell a tract of land in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Military Letter discusses Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Extent: 1 folder (0.1 linear ft.)
- Creator: Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
- Call Number: MSS 3897
- Repository: L. Tom Perry Special Collections; 19th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts; 1130 Harold B. Lee Library; Brigham Young University; Provo, Utah 84606; http://sc.lib.byu.edu/
- Access Restrictions: Open for public research.
- Languages and Scripts
- English
- Conditions of Use
- It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the James A. Garfield presidential land grant and military letter must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
- Preferred Citation
- Initial citation: MSS 3897; James A. Garfield presidential land grant and military letter; 19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Following citations: MSS 3897, LTPSC.
- Custodial History
- Purchased in 1990.
- Acquisition Information
- Purchased; 1990.
- Subject Terms
- United States. Congress; United States. General Land Office; Military; Politics, Government, and Law; United States--Agriculture
- Genre / Form
- Certificates; Letters
- Processing Information
- Processed; Meghan Mathews; 4 May 2007.
- Appraisal Information
- Utah political history (Collection development policy of 19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts, August 2007).
- Finding Aid ID Number
- UPB_MSS3897
- Finding Aid Title
- Garfield (James A.) presidential land grant and military letter
- Finding Aid Author
- Finding aid prepared by Karen Glenn and Meghan Mathews, student processors and John Murphy, curator
- Finding Aid Creator
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2010-10-07T15:36-0600
- Finding Aid Language
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
- Biographical Info:
Biographical History
James Abram Garfield was the 20th President of the United States.
James Abram Garfield 19 November 1831 in Orange Township, Ohio. Garfield served as a major general in the United States Army and in the U.S. House of Representatives before being elected the 20th President of the United States. He was the 2nd president to be assassinated in office, dying 19 September 1881 in Long Branch, New Jersey, of complications surrounding a gun shot wound.
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