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Manuscript/Mixed Material Inaugural Ball Program, March 4, 1881.

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Title

  • Inaugural Ball Program, March 4, 1881.

Created / Published

  • March 4, 1881

Headings

  • -  Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
  • -  Programme

Genre

  • Programme.

Notes

  • -  Measuring only about 3 x 5 inches, this small memento of President Garfield's inaugural ball is one of three among the papers of William Evarts who, in 1881, was a delegate to the International Monetary Conference in Paris. Previously, he had been the attorney general and was the chief counsel to President Andrew Johnson during Johnson's impeachment trial in 1868. Later, he served as the secretary of state under President Hayes and, from 1885 to 1891, he served in the U.S. Senate as a Republican senator from New York.
  • -  Inaugural Ball Program, March 4, 1881.
  • -  Forms part of William Maxwell Evarts papers, 1667-1918; for additional information, see: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010116
  • -  Original document scanned in 1999-2000 for the former American Memory presentation “I Do Solemnly Swear”: Presidential Inaugurations (retired 2016).

Source Collection

  • William Maxwell Evarts papers, 1667-1918

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Inaugural Ball Program, March 4. March 4, 1881. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/pin2706/.

APA citation style:

(1881) Inaugural Ball Program, March 4. March 4. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/pin2706/.

MLA citation style:

Inaugural Ball Program, March 4. March 4, 1881. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/pin2706/>.