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11"x19"
acrylic/paper on wood
$320
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The Assassination of President Garfield
Dana Ellyn www.danaellyn.com
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Stop #8: Newton Street between 18th & 19th Streets NW
'Ingleside' is the name of a grand house that stands at 1818 Newton Street in NW Washington, DC. In 1854 it was purchased by NY Congressman Hiram Walbridge. The house stayed in the family for 30 years and its residents included Hiram's stepdaughter and her husband, George Corkhill. Corkhill was the attorney who prosecuted President James A. Garfield's assassin in 1881.
James A. Garfield was the 20th President of the United States. On July 2, 1881 he was shot with a Bulldog revolver by Charles A. Guiteau. Doctors couldn't determine the location of the bullet. At least a dozen medical experts probed the president with their bare hands and unsterilzed instruments. An autopsy revealed that the bullet had pierced Garfield's first lumbar vertebra.
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