Origsize: 5.5" x 9.5"; Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 600 DPI
Name/Title
Garfield Monument Fund
Entry/Object ID
2000.FIC.02.069
Scope and Content
Garfield Monument Fund
Engraved certificate surrounded by an ornamental border.
Vignette of President Garfield in the center with a ribbon coming off each side with his dates of birth and death.
"This certifies that "Joel B. Cahoon" has / ONE DOLLAR / to the fund for the erection of a monument at Lake View Cemetery to the memory of J.A.Garfield / late President of the United States
Cleveland, Ohio"
Facsimiles of President Garfield's signature and those of the Committee.
[Garfield died of wounds after being shot on 2 July 1881 and died on 19 September 1881. The monument was erected in May of 1890.]
