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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00162.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | James A. Garfield to Manton Marble refers to a review of the Credit Mobilier affair |
| Date | 21 May 1873 |
| Author | Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Encloses a copy of the review of the Credit Mobilier affair. Calls the scandal "miserable business." Also asks Marble to read the review, stating "I have no right, perhaps to address you on the subject, but I thought you would be willing to look through these pages." Written on lined paper. Marked as personal on the upper left-hand corner. |
| Subjects | President Corruption and Scandal Finance Banking Railroad Journalism Congress |
| People | Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881) Marble, Manton (1834-1917) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Industry; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Marble was the editor of the New York World Newspaper and Garfield was then a Republican representative from Ohio. Garfield, along with many other members of Congress were implicated for owning stock with Credit Mobilier, who was selling stock below the market value and then overcharging the costs to build the Union Pacific Railroad in order to make a large profit. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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