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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03207 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | James Garfield to Wallace J. Ford regarding Hiram college |
| Date | 2 February 1868 |
| Author | Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881) |
| Recipient | Ford, Wallace J. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Thanks him for his letter. Inquires after Hiram College and tells him to ask Mr. Mott of the Cleveland Herald to send the newspaper to him in Washington. "I shall make a speech on the currency and its relation to our hard times before long -- in which I shall commit myself fully & take a position on which I am willing to stand or fall. I have been studying the subject very closely, & have gone over the whole ground." Written on Fortieth Congress Stationery. Garfield, who had been president of Hiram College, favored the principle that all paper money issued by the government had to be backed by gold and silver. At the time of this letter he was a Congressman from Ohio. |
| Subjects | President Education Journalism Coins and Currency Economics Finance Congress |
| People | Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881) Ford, Wallace J. (b. ca. 1833) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Banking & Economics; Education; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |