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Garfield
EXECUTIVE MANSION
WASHINGTON
March 26, 1885.
Dear Sir:
The President directs me to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 20th instant,
and to say that when the appointment of
Commissioner of Agriculture is under
consideration, your suggestions in the matter
will have due attention.
Very respectfully yours,
Daniel S. Lamont
Private Secretary.
Chas E. Bessey Esq.
Lincoln Neb.
Notes and Questions
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The word "Garfield" is handwritten at top of this letter. I believe the writer of that note was thinking this letter was during Garfield's 6 mth term as President of U.S. (1871). Actually, this note was written 2 weeks after President Grover Cleveland was sworn into his first term in 1885. Lamont had started as Cleveland's personal secretary, when Cleveland became Governor of New York State in 1883, and followed Cleveland after his move to the White House in 1885.