James Garfield rare Presidential signed document approving treaty with China

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James Garfield rare Presidential signed document approving treaty with China:
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A RARE GARFIELD PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENT, APPROVING A TREATY BETWEEN THEUNITED STATES AND CHINA THAT SEVERLY LIMITED CHINESE IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITEDSTATES AND BANNED THE OPIUM TRADE

JAMES GARFIELD (1831-1881).Garfield was the Twentieth President.Garfieldwas President of Hiram College, then a Union general during the Civil War, andthen was elected to the House. He waselected President in 1880 but shot on July 2, 1881 by Charles Guiteau. He died a few months later of the United States,allowing Chester Arthur to become President.

DS. 1pg. 8” x 10”. May 9, 1881. Washington. A rare Presidential document signed “James.A. Garfield” as President. Thepartly-printed manuscript states “Ihereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of theUnited States to be affixed to my ratification of a supplemental treaty bet.the U.S. and China, relative to commercial intercourse and judicial procedure –signed at Peking Nov. 17. 1880 – dated this day, and signed by me, and for sodoing this shall be his warrant.” Oneunusual aspect of this document is the approval of an American treaty withChina. On November 17, 1880, the UnitedStates and China agreed to a treaty that gave the United States the ability to“regulate, limit or suspend” Chinese immigration, but not completely prohibitit. They two countries also agreed toban the opium trade and granted China some trading ability with the UnitedStates. President Hayes was no longer inoffice when the treaty was approved, so his successor, President Garfield,signed it. In 1882, certain West Coastorganizations, such as the Knights of Labor, pressured the government to banall Chinese immigration for twenty years.President Arthur vetoed that measure, but when Congress revised it to aten year Chinese immigration ban, Arthur approved that measure. The document, printed on blue paper, has twomailing folds and some light staining.Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau on July 2, 1881, meaning he was aneffective President for just four months; this makes his Presidentialautographs quite rare.

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