Clara Barton. Teacher, nurse, and humanitarian responsible for the organization of the American Branch of the International Red Cross, 8-page autograph letter signed and written at Dansville N.Y. on Aug. 24, 1881, to her brother in Worcester Mass., on “The Red Cross of the International Convention of Geneva, Office of Clara Barton, American Representative” letterhead, the letter mentions President Garfield’s assassination, setting back ratification of the Geneva treaty for the Red Cross: “I went to Washington the last of July, and only left for home the day the President was shot, four months of very hard work, but successful, if it were not for the uncertainty of the changes which I suppose now, must come. The present Administration is fully pledged to my work, but it may require to be done over again, but if so, there is a prospect that it may be done in this state, as N.Y. will no doubt be the cornerstone of the government after the change -- a dreadful thing! I could see some purpose in the wounding, but can see none in the death of Mr. Garfield, it is all dark beyond!”, cover front accompanies (small faults), paper mounted (barely encroaching signature) on typed exhibition page, a Fine and fascinating letter, since her return from Geneva in 1873, Clara Barton had been trying to get Garfield to sign the treaty, in 1880 the American Red Cross was incorporated with the international organization, but it was not until 1882 that President Arthur signed the treaty

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