A Document Concerning James Garfields Estate

DS. 1pg. 5 x 8. April 20, 1882. Cleveland, Ohio. A handwritten document pertaining to President James A. Garfields estate. It was written several months after Garfields death and signed Joseph Rudolph as administrator. Rudolph was the brother of Garfields wife Lucretia. It states: Riggs and Co. Washington D.C. Pay to Bateman & Co. or order sixteen thousand seven hundred and thirty nine dollars fifty two cts. Joseph Rudolph Administrator. Warner Bateman was a long-time, prominent Cincinnati attorney. $16,000 was a tremendous sum of money in the 1880s. The document has folds, a minor punch hole and pencil writing on it; it is in good condition.