Cincinnati, June 5, 1861.
Dear Uncle: —
I have received your letter of the 3rd. Am sorry to have disappointed you last
Saturday. Shall try to come soon. I have just had a call from Buckland,* and
went with him to the Burnet House and saw Miss Annie and Ralph.
A dispatch in the Commercial indicates that we are
having better luck at Washington than at Columbus. If the authorities at
Columbus do not interfere, we are likely to get in our regiment. We had a
letter from Governor Chase a few days [ago], which encouraged us to hope that
such would be the case.
Mother will probably go to Columbus next week or the week
after. If the Commercial correspondent is correct, we shall probably be
pretty busy for a few days or a week. I will advise you as soon as anything
definite is known.
Sincerely,
R. B. Hayes.
S. Birchard.
* Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont, Hayes's old law partner,
later a general. Always a leading citizen.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 20
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