Camp White, June 25, 1863.
Dear Uncle: — Our
little Joseph died yesterday after a few days' severe illness. He was eighteen
months old — bright and very pretty. I have hardly seen him, and hardly had a
father's feeling for him. To me, the suffering of Lucy and the still greater
sorrow of his grandmother, are the chief afflictions. His brain was excessively
developed, and it is probable that his early death has prevented greater
suffering. He was the most excitable, nervous child I ever saw. We have sent
his body home for burial. Lucy and the rest will leave here in a few days for
Chillicothe. This has dashed the pleasure of their visit here.
I have one thousand
dollars for your bank (at Cincinnati), and will [shall] have fifteen hundred
dollars more in two or three weeks. I want stock to that amount. I have one
thousand dollars' worth of 7:30 bonds, but I will keep them in preference to
the stock.
I like Brough's
nomination.1 We everywhere lack energy. He will have enough.
Sincerely,
R. B. Hayes.
S. BlRCHARD.
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1 For governor of Ohio.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 414-5
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