WASHINGTON, D. C.,
December 17, 1865.
MY DEAREST:— I hope to start home in time to be with you
Friday next. The Senate has not yet acted on our adjournment, and it is not
quite settled.
The death of Uncle
Moses [Boggs], so unlooked for, so peculiarly sad, has impressed me singularly.
I don't like to think of it. This is the reason I didn't write when I heard of
it. I put off talking about it and will now.
Tom Corwin was
struck down in the midst of a scene in which he was one of the happiest and the
cause of great happiness to others. He still lingers in a dying condition. —
Love to boys all. Affectionately, yours ever,
R.
MRS. HAYES.
SOURCE: Charles
Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard
Hayes, Volume 3, p. 12
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