Friday, December 2, 2022

Diary of Congressman Rutherford B. Hayes: January 8, 1866

Mr. Shellabarger made a speech on reconstruction that took better than anything thus far of the kind. He read it from manuscript, but with energy and unction. It was a decided success. He was much complimented. Good for Ohio!

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 3, p. 12

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