WASHINGTON, March 2,
1866.
DEAR UNCLE:— With a
party, Generals Schenck, Crook, Smith, and their ladies, I went to see the
picture of "The Storm in the Rocky Mountains" by [Albert] Bierstadt.
It is very beautiful and wonderful. By gaslight the effect is incomprehensible,
such brilliancy and light and shade! Mr. Bierstadt says it is better by
daylight. I shall see.
R.
We are not quite
sure yet whether Andy is with us or against us—in a party sense, I mean.
Doctrinally, he is against us on many things and with us on a few.
Sincerely,
R. B. HAYES.
S. BIRCHARD. SOURCE: Charles
Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard
Hayes, Volume 3, p. 19
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