Saturday, March 30, 2024

Governor Rutherford B. Hayes to William Henry Smith, March 10, 1869

COLUMBUS, March 10, 1869.

MY DEAR SIR:—I sent two letters to Mr. Barrett this morning, one to General Cox, and one to General Grant.

Your letter indicates that you are in doubt of the future. I suppose there is some reason for it, but I confess I don't feel it. There is just now a wild hubbub at Washington and to some extent in the country, but I think I see the main points are all right and think that before a great while the present doubting will disappear. "Wait for the facts."

Sincerely,
R. B. HAYES.
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH,
        Cincinnati, Ohio.

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 3, p. 59

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