Governor Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, May 17, 1869

COLUMBUS, May 17, 1869.

DEAR UNCLE:— Colonel Whittlesey is very angry and very vindictive because he is not State Geologist. He threatens terribly to defeat my nomination and the like!

Sincerely,

R. B. HAYES.

S. BIRCHARD.

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 3, p. 63