Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Governor Rutherford B. Hayes to William Henry Smith, April 29, 1869

COLUMBUS, April 29, 1869.

DEAR S——:— I rather like your ticket. But Mr. Henkle is not a candidate. No recommendations are on file for him, (a circumstance which perhaps ought to be decisive in his favor!), and having said I would try to give the school men their choice, I propose to do it if they can make one.

You don't say White once. Warner is strong for him, and a good crowd of first-class school men. I am in no hurry.

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

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 3, p. 61-2

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