Monday, September 2, 2024

Governor Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, October 13, 1869

COLUMBUS, OHIO, October 13, 1869.

DEAR UNCLE:—We are in the midst of the doubt as to results. I am laughing and serene as usual. But there are anxious faces over the figures. It looks as if I was carried through again by a close vote. I saw the moon over my right shoulder and I think that will win.

Sincerely,
R. B. HAYES.
S. BIRCHARD.

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 3, p. 67

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