COLUMBUS, OHIO, December 2, 1869.
DEAR HASTINGS: — I am in receipt of— your note of the 30th ult. It is of course flattering and pleasant to be thought of in that connection, and I appreciate the value of the support suggested, but I do not feel like scheming to that end. Perhaps I may be ready sometime to do what is commonly done, but so long in advance, I am indisposed to make figures, or even to decide the question of giving my own consent to a continuance in public life. I feel now like quitting. I hope for your pocket's sake that the business will be in your hands.
Sincerely,
R. B. HAYES.
GENERAL RUSSELL HASTINGS.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 3, p. 75
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