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Governor Rutherford B. Hayes to Governor John White Geary, December 29, 1869

COLUMBUS, December 29, 1869.

DEAR SIR:—I am asked to write you in behalf of young Hosea, now in the State Prison of your State. I have no knowledge of him or of his crime. There is no doubt that his widowed mother is a most estimable woman, and that the gentlemen who take an interest in the case are worthy in all respects. Dr. Wadsworth, who will visit you, is, I know, an upright, conscientious, and truthful gentleman. I bespeak for him and his statements the utmost confidence and consideration.

Sincerely,
R. B. HAYES.
GENERAL J. W. GEARY,
        GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA.

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 3, p. 79

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