Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Governor Rutherford B. Hayes to Julius Dexter, January 31, 1870

COLUMBUS, January 31, 1870.

DEAR SIR: — I am in receipt of your note of the 29th enclosing a memorial from the Historical Society of Ohio in relation to the purchase by the State of the St. Clair papers. I will transmit the memorial to the Legislature with a favorable recommendation. There is a fair prospect of the success of the measure.

Sincerely,
R. B. HAYES.

P. S. — Personal communications to cach of your senators and members of the House will be of service.

MR. JULIUS DEXTER,
        Cincinnati, Ohio.

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 3, p. 85

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