COLUMBUS, January 20, 1870.
DEAR SIR: — I am collecting in the Executive Office portraits of the governors of the State. The portraits of sixteen are already on the walls of the office. Those obtained are mainly the pioneer governors — Tiffin, Meigs, Worthington, Morrow, Trimble, McArthur, and others. Some have been presented by relatives and others bought by me with my contingent fund. I am desirous to obtain your portrait. If you have one taken about the time you were governor, a copy of that would be preferred. In some cases originals have been sent by express and copied here and then returned. But, of course, your wishes will control.
Topeka, Kansas.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 3, p. 84
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