Thursday, September 24, 2026

Governor Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, March 1, 1870

COLUMBUS, March 1, 1870.

DEAR UNCLE:— I handed your note to John Deshler this morning with your old question, "Can you read fine hand?" He said, "Oh yes, I can read this, and I shall be very happy to do it both for your sake and Mr. Birchard's. My father always said Sardis Birchard is one of my best friends and one of the best men in Ohio. I always told him he would get married if it wasn't for that fine breastpin." So that matter is settled.

All well. Nothing new.

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

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 3, p. 90

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