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Monday, February 12, 2024

Governor Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, February 3, 1868

COLUMBUS, OHIO, February 3, 1868.

DEAR UNCLE:—Tell the boys that if nothing occurs to prevent I hope to reach Fremont on the evening train that will arrive Friday evening.

I send you T. D. Jones' design for a Soldier and Lincoln Monument. We hadn't money enough to accept this design. It is in three parts: — (1) At the bottom, the uprising of the people when Sumter was taken; (2) The surrender of Vicksburg to Grant; and (3) The bust of Lincoln. I am not sure but presume you will think it worth express charges and houseroom. We adopted Jones' bust from this design.

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

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 3, p. 51