Rutherford B. Hayes letters and documents 1876-1891

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Rutherford B. Hayes letters and documents 1876-1891

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/17898

Rutherford B. Hayes was the nineteenth president of the United States. Collection consists of five letters and two documents, 1876-1891. Letters are addressed to D.E. Wells, the editor of The Graphic, William O. McDowell, Thomas B. Harris and Peter D. Keyser. Most are responses to requests. The two documents are a pardon of Frederick Schiel (1878) and a withdrawal of the nomination of Samuel B. Axtell to be receiver of public moneys at Boise City, Idaho (1881). Also included is a White House dinner invitation to Miss Avery (1880) and an undated franked envelope addressed to Gen. Payne of the Patent Office with a note of introduction for Miss Cabell written on the front. Also included is one folder of collateral material, including autographs, a calendar of correspondence, and miscellaneous clippings and photostats.

.2 linear feet; 2 folders

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6311767

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822 and earned degrees from Kenyon College and Harvard Law School before starting a career as a lawyer in Cincinnati. Hayes served as a major general in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1864. Hayes then was elected Governor of Ohio and later served one term as President of the United States (1877-1881) before retiring to his home in Fremont, Ohio, where he died in 1893.President of the Uni...