HAYES, Rutherford B. (1822-1893), President. Autograph letter signed ("R. B. Hayes"), as President, to Mrs. M. D. Lincoln, 2 March 1881. 1¼ pages, 4to, Executive mansion stationery. HAYES SMOOTHS THE RUFFLED FEATHERS OF A WASHINGTON SOCIALITE: "Of course you were one of those we supposed we should see...I assure you there is...no predjudice [sic] against you but the opposite. You ought to have been invited. I am sorry you were not. You ought to have come to me when you found you were omitted...In short there is nothing, nothing in the whole affair except accident, which we regret." -- HAYES. Autograph White House card signed ("R. B. H."), as President, to Gen. H. E. Paine, n.d. 1 page, oblong, Executive mansion stationery. An introduction for Mrs. M. D. Lincoln. -- HAYES. ALS to Mrs. M. D. Lincoln, Spiegel Grove, 21 May 1881. 1 page, 8vo, personal stationery. A short note: "I comply with pleasure with your request..." -- HAYES. Autograph card signed ("H."), as President, to M. D. Lincoln, n.d. 1p., oblong, on Executive mansion stationery. Enclosing $10 for Lincoln to devote "to the distressing case she presents." With 10 other items addressed to Mrs. Lincoln: letters, admission cards, and invitations, from various White House secretaries and Executive Branch officials from the Harrison and McKinley administrations. Lincoln, whose stage name was "Bessie Beach," was an entertainer and minor poet who often used her renown to obtain relief for indigents (as she does here), and to press for an end to racial discrimination in the theatres and other public places of the Capitol. Together 14 items. (14)