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HAYES, Rutherford B. Five autograph letters signed ("R. B. Hayes" or "Rutherford B. Hayes"), including TWO AS PRESIDENT, one as Presidential candidate and one as former President, 23 October 1873 to 16 April 1889. Together 6 pp., 4tos and 8vos, two on Executive Mansion stationery, the 1876 letter chipped along one edge.
"PERSONALLY I AM 'LAND POOR,' AND LIKE MOST POLITICIANS HEAVILY IN DEBT". Five Hayes letters covering a range of subjects from corruption in government posts in Utah, Hayes's shaky finances, Ohio politics, and the problem of mixing alcohol with public speaking: 8 August 1878 to William M. Evarts: "Chase, an agent of the Department of Justice, has returned from Utah where he investigated the U. S. offices. Among other things he reports that the Register of the Land Office must be replaced. In a 29 April ALS from the White House, Hayes discusses an appointment for postmaster. On 18 April 1876, the year of his election to the Presidency, he discusses his precarious finances: "Personally I am 'land poor,' and like most politicians heavily in debt. As to the bank I don't know, but I conjecture that they are not in condition to make long loans." Six years earlier he writes to his Uncle on local Ohio politics: 23 October 1873: "...I feel as you do about the election. It is a great triumph for Thurman personally. He had against him the large body of leaders like Ewing & Groesbeck who are for a new departure--also the salary grabbers of his party. This puts him at the head of the resurrectionists..." A 16 April 1889 autograph sentiment, signed in full, offers sage advice: "When one has been 'wined and dined,' even if a sincere man, he must not be held to speak as if he were on oath." Together 5 items. (5)
"PERSONALLY I AM 'LAND POOR,' AND LIKE MOST POLITICIANS HEAVILY IN DEBT". Five Hayes letters covering a range of subjects from corruption in government posts in Utah, Hayes's shaky finances, Ohio politics, and the problem of mixing alcohol with public speaking: 8 August 1878 to William M. Evarts: "Chase, an agent of the Department of Justice, has returned from Utah where he investigated the U. S. offices. Among other things he reports that the Register of the Land Office must be replaced. In a 29 April ALS from the White House, Hayes discusses an appointment for postmaster. On 18 April 1876, the year of his election to the Presidency, he discusses his precarious finances: "Personally I am 'land poor,' and like most politicians heavily in debt. As to the bank I don't know, but I conjecture that they are not in condition to make long loans." Six years earlier he writes to his Uncle on local Ohio politics: 23 October 1873: "...I feel as you do about the election. It is a great triumph for Thurman personally. He had against him the large body of leaders like Ewing & Groesbeck who are for a new departure--also the salary grabbers of his party. This puts him at the head of the resurrectionists..." A 16 April 1889 autograph sentiment, signed in full, offers sage advice: "When one has been 'wined and dined,' even if a sincere man, he must not be held to speak as if he were on oath." Together 5 items. (5)