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Autograph Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 1212
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Autograph Letter Signed
2 pages
SMC 1211
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Typed Manuscript Signed
1 page
SMC 1209
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Former President Rutherford Hayes Expresses Satisfaction with Himself, His Successor, and John Sherman
March 6, 1881
Autograph Letter Signed
2 pages
SMC 1213
Two days after leaving office, Rutherford B. Hayes writes to John Sherman, his Secretary of the Treasury, to thank him for his help. Hayes also adds that he's happy with his successor, and that he read Sherman's farewell speech to the Treasury, which did much to dispel the notion that Sherman was "too cold in temperament."
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Rutherford B. Hayes Responds to Lincoln's Assassination: Now He is "The Darling of History"
April 15, 1865
Autograph Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 124
On the day Lincoln died, General Rutherford B. Hayes wrote that Abraham Lincoln would ever be remembered as the "darling of history."
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An Autograph Innovation: President Rutherford B. Hayes Signs an Executive Mansion Card
December 13, 1878
White House Card
1 page
SMC 514
Around the time of Hayes's presidency, it became fashionable to request the president's signature on Executive Mansion stationery. This card, dated, December 13, 1878, suggests that President Hayes might have filled requests for his autograph in his "down time."
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Autograph Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 1149
Hayes, in arranging for a visit at his home, announces he will be attending the funeral of the man he succeeded in the White House, Ulysses S. Grant, in New York City.
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President Rutherford B. Hayes Salutes Service of U.S. Commissioner of Education John Eaton
July 26, 1877
Autograph Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 1198
Hayes salutes the service of his Civil War comrade-in-arms in "the old 23rd," Brigadier General John Eaton Jr., as the United States Commissioner of Education.
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Signed Photograph
1 page
SMC 1200
President Hayes inscribes this photograph for his dear friend and avid collector, Thomas Donaldson.
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Autograph Quotation Signed
1 page
SMC 1202
President Rutherford B. Hayes quotes Abraham Lincoln, calling for all to have "an equal start and a fair chance in the race of life."
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Autograph Letter Signed
4 pages
SMC 1204
The election of Rutherford B. Hayes hung, precariously, on disputed returns from four states -- chief among them, Louisiana. Here, long after the fact, Hayes reviews with one of his chief lieutenants, John Sherman, what happened there, and why.
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Autograph Letter Signed
1 page
SMC 1206
President Rutherford B. Hayes claims that the Roman punch served in his White House contains no alcohol.
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