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PRESIDENT RECIEVES A RELIC OF
GRANDFATHERW.H. HARRISON’S INAUGURATION
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HARRISON, BENJAMIN. Letter Signed, “Benj Harrison,” as President, to Mrs.
M. Nicholson, thanking her for sending a nearly fifty-year old copy of a newspaper featur-
ing his grandfather’s Presidential inauguration. 1
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page, 4to, “Executive Mansion”
stationery, ruled paper, written on a single folded sheet; faint scattered soiling. (TFC)
Washington, 30 December 1890
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Mr. McKim has placed in my hands the New York Herald of March 5th 1841, giving the
account of the inauguration of my grandfather, which you were so kind enough to offer through
him for my acceptance. Please accept my thanks for your kindness. It is a valuable and interest-
ing relic. I was particularly interested in contrasting the Pennsylvania Avenue of that date as
shown in the picture, and the Avenue of today.”
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HAYES, RUTHERFORD B. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed,
“RBHayes,” as President, military commission appointing Robert N. Scott Major in the
Third Regiment of Artillery. Countersigned by Secretary of War George W. McCrary.
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inches; folds, minor toning at edges, docketing at upper left recto, paper seal
intact.
Washington, 12 June 1879
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CLARIFYING HIS CIVILWAR DEEDS:
“GEN MORGAN DID NOT SURRENDERTO ME”
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HAYES, RUTHERFORD B. Autograph Letter Signed, “R.B. Hayes,” to E.Taylor
Lawsing, with holograph “Private” at upper left, explaining that he was convalescing near
Antietam at the time of the battle there and explaining his role in the surrender of General
[John Hunt] Morgan. 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank. With the original envelope,
addressed in his hand. (TFC)
Fremont, OH, 16 February 1887
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Too badly wounded Sept 14th 1862 at South Mountain to take part in the battle of
Antietam Sept 17, 1862, I was in a house so near Antietam that the windows were shaken by
the concussion of the cannon firing all day.
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Gen Morgan did
not
surrender to me. I was not within one hundred miles of his surrender at
the time it took place.
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My command took part in the operations which prevented Morgan escaping across the Ohio
River at Pomeroy and their action was essential—but this was days, perhaps a week or two
before the final capture. . . .”
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