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RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, ATTORNEY AT LAW 1. See Charles Richard Williams, ed., Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes (Columbus, 1922-1926), hereinafter cited as Hayes, Diary and Letters; Harry Barnard, Rutherford B. Hayes and His America (Indianapolis, 1954), 69; History of Delaware County and Ohio (Chicago, 1880) 327; and "Inventory of the Estate of Ruth- erford Hayes, Jr.," in Rutherford Hayes, Jr., Papers, The Rutherford B. Hayes Library. 2. Hayes, Diary and Letters, I, 4. 3. Fremont Journal, January 30, 1874. 4. Hayes, Diary and Letters, I, 9-15. 5. Hayes to his mother, Sophia Birchard Hayes, July 7, 1838. Hayes Papers. 6. Hayes to Sophia B. Hayes, July 7, 1838, ibid. 7. Hayes to Sophia B. Hayes, February 10, 1841, ibid. 8. Sophia B. Hayes to Hayes, February 14, 1841, ibid. 9. Sohpia B. Hayes to Austin Birchard, January 10, 1842. Sophia Birchard Hayes Papers. 10. Hayes, Diary and Letters, I, 73. 11. Ibid., I, 57. 12. Ibid., I, 82-83. 13. Hayes to his sister, Fanny Arabella Hayes Platt, June 22, 1840, Hayes Papers. 14. Hayes, Diary and Letters, I, 83. 15. Hayes to his uncle, Sardis Birchard, October 29, 1842, Hayes Papers. 16. Hayes Scrapbook, volume 6, 68a, ibid. 17. Hayes, Diary and Letters, I, 112. 18. Hayes to Birchard, September 24, 1843, Hayes Papers. 19. Ibid. 20. Hayes Diary, August 28, 1843 - January 1, 1845, ibid. 21. Hayes to Fanny Arabella Hayes Platt, December 8, 1844, ibid. 22. Certificate, Ohio Supreme Court, March 10, 1845, ibid.; Hayes to William G. Lane, March 15, 1845. Copy in Hayes Papers. 23. Hayes to Lane, March 15, 1845. William G. Lane Papers, Yale University. 24. Hayes to Birchard, January 13, 1853, Hayes Papers. 25. Hayes to Lane, April 12, 1845. Copy in the Hayes Papers. 26. Hayes to Fanny Platt, April 20, 1845, Hayes Papers. 27. "State of Ohio, for the use of Alvan Coles, v. John Strohl," et al, original manu- script brief written and signed by Rutherford B. Hayes. Filed in Sandusky County Court of Common Pleas, July 7, 1847. 28. Hayes to Fanny Platt, June 1, 1845, Hayes Papers. 29. Sandusky Clarion, June 21, 1845. 30. Hayes to Fanny Platt, June 1, 1845, Hayes Papers. 31. Sandusky Clarion, June 21, 1845. 32. Ibid. 33. Hayes to Fanny Platt, June 1, 1845. Hayes Papers. 34. Hayes to Lane, June 1, 1845, (copy), ibid. 35. Hayes to Sophia Hayes, August 20, 1845, ibid. 36. Hayes to Sophia Hayes, October 12, 1845, ibid. 37. Manuscript draft in Hayes's holograph, and reported address, September 2, 1886, before the 17th reunion of the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, ibid. 38. Hayes to Lane, July 11, 1846, (copy), ibid. 39. Hayes to Fanny Platt, February 28, July 7, 1846, ibid. 40. Hayes to Lane, March 28, 1846, (copy), ibid. 41. Copy (printed) of the brief in the Thomas E. Boswell Case file, ibid. 42. Hayes to Birchard, May 13, 1850, ibid. 43. Hayes to Birchard, May 24, 1851, ibid.

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44. See Junction Railroad Company case, ibid.

45. Hayes, Diary and Letters, I, 448.

46. Hayes to Fanny Platt, January 6, 1847, Hayes Papers.

47. Hayes to Lane, June 26, 1847, (copy), ibid.

48. Hayes to Fanny Platt, August 8, 1847, ibid.

49. Hayes to Fanny Platt, October 1847, ibid.

50. Hayes to Fanny Platt, July 9, 1848. ibid.

51. Hayes to Fanny Platt, ibid.

52. Hayes, Diary and Letters, I, 235-268.

53. Hayes to Fanny Platt, September 23, 1849, Hayes Papers.

54. Sophia Hayes to Hayes, December 31, 1849, ibid.

55. Hayes to Henry Howe, January 22, 1889, ibid.

56. See Barnard, Rutherford B. Hayes and His America, 167-173.

57. Hayes, Diary and Letters, I, 283.

58. Ibid., I, 288-289.

59. Ibid., I, 407.

60. Cincinnati Enquirer, January 31, 1852, and Cincinnati Gazette, November 3, 1851.

61. Hayes, Diary and Letters, I, 407.

62. For background of Nancy Farrer, her life and her crime, see J. J. Quinn, M.D.,

"Homocidal Insanity - The Case of Nancy Farrer," Western Lancet (Cincinnati), XVI,

(November 1855), 643-669; L. R. Johnson, M.D., "Moral Insanity and Its Legal Rela-

tions," The American Psychological Journal (Cincinnati). I, (January 1853), 16-26:

and "Nancy Farrer v. The State of Ohio," in 2 Ohio State Reports 54-82.

63. Anna Bazley's name varies in different accounts. Earliest contemporary accounts

have been followed. Newspaper reports identified her as Mrs. Anna Bardsley (Cincin-

nati Gazette, March 4, 20, 1852); Judge A. W. G. Carter in his book of recollections,

The Old Court House; Reminiscences (Cincinnati, 1880), gave her name as Mrs. Anne

Brazilli. Charles Theodore Grove in his Centennial History of Cincinnati and Repre-

sentative Citizens, I, 724-725, identifies her as "an Italian woman, Mrs. Brazilli."

64. Johnson, "Moral Insanity, and Its Legal Relations,"18.

65. News reports of the case were published in the Enquirer, December 5, 1851,

through February 19, 1852.

66. Ibid., December 5, 1851.

67. Gazette, December 9, 1851.

68. Enquirer, December 11, 1851.

69. Ibid., January 16, 1852.

70. Ibid., February 19, 1852.

71. Ibid., February 26, 1852.

72. Gazette, March 1, 1852.

73. Ibid., March 2, 1852 and Enquirer, March 3, 1852.

74. Gazette, March 20, 1852.

75. Carter, The Old Court House; Reminiscences, 447, 448.

76. Enquirer, April 2, 1852.

77. Newspaper clipping from Cincinnati Times, April 1852, in Nancy Farrer Case

file, Hayes Papers.

78. Sophia Hayes to Hayes, April 3, 1852, ibid.

79. "Nancy Farrer v. The State of Ohio," in 2 Ohio State Reports 54-82.

80. Hayes Scrapbook, II, 6-7, Hayes Papers.

81. Hayes to Guy M. Bryan, January 22, 1855, ibid.

82. Hayes Scrapbook, volume 2, page 7, ibid.

83. Carter, The Old Court House; Reminiscences, 445-446.

84. W. K. Rogers to Hayes, July 19, 1852, Hayes Papers.

85. Enquirer, September 23, 1852.

86. See ibid., April 23 through May, 1852;Hayes Scrapbook, volume 6, page 70; and

extensive manuscript notes prepared by Hayes, in James Summons Case file, Hayes

Papers. See also, "James Summons v. The State of Ohio," 5 Ohio State Reports 325-360.

87. Hayes, Diary and Letters, I, 354.

88. Enquirer, April 27, 1852.

89. Ibid., April 28, 1852.

90. Ibid, April 30, 1852.

91. Ibid., May 1, 1852.

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92. Ibid., May 2, 1852.

93. Joseph T. Webb to Hayes, January 22, 1853, Hayes Papers.

94. Hayes, Diary and Letters, I, 438.

95. Hayes to Birchard, January 13, 1853, Hayes Papers.

96. "James Summons v. The State of Ohio," in 5 Ohio State Reports 325-360.

97. Hayes to Birchard, February 22, 1857, Hayes Papers.

98. Hayes Scrapbook, volume 2, page 57, ibid.

99. Enquirer, May 9, 1852.

100. Ibid., June 8, 1852.

101. Ibid., November 24, 1852.

102. Hayes Scrapbook, volume 6, page 75, Hayes Papers.

103. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, December 4, 1853, ibid.

104. Hayes to Birchard, December 25, 1853, ibid.

105. Hayes to Birchard, January 22, 1854, ibid.

106. Sophia Hayes to a cousin, February 15, 1855, Sophia Birchard Hayes Papers.

107. Sophia Hayes to Sardis Birchard, January 4, 1855, Sardis Birchard Papers.

108. R. B. Warden, An Account of the Private Life and Public Services of Salmon

Portland Chase, (Cincinnati, 1874), 345.

109. Hayes Scrapbook, volume 6, page 70, Hayes Papers.

110. C. R. Williams, The Life of Rutherford Birchard Hayes (Boston, 1914), I, ⁹5n.

111. See Cincinnati Times, December 9, 1858, in Hayes Scrapbook, volume 6, page

67a, Hayes Papers.

112. Cincinnati Times, December 16, 1858, in Hayes Scrapbook, volume 6, page 68,

ibid.

113. Cincinnati Occasional, December 10, 1858, in Hayes Scrapbook, volume 6, page

68a, ibid.

114. Hayes to Birchard, December 31, 1858, ibid.

115. Hayes to Birchard, June 24, 1859, ibid.

116. Hayes to Birchard, March 29, 1859, ibid.

117. Hayes to Birchard, April 5, 1859, ibid.

118. Hayes to Sophia Hayes, April 5, 1859, ibid.

119. Hayes to Birchard, March 29, 1861, ibid.

120. Hayes Scrapbook, volume 6, page 69, ibid.

121. Hayes to Birchard, April 10, 1861, ibid.

122. Hayes to Birchard, April 10, 1861; also calling card, ibid.

123. Hayes Scrapbook, volume 6, page 34a and page 38. Newspaper clipping, and

original draft of the resolution in Hayes's autograph, ibid.

124. Hayes to Birchard, April 20, 1861, ibid.

125. Hayes to Birchard, May 16, 1861, ibid.

126. Hayes, Diary and Letters, II, 17.

127. Hayes to Birchard, May 16, 1861, Hayes Papers.

128. Telegrams, Governor William Dennison to Hayes, June 6 and June 9, 1861, in

Hayes Scrapbook, volume 6, pages 61a and 63, ibid.

 

LUCY WEBB HAYES AND HER FAMILY

1. R. B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, August 4, 1851. Hayes Papers, Rutherford B.

Hayes Library.

2. Laura Platt Mitchell, "Lucy Webb Hayes: Reminiscences for Her Grandson by

One of Her Nieces" (53 page typewritten account, [1890]), 2-5, ibid.

Ohio Wesleyan was chartered in 1842 and opened first as a preparatory school.

The college department was organized in 1844. Francis P. Weisenburger, The Passing

of the Frontier, 1825-1850 (Carl Wittke, ed., The History of the State of Ohio, Co-

lumbus, 1941, III,) 178.

3. Term Report for Lucy Webb Hayes, Ohio Wesleyan University. 1845, Haves

Papers.

4. Sophia Hayes to Sardis Birchard, September 2, 1847, ibid.

5. Hayes to Fanny Platt, July 19, 1847, ibid.

6. Hayes to Sophia Hayes, October 16, 1847, ibid.

7. Hayes Diary, January 1, 1850; R. B. Hayes to W. A. Platt, January 14, 1850, ibid.

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