Camp Chase, July 5, 1861.
Dear Uncle: —
I have so little to write that I have, perhaps, neglected you. We are getting
on very pleasantly here. It is a gentlemanly, social life, with just business
and exercise enough to pass the time.
I have probably engaged a horse for one hundred dollars — a
dark sorrel, good stock, neat, graceful, and of good temper.
Dr. Joe has been appointed our surgeon. We have not heard
from home since he received the appointment, but I expect him to accept it. It
will please Lucy and mother particularly. Let me hear of or from you often.
Sincerely,
R. B. Hayes.
S. Birchard.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 36-7
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