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Lot #131
Rutherford B. Hayes Autograph Letter Signed

"May all good angels guard and keep"—Hayes congratulates a friend on an upcoming wedding

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"May all good angels guard and keep"—Hayes congratulates a friend on an upcoming wedding

ALS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, August 23, 1891. Handwritten letter to Homer Lee, in full: "I congratulate you heartily. It would be a particular happiness for me to attend the wedding. I would do so if it were not simply out of the question. May I venture to send also my congratulations and kindest regards to Miss Riddle? 'May all good angels guard and keep.'" In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and a short tear to the top edge.

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