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William Dean Howells

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Description:A biography of the 19th President of the United States (1877–1881), Rutherford Birchard HayesPREFACE.THIS book is my own enterprise, and has been in nowise adopted or patronized by the man whose life and character I have tried to portray.It differs chiefly from the biographies already before the public, in the large use made of original letters, diaries, note-books and scrap-books placed at my disposal without restriction and without instruction. In this use I have been guided solely by my own sense of fitness and my respect for the just limits of personality, on which I hope not to have trenched, though I might have printed every word of his, and only the more commended Rutherford B. Hayes to the honor and affection of the people.Written within four weeks after the material came to my hand, the book has, I know, very many faults of haste ; but it was not in the power of any writer, however hurried or feeble, wholly to obscure the interest of that material ; and whatever is the result of the politicalcontest, I cannot think that people will quickly forget the story of a life so true and high.I wish distinctly to say that General Hayes is responsible for no comment or construction of mine upon any word or act of his; and whatever is ambitious, or artificial, or unwise in my book is doubly my misfortune, for it is altogether false to him.W. D. HO WELLS. CAMBRIDGE, September 7, 1876.CHAPTER I.ANCESTRY AND CHILDHOOD."THE name of Hayes began by valor," wrote Mr. Ezekiel Hayes, of New Haven, scythe-maker, sometime in the last century ; and he goes on to tell how once, in a fight with the Danes, the retreating Scots came upon a husbandman and his two sons at work in the fields. a Pull your plow and harrow to pieces and fight!" said the father, and with this timely succor — more remarkable for quality than quantity — the Danes were beaten; and lands were bestowed upon the father for his bravery. " This man (my father's grandfather, George Hayes)," continues the too zealous genealogist, " went from Scotland to Derbyshire, in England, and lived with his uncle. He was anxious to see London, whither he went. Having received some account of America, he took passage and came to this country."It was in 1682 that George Hayes settled in Wind-1eor, Connecticut, at which time, according to the irreverent computations of a modern descendant of Mr. Ezekiel Hayes, the veteran must have been some seven hundred years old, since the battle in question took place about 980. But the brave tradition is well found at least; it was heartily accepted as part of the family annals by the early Puritan Hayeses of Connecticut, and its veracity ought not to be impeached because of their confusion of mind respecting dates. It is, however, of small importance to us who hope to elect General Hayes President of the United States, how his name began in Scotland so long ago. It continues in valor, no matter how it began, and a man of his good New England ancestry has nothing to crave of the Herald's College. We hold rather by the Connecticut Hayeses than by those of Scotland, and we need but briefly concern ourselves with any of the forefathers of a man who is himself ancestor in the Napoleonic sense.Little is known of George Hayes, who emigrated in 1682, beyond the fact that he settled first at Windsor and afterwards removed to that part of Simsbury which is now Granby. His son Daniel was taken by the Indians about the year 1712, and carried captive to Canada, whence he was ransomed by act of the Colonial Assembly appropriating " seven pounds to be paid out of the public treasury" for that purpose.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sketch of the life and character of Rutherford B. Hayes. Also a biographical sketch of William A. Wheeler. To get started finding Sketch of the life and character of Rutherford B. Hayes. Also a biographical sketch of William A. Wheeler, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A biography of the 19th President of the United States (1877–1881), Rutherford Birchard HayesPREFACE.THIS book is my own enterprise, and has been in nowise adopted or patronized by the man whose life and character I have tried to portray.It differs chiefly from the biographies already before the public, in the large use made of original letters, diaries, note-books and scrap-books placed at my disposal without restriction and without instruction. In this use I have been guided solely by my own sense of fitness and my respect for the just limits of personality, on which I hope not to have trenched, though I might have printed every word of his, and only the more commended Rutherford B. Hayes to the honor and affection of the people.Written within four weeks after the material came to my hand, the book has, I know, very many faults of haste ; but it was not in the power of any writer, however hurried or feeble, wholly to obscure the interest of that material ; and whatever is the result of the politicalcontest, I cannot think that people will quickly forget the story of a life so true and high.I wish distinctly to say that General Hayes is responsible for no comment or construction of mine upon any word or act of his; and whatever is ambitious, or artificial, or unwise in my book is doubly my misfortune, for it is altogether false to him.W. D. HO WELLS. CAMBRIDGE, September 7, 1876.CHAPTER I.ANCESTRY AND CHILDHOOD."THE name of Hayes began by valor," wrote Mr. Ezekiel Hayes, of New Haven, scythe-maker, sometime in the last century ; and he goes on to tell how once, in a fight with the Danes, the retreating Scots came upon a husbandman and his two sons at work in the fields. a Pull your plow and harrow to pieces and fight!" said the father, and with this timely succor — more remarkable for quality than quantity — the Danes were beaten; and lands were bestowed upon the father for his bravery. " This man (my father's grandfather, George Hayes)," continues the too zealous genealogist, " went from Scotland to Derbyshire, in England, and lived with his uncle. He was anxious to see London, whither he went. Having received some account of America, he took passage and came to this country."It was in 1682 that George Hayes settled in Wind-1eor, Connecticut, at which time, according to the irreverent computations of a modern descendant of Mr. Ezekiel Hayes, the veteran must have been some seven hundred years old, since the battle in question took place about 980. But the brave tradition is well found at least; it was heartily accepted as part of the family annals by the early Puritan Hayeses of Connecticut, and its veracity ought not to be impeached because of their confusion of mind respecting dates. It is, however, of small importance to us who hope to elect General Hayes President of the United States, how his name began in Scotland so long ago. It continues in valor, no matter how it began, and a man of his good New England ancestry has nothing to crave of the Herald's College. We hold rather by the Connecticut Hayeses than by those of Scotland, and we need but briefly concern ourselves with any of the forefathers of a man who is himself ancestor in the Napoleonic sense.Little is known of George Hayes, who emigrated in 1682, beyond the fact that he settled first at Windsor and afterwards removed to that part of Simsbury which is now Granby. His son Daniel was taken by the Indians about the year 1712, and carried captive to Canada, whence he was ransomed by act of the Colonial Assembly appropriating " seven pounds to be paid out of the public treasury" for that purpose.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sketch of the life and character of Rutherford B. Hayes. Also a biographical sketch of William A. Wheeler. To get started finding Sketch of the life and character of Rutherford B. Hayes. Also a biographical sketch of William A. Wheeler, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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