[Rarebooks] FS: ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Rutherford Hayes, SIGNED

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HAYES, Rutherford B. ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES, TO THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE THIRD 
SESSION OF THE FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Washington: Government Printing 
Office, 1880. First Edition. Printed green-gray wraps; 34 pages. SIGNED 
on the top margin of the front cover "With my Compliments/R. B. Hayes" 
by the President. Hayes covers much ground in this address beginning 
with the statement: "Continued opposition to the full and free enjoyment 
of the rights of citizenship, conferred upon the colored people by the 
recent amendments to the Constitution, still prevails in several of the 
late slaveholding States.... It is the desire of the good people of the 
whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should 
disappear." Hayes also proposes reforming the civil service to eliminate 
corruption and expresses his wish to eradicate the evils of Mormon 
polygamy in Utah. He discusses foreign relations at some length and 
concludes with recommendations specific to Washington including its 
water supply, railroad depots, and the completion of the Washington 
Monument. Hayes is quite uncommon in signed books and pamphlets and when 
found are usually examples from his library rather than his own work. 
Inscription a little light, but very clear. There is a vertical crease 
down the center of the pamphlet. Very Good. (#017482)        $3,500.00

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