Lot
140 
Hayes, Rutherford B., (1822-1893) 19th President of the United States, 1877-1881. 9-page Autographed Manuscript Signed as Minister of Chancery during his rare period as a Lawyer in Lower Sandusky, datelined Sandusky (Ohio) Supreme Court, July 24, 1846, with his name "R.B. Hayes" additionally in the document two times besides his signature at the end, also with part of deposition signed by Jesse Olmstead, a judge and later U.S. Representative from Ohio, who had held the contract between Myers and Whyte, Very Fine, a very rare example of his first period of work as a young lawyer. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
ONE OF THE LONGEST AUTOGRAPHED MANUSCRIPT SIGNED BY RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
A long deposition taken by Hayes in a lawsuit over a contract between Barney Myers and Edward Whyte who had entered a partnership in a saddlery business. Hayes had just graduated from Harvard where he received his LLD and had started a practice in Sandusky in 1845. He was there until 1847 when he became ill and moved to Cincinnati. This is a very rare example of his first period of work as a young lawyer.
Realized: $725