Excerpt from Dedication: The Hayes Memorial Library and Museum in Honor of Rutherford Birchard Hayes at Spiegel Grove State Park, Fremont, Ohio, May 30, 1916 Spiegel Grove, the much loved home of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, a beautiful twenty five acre grove of native forest trees was, some years ago, presented to the State of Ohio, for the use of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, by Colo nel Webb C. Hayes, together with the library and collections of his father, as a memorial to his parents. In the language of the circular of the Archaeological and Historical Society, issued in 1898, five years after the death of its former president, this offer of the family is unusual for its liberality and most worthy of commendation for the filial desire it expresses to perpetuate the memorial to loved and honored parents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.