5. William E. Chandler, Letters of Mr. William E. Chandler Relative to the So-called Southern Policy of President Hayes, with an Appendix Reviewing the Admissions of the Louisiana Bargainers, Together with a Letter to Mr. Chandler of Mr. William Lloyd Garrison (Concord, NH: Monitor & Statesman Office, 1878). (87 p.)


Compilation of letters, news items, and editorials regarding the political deal that resulted in Rutherford B. Hayes gaining the presidency. The letter written by William Lloyd Garrison is particularly critical of President Hayes’s willingness to abandon the interests of African Americans in the South in order to be elected president.