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United States Senate,
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to our spirits on earth is the privilege of departure from this to a higher life.
Accept from Mrs. Stanford and myself the greatest sympathy for your irreparable loss.
Your friend
(signed) Leland Stanford.
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Copy of letter of condolence by Leland Stanford
to Mr. (B. F.) Tracey.
March, 1890
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[preprinted] United States Senate,
WASHINGTON D.C., [/preprinted] March 29 1890
Mr. W. B. Carr
51 Nevada Block
San Francisco
Dear Sir,
Your letter of March 22nd is received. I have today written to General Dimond recommending the appointment of Mr. Williams.
Yours Very Truly
Leland Stanford
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Washington D.C.
February 18 1890
Hon. A. G. Porter,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States,
Rome Italy.
Dear Sir,
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of January 11th, in which you recommend Mr. Theodore Serrao for the Chair of Roman Law and Literature in the University now in course of construction at Palo Alto. Your letter will be filed for consideration when the time comes for selecting the Faculty.
I hope that the Institution will be ready for Students by the Fall of this year.
I remain, dear Sir,
Very Truly Yours
Leland Stanford
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[preprinted] United States Senate,
WASHINGTON D.C., [/preprinted]Feb [?]. 1890.
Robert Bonner Esq.
New York,
My dear Sir,
Your letter of Jan'ry 25th with enclosure, was duly received, but mislaid and until today I have not had an opportunity to answer it.
I read your address to the New York Farmers with a great deal of interest and much instruction.
I had a letter from Marvin today in which he says that Sunol is in very fine condition, but that in consequence of the excessively wet weather he has
