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[preprinted] SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY,
Office of the President.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. [/preprinted] May 23 1889.
Mrs: Addie Carter
Chairman Genl. Committee
Leland Stanford Camp
Sons of Veterans
Sacramento.
Madam,
I beg to enclose herewith $50. as my contribution towards the proposed entertainment of your Camp in June 10th.
Respectfully Yours
Leland Stanford
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THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
NUMBER 47 / SENT BY [f?] / REC'D BY Ra / CHECK [15?] DH
Received at OAKLAND, Cal. [??] M. Standard Time [Apl 11?] 1889
Dated Evanston Wyo 11
To Mrs Henry Vrooman
Our warmest sympathy for you in your bereavement your husbands death is a public loss
Leland Stanford
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[preprinted] United States Senate,
Washington, D. C., [/preprinted] Feb. 15, 1889
Mr. S. M. Clement
Engineer S. [P.?] Co.
San Francisco.
My dear Sir,
Col. Geo. H. Morrison is getting up a sketch of my life for Bancroft's history. He has asked me to request you to furnish some data.
You have known me so long and intimately that I think you could furnish him with some facts of interest. Perhaps you can also help him out with an analysis of my character.
Yours truly
Leland Stanford
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[preprinted] United States Senate,
Washington, D.C. [/preprinted] Dec. 28, 1888.
Robert Bonner Esq.
New York.
My dear Sir,
Your favor of the 10th inst: via California, has reached me here in Washington.
I read it with great interest. Of course in making my proposition I knew nothing of the circumstances [insert] aside from her speed [/insert] which cause you to value Lucy Cuyler so highly. I do not wonder that you have no wish to part with her. There are some animals whose price is in no manner based upon an ordinary commercial value, but depends rather upon
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R. B. 2. [preprinted] United States Senate,
Washington, D.C., [/unpreprinted]
something akin to the taste which makes us determine the value of a fine picture. I had the impression that Lucy Cuyler had been relieved from active service and that perhaps her only value was a commercial one as a brood mare. Her mother I regard as one of the very choicest brood mares on my place, except in her age. Her produce has been unfortunate in development but has shown a speed and valuable characteristics equal to the produce of any other.
I wish I understood your
