Condolence letters re: death of Leland Stanford: Bl - Br includes Jas. G. Blaine, Jr. (Tel.), Henry W. Blair, John Bonness, J.H.C. Bonté, F.O. Boyd, and John Boyd

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your dear Sister also--

While east in early Spring I saw "Mrs Covert" several times who inform -ed me of the state of your Husbands health, she also gave me one of the Memorials of "Mrs Hughes [sic - Hewes]"--

I know mere words avail nothing, but my memory reverts so often to our former days of warm friendship that I ventured to speak at this time remembering too our correspondence of later yrs. - While our lives & circumstances have greatly varied during the past, still my feeling of old friendship remains as ever.

My dear I can only com-mend you to His care who "doeth all things well" 'tho to us many times it seems very dark--You are greatly blessed with an abundance of this worlds goods, in contrast to many who are left to struggle alone for a mere pittance.

I have a living sorrow which is often said to be heavier to bear than one by death. My dear Connie is still an inmate of an "Insane-Inst” — I attend to her wants & visit her once a month. Oh how

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[Letterhead] 3260 Groveland Avenue.

Chicago,

July 12th/93.

Mrs. Stanford

My Dear Friend

Pardon me if I intrude in this your hour of great sorrow, by expressing to you my sincere sympathy. I know what it is to lose one who has been ones nearest companion for yrs - you particularly are left truly lonely having so lately parted with

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often in our hours of affliction we are tempted to ask "why must this come to me"? but we can only bow in submission & be still. You may have heard I now make my home with my Daughter & while not as independent financially as would be pleasant still I have a nice home & am very glad to again return to private life. This is not intended merely as a letter of Condolence but as one of warm sympathy to a former dear friend & Neighbor. Hoping I have not intruded I remain

Yours very sincerely

M. E. Blackwell.

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NUMBER|SENT BY|REC'D BY|CHECK ZF|Z|na|11/Jard 816a RECEIVED at Menlo Park Cal 2 1 1893 Dated Philadelphia pa To Mrs Leland Stanford

With Sincerest regret I have just heard of Senator Stanfords death

Jas G Blaine Jr

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Virginia City, Nev.

June 22, 1893

Mrs. Leland Stanford:

Dear Madam:

I have just been informed of the death of Senator Stanford.

Accept my sincere sympathy in your sad bereavement.

Dear friend:

In your hour of bereavement try & take a little consolation in the thought that there are worse things on earth than death.

With respect & sympathy,

I remain

Yours truly,

Mrs. Thos. Blake

Mother of P. H Leland

Stanford Blake.

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see him again you were gone. Still I felt sure of his return when Congress shall again assemble & that we were again to hold sweet converse together upon subjects of high concern to human welfare whereof he so loved to speak and upon which he could so interest and instruct us all.

Almonst no man in history has done so much to help & so little to harm mankind. When we consider all that he had already done it appears wrong to desire longer to detain him from his reward; but when we think of what the next ten years of his ripened and

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