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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY,
ALAMEDA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA.
Berkeley, June 21st, 1893.
Mrs. Leland Stanford.
Kind Friend
Your loving husband, the friend and benefactor of man, the statesman, the brave good man, Leland Stanford, has been taken home to his Fathers House. Those left behind, who knew him and his noble work, grieve as if they had lost a personal friend, and you who shared his struggles and successes must indeed be lonesome though there is but a thin partition of air between you and the departed.
I can only say, from my heart - God be with you and comfort you.
At present we must be content with the fact that he now liveth as he never lived before - in the abundant life beyond.
With profound sympathy for you in this temporary separation from your husband and son.
I remain your friend
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NUMBER|SENT BY|REC'D BY|CHECK MC|Nn|na|12 paid 946a Received at MC June 21 1893 Dated Sanfrancisco Cal 21 To Mrs Leland Stanford Palo Alto
The family unite in tenderest sympathy in your great grief and irreparably loss
M D Boruck
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know that although he has left this earthly habitation, he has bequeathed to this country a memorial which shall endure as long as time shall last, for love never dies, and it was that grand trait which he possessed that has brought into existence the great Universities which are to build up the lives & characters of our young, which will love throughout all eternity, he has brought into existance what many of us would aspire to do, but could not owing to our inability, and to him and you his dear wife belong all the honor, and I for one thank you.
I called at your dear home in Sac. & met Mrs Chapman, & she wished me to express to you her kind remembrance, tears filled my eyes when I saw the little play things in the corner, for I thought of him and my darling one who have gone to the heavenly home, happy will the meeting be when we all meet to part no more.
With deep sympathy & respect I am yours sincerely Lizzie M. Botsford. 312 Haight St.
(Mrs. H.C.B) July 13th 93
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"another hand is beckoning us. Another call is given, And glows once more with angel steps the path that leads to heaven."
My dear Mrs Stanford.
While I was in Sacramento visiting my mother, Mrs Gordell, I was so pained to hear of your deep affliction, and we both wish to express to you our heartfelt sympathy words are inadequate to make known to you the great loss which has fallen upon the City, State and Nation, by the removal to his immortal home, your precious husband, but what a great satisfaction it must be to
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Mr. & Mme. M. de Bouvier
avec l'expression de leurs plus sincères condoléances.
26, Rue Lesdiguières