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57 rue Ampere
Paris, France

Dear Mrs Stanford

I have just learned
that your good husband
has been mainly instrumental
in having Mr John Daggett
appointed to his position as
superintendant of the Mint
of S.F. and it is with the
hope that I may be able to
interest you in a neice of
mines welfare. I indite this
then to you as I know
any favor you should
ask of Mr Daggett would
be granted the case will
of its self tell the sad story
that I shall make as brief
as possible. My sister Mrs
M A Bentley of 1168 18th street
Oakland is a widow in
very poor circumstances
and in wretched health &
sixty years of age. For
years she struggled to supp-
ort & educate her children
in the noblest & most
unselfish way health has
failed her and a year
since her eldest daughter
died leaving six little
children the eldest but
twelve years of age a
broken hearted woman
of only 34 years, these little
ones are absolutely without
any means of support
the father from intemperance