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My dear Mrs Stanford
you have been so much in my heart since the sad news came that Mr Stanford had gone, that I must ask you to accept
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My deepest and most tender sympathy in the great sorrow & affliction which has so suddenly come to you
Ever most sincerely yours
Anne AW. Cummings
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Dated Sacramento Cal 21
To Mrs. Leland Stanford
You have my sincere sympathy in your great affliction. Your husband was a friend to me and mine. A friend to this city & state. A friend to all. A great and good man has gone.
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1014 3rd Ave
Oakland June 28 1893
Mrs Stanford
Dear Madam
Accept the heart felt sympathy of one of thousands who appreciate the labors of love of Senator and Mrs Stanford. When I wished to dedicate "Looking Forward" to the departed Senator and his lady, friends said it would not be the best thing for you, so the dedication is worded that it may be understood by you only. When the sad tidings came that God had taken Senator Stanford to rest, I was called to give some information at the Publishing house, I could not think could only say what a loss to our country, what a loss to California and to his lonely wife, I only know her as always pleasant when called on for charitable purposes while many I called on were too haughty for any thing she always had a pleasant word for me, may God be with you and grant you strength to bear
Yours truly H G W Cummings
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Board of Lady Managers
E.O. Smith
V. Bradley
A. Manellus
A.M. Reed
O.C. Cole
F.M. Kimball
Ella Sterling Cummins
IRVING SCOTT, PRESIDENT
JAMES D. PHELAN, VICE PRES . JOHN DAGGETT.
R. McMURRAY.
A. T. HATCH.
L. J. ROSE.
S. W. FERGUSSON.
N. J. BIRD,
general manager.
C. M. WELLS,
secretary.
California World's Fair Commission
CALIFORNIA BUILDING,
JACKSON PARK.
Chicago, Ill. June 24th 1893
Mrs. Leland Stanford:
Dear Madam:-
Owing to personal kindness received at the hands of the late Leland Stanford, I feel I must add my expression of regret at this most sorrowful time. Only a few months ago, as it seems to me now (though it was just before his departure for Washington) he wrote me a letter enabling me to obtain the record of my Revolutionary ancestor. It may seem a small service, but it was of great importance to me, and I have felt so grateful to him, for stopping in the midst of his many great problems, to help me to solve my small one.
He always remembered me from the time I was a small child, owing to my being the daughter of D. H. Haskell of the S.P.R.R., and I have always known you both in connection with the house in Sacramento, which was considered something grand in the early days - and which became