Condolence letters re: death of Leland Stanford: Da - De includes Madeline Vinton Dahlen, C.E. Daily (Comissioner for King Tebureimoa of Butaritari, Gilbert Is.), Anna Agnew Davis, Horace Davis, Anna L. Dawes, E.S. Dawes, Noble E. Dawson, and Lucy A.H.

Pittsfield Mass. June 26. 189[3]

My Dear Mrs. Stanford -

I long to speak to you - to comfort you, if might be, in this time of your great sorrow, but I have no words suitable to measure your grief, or my sympathy. If I might sit down by you[r] side, in silence, I could perhaps show you the face of a friend who mourns with you, the loss of a good

good man. So you, whose heart was so bound up with the love and life and work of your noble Husband, the world must now look very dark, and my heart aches for you, I stretch out my hand to grasp yours, across the continent of mountains and lakes and rivers, - but only a hands breadth from heart to heart, and you

my dear friend very sincerely -

E. S. Dawes

Mr. Dawes asks to be remembered, with also the expression of his respect, and honor for Mr. Stanford, and sorrow personally.- Anna is in Chicago

Hot Springs Arizona June 26^th 1893

My Dear Mrs Stanford

Will you think I am presuming too much in writing to express my deep sympathy for you in your time of trouble I know words seem so harsh & none can comfort when we are so afflicted, but I can but join with the thousands who I know are saying "God bless Mrs Stanford in her great sorrow." I have often thought if a strange Providence which took from you and your husband your

Hot Springs, Arizona

June 26th 1893

My Dear Mrs Stanford

Will you think I am presuming too much in writing to express my deep sympathy for you in your time of trouble. I know words seem so harsh & none can comfort when we are so afflicted, but I can but join with the thousands who I know are saying "God bless Mrs Stanford in her great sorrow." I have often thought if a strange providence which took from you and your husband your