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has gone to his grave mourned, as few others have been, or will be.
Allow me also to express the hope, that in forwarding the plans, and in bringing to fruition the noble object, to which he had given the later years of his life, some measure of balm may be meted out to you.
May the dear Lord, give him a
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of your girlhood, the companion, of maturer years, the husband, who has shared with you your joys and sorrows.
Would that any words that I might offer could lighten your burden of sorrow and lift from your heart the mantle of grief, that now o'erspreads it.
Let the thought comfort you, that your loved one
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blessed rest, and a glorious immortality. And with you dear Mrs Stanford,
"Love will dream, and Faith will trust That somehow, somewhere meet you must"
Yours in sympathy
1912 - Pierce st - S.F.
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THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
RECEIVED at Ml June 21 189[3]
Dated New York 21
To Mrs Leland Stanford
Palo Alto
I am deeply grieved to learn that Governor Stanford is taken from us Please accept my sincere sympathy
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WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
RECEIVED at Ml June 21 1893
Dated Washingdon DC 21
To Mrs Leland Stanford
You have my deepest sympathy & fervent prayers your husbands noble life is a rich inheritance