Condolence letters re: death of Leland Stanford: Ho - I includes Alex Hogg, Susan M. Holbrook, Timothy and May Hopkins, Thomas H. Hubbard, John F. Hurst, Frank [Hutton], Ida M.F. Iles, Anna Louisa Ingalls, Ethel Ingalls, and William Innis

4 Iowa Circle,

Washington, D. C.

June 23, '93

My dear Mrs. Stanford:

I telegraphed you yesterday my deepest sympathy, & that of my family. But I must also write you a line, in justice to my feelings. I have known the Governor but five years, & yet he never seemed like a stranger to me. I found incidentally we had much in common, & to me he seems now

things happen for good to those that love God," we must believe that the best has happened. On Sunday the 25th there will be a memorial service in the Metropolitan Church, where many hearts will be praying for you.

Yours sincerely,

John F. Hurst

to have been a dear friend of many years. The majority to you, dear Mrs. Stanford, are now on the other side. But they are only in the next room - a brighter one by far than this. We pray for His presence still, & that Heaven may be yours now more than ever even in this life. I have thought much of you & your husband of late, & have been hoping for the best. Now, as we are Christians, & must believe that "all

THE WASHINGTON POST.

My Dear Mrs. Stanford:-

Will you accept from me my most sincere sympathy in this hour of your great sorrow. The death of no other American could call forth more wide-spread regret than that called forth at the announcement of Senator Stanfords de

mise. You know how good a friend he had been to me. I shall miss his wise counsel which I often sought. God bless you and help you to bear your great loss.

I send you by this mail copies of The Post containing an editorial on the death of your distinguished husband and my