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July 13nth - 93
San Francisco

Dear Mrs Stanford

About a year
ago I had the pleasure of meeting you
& Mr Stanford at your home in Sac-
-ramento. I do not believe that any
one ever met you and had the grace to
recieve a kind word of sympathy from you
that was not made happier thereby -
Now in the great changes and vicissitudes
of life you have suffered - not of course
in fortune - but in the heart's tenderest
affections - Although your position
is of the highest - yet even the humblest