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215 First Street. Findlay. Ohio. July 5. 1893.
My dear Mrs. Stanford.
Although not personally acquainted with your distinguished husband, his noble life has endeared him to all Americans, and I beg leave to extend to you my sincere sympathy in your loss.
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They may follow in their father's footsteps. May God sustain you in your great trial, is the wish of one who has suffered as you have.
Very Sincerely. Maude C. Murray.
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only been married a year & left a dear little baby girl. All of the Sabin trouble saddened us all. & in fact we have all been much or less afflicted. I have seen Mrs Logan, & some of the other Washington friends at times, but have not been back to Washington - since I was there with Mrs Williams & Mr Harrison. I left St Paul ten days ago, to visit a friend here in New York. who felt she wanted cheering up & felt I could do it; it seems, so I came on from home with her. I have kept track of you, in a way, by seeing when you were in the paper. I havent felt like intruding upon your sorrow before, but do want you to know that you have my heartfelt sympathy, & that I often think of you. I expect I am almost forgotten by you, but hope I have not been entirely crowded
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said to me when I last saw him & I was visiting our dear friend Mrs. Williams & I droped [sic] in to see you so unexpectedly on Thursday.
You & I had dear little chats in those days & I hope some day I may see you again. How much sorrow has come to each of us since then. Mrs. Arnold was taken then Mrs Harrison, & I lost a dear sister last spring, who had
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My dear Mrs Stanford.
I have wanted to write you, to tell you how often I have thought of you since your great sorrow. I always remember with pleasure, my pleasant cordial meeting with Senator Stanford, when I was with Mrs Sabin in Washington. I remember so well what he
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out of your memory.
Your sincere friend Adelaide Y. Murphy
