Condolence letters re: death of Leland Stanford: R includes A. J. Ralson, Whitelaw Reid (Tel.), Sallie J. Rickey, D. (?) Riordan, Matias Romero, and Mrs. Albert E. Ross

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Auditorium Hotel Breslin & Southgate Chicago July 22nd 1893

My Dear Mrs. Stanford,

The kind letter written by Mr. Nash reached us here a few days ago, and would have been answered at once, but for the fact that I thought we would go home in a day or two, and I could write in the quiet of our home, but we have all found it so pleasant that we have stayed much longer than we expected.

Dear Mrs. Stanford I think of you daily, and wish so much that I could see you, and there is so much I would like to talk with you about. Mrs Rickey speaks continually

of your good husband, and his wonderfully wise views on the money question, and wishes that he could have been spared for this very time, when that question is the all important one of the hour.

Mr. Rickey talks it all the time and in that way, I believe is edcating many with the idea, he tells everyone. It is the only thing that will give relief, he is preparing an article now for print, which he expects to have come out in some of the Eastern papers, perhaps the Washington Post, about the time Congress meets. He had been intending to write to Sen. Stanford on this subject, just when we heard our Heavenly Father, who makes no mistakes, had called him home.

Really Mrs. Stanford I believe your husband was raised up to do this work, for the good of mankind. God gave him all that great wealth that he could not be accused of any selfish motives, for his {will ?} would not have been to his profit, but to his

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injury, and in that may it show his great desire was to promote the good of those who need help.

I was so impressed the other day, in reading the first chapter of the Second Chronicles, the fifteenth verse to see, with all the wisdom of Solomon, he saw the great necessity for the good, and prosperity of his people, was to make many plenty. God had promised to make him the richest king that ever lived, or should ever reign, and making many plenty is the first act of his to bring about this end, and so I believe today this is to be the richest, and most blest of all the nations, and what was

necessary in Solomon's day, is necessry in ours, and that is, plenty of money. I read the chapter to Mr Rickey and he said, in that day, silver and gold was the only material from which money was made, in that day, but they are not necessary now, as the stamp of the government makes money. This last is not well exposed, but you fully understand the idea. I think these good men must do well to read this chapter. They might learn a little wisdom from Solomon.

In going around at The Fair I have thought often of you, and your intention of visiting it, for the sake of making collections for The Museum. There are so many fine pieces of Art here, any many wonderfully interesting things to see. I wish you would let me know when you come here Mrs. Stanford if you come in September I may see you, or even sooner, or in October. I expect to be here again and it may be I could be here the

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same time. I should like very much to meet you here, or in Washington this fall or Winter.

I fear I shall have to give my dear daughter Nattie away in marriage in October. She expects to be married then, to a young man in Saginaw, Michigan. He is a fine christian young man, but Oh! it is so hard to let her go. She is everything to me she is my constant companion. Really I do not see how I am ever to {wait?} it. It will make such a sad change in our home, for she is so bright, and happy.