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Mrs. Leland Stanford Lodge,
Div. 106, G I A to the B of L. E.
San Francisco, Cal
July 7, 1893

Dear Mrs. Stanford,

The members of Mrs. Leland Stanford
Division 106, Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, desire to express to you their Christian, womanly,
heartfelt sympathy. The kind regard that Governor
Stanford ever showed for his engineers, was amply
exemplified in his request, that they should perform
for him the last sad honors. The regard was
mutual, and there were none more sincere in their
sorrow, than the men at the throttle, who draped
their engines in mourning, Saturday June 24, 1893.

We, the engineers wives, joined with them in paying
a tribute to the memory of your noble husband, and
attended the funeral as an organization.

"And thou, who o'er thy husband's bier,"
Sheddest the bitter drops like rain,
Hope that a brighter happier sphere
Will give him to thy arms again."

Believing that you will accept this sincere tribute of
womanly affection, in the same loving spirit with
which it is offered, we commend you to the Great
Comforter of all, remembering you always in our