Correspondence (incoming): Grant, Julia D., 1900-1901

I for one was most woefully disappointed expecting to find a garden a retreat most favored a place where the king doves where the bird of the vicinity all were glad to gather for shade and rest amid the vines and boughs of the grand old olive trees - alas my astonishment when we entered that [ ?] neglected spot -

young men of our party came to me every word every glance every smile of all these brave handsome men Ah what a memorial Mrs Stanford to me. I went over all again Did I ever tell you of my experience I had in the garden of Gethsemane? I with General Grant and his party entered and

Please forward

Mrs. Leland Stanford c/o Vane & Co. Bankers Paris France

[postmark Washington, D.C. May 20 630 PM 1901]

[mourning envelope]

[initials in the wax seal: JDG]

[postmark: LELAND STANFORD , Jr. MUSEUM. JUL 20 1903]

Mrs Leland Stanford San Francisco California

[postmark: Washington D. C. Nov 10 730 PM 1901]

[mourning envelope]

[initials in the wax seal: JDG]

[postmark: LELAND STANFORD Jr. MUSEUM JUL 20 1903]

[postmark: SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. NOV 14 [?]30PM]