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BAKER UNIVERSITY,
W. A. Quayle, President.

BALDWIN, KANSAS, [Pre-printed ends] July 11/93.

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Mrs Leland Stanford,
Dear Madam:

I trust you will not think
it an impertinence on my part, that I, a stranger, intrudes upon
your grief over the loss of a husband who has proven himself
a philanthropist as well as statesman. His death is a loss to
the world.

My excuse which I must plead is this: Knowing the
great and [catholic?] generosity of both yourself and husband, I beg
to present Baker University for your consideration. It is the