Correspondence (outgoing)

Jun 21 5PM 1894 CAL

Mr. John F. Lewis Vina Ranch Vina, Tehama Co. California

San Francisco July 21, 1894

Dear Senator Davis Owing to the strike and my absence from San Francisco your exceedingly kind note of June 19th has only recently reached me.

Please accept my grateful thanks for your sympathy and for your expressions in regard to the memory and motives of my dear

husband. I know that he valued your friendship very highly therefore I appreciate your kind words all the more Please give my best regards to Mrs. Davis and believe me

Sincerely yours Jane L. Stanford July 24 /94 S. F.

Hon: C.K. Davis

U. S. Senate

Leland Stanford 819 Market Street San Francisco

San Francisco, June 20 1894.

Mr. John F. Lewis Vina Ranch

Dear Sir, Mr. [? still], in charge of the distillery at Vina, has been given leave of absence from July 1 to September 1. During that period of time I wish you to take charge of the distillery, warehouse and the brandy department generally. The distillery will be shut down and all employees laid off except three men in the warehourse and a chinaman, Ah Sing, to take care of the stills and brandy tanks; they will report to you.

Yours truly Jane L. Stanford

[duplicate of letter already transcribed]