Correspondence with Leon Sloss

San Francisco

Novr. 30. 1891

Mr. Leon Sloss:

My dear Sir,

Though I have but a slight personal acquaintance with you I have heard from friends an excellent account of your character. Your worthy parents I have known long and favorably, and in the many years that I have been acquainted with your father I have never heard aught to his prejudice. He has always had my esteem and confidence. The character of your parents is the best guarantee of

your future.

In making our selection of trustees for the Leland Stanford Jr. University, Mrs. Stanford and I have considered carefully the capacity, fitness and general good character of all whom we have appointed. We feel that the success of the University must depend largely upon its trustees, and having come to the conclusion that you would make a worthy and efficient Trustee we take pleasure in

requesting your acceptance of the position made vacant by the death of Judge Sawyer.

Please inform me as soon as possible whether you accept the Trust.

Yours Very truly

Leland Stanford

[preprinted] Office of Leland Stanford.

San Francisco, Cal., [/preprinted] Dec. 8 1891

Mr. Leon Sloss

City

Dear Sir,

I enclose herewith deed, in duplicate, of your appointment as Trustee of the Leland Stanford Jr. University.

Please sign the acceptance of the Trust and return one of the deeds to me to be filed among the University archives. The other deed you will retain.

Yours truly

H. C. Nash

Secy. Board of Trustees

Leland Stanford Jr. University

Enclo:

[modern notation?] SC33A 9-87

WHEREAS: In the GRANT founding and endowing the LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY made by LELAND STANFORD and JANE LATHROP STANFORD, and dated November Eleventh, 1885, LORENZO SAWYER was made and named ONE of the TRUSTEES;

AND

WHEREAS: The said LORENZO SAWYER has since died thereby creating a vacancy in the Trustees:

NOW THEREFORE THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: That the said LELAND STANFORD and JANE LATHROP STANFORD under and by virtue of the power reserved to them in said GRANT do hereby appoint LEON SLOSS a Trustee to fill said vacancy, GIVING and GRANTING unto him all the powers, and imposing upon him all the duties given and imposed upon the said LORENZO SAWYER, and the other Trustees upon the terms of said GRANT.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF: WE have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this ____ day of December, 1891.

IN DUPLICATE.

Leland Stanford (SEAL.)

[notation: J. L. S] Jane L. Stanford (SEAL.)

WHEREAS: In the GRANT founding and endowing the LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY made by LELAND STANFORD and JANE LATHROP STANFORD, and dated November Eleventh, 1885, LORENZO SAWYER was made and named ONE of the TRUSTEES;

AND

WHEREAS: The said LORENZO SAWYER has since died thereby creating a vacancy in the Trustees:

NOW THEREFORE THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: That the said LELAND STANFORD and JANE LATHROP STANFORD under and by virtue of the power reserved to them in said GRANT do hereby appoint LEON SLOSS a Trustee to fill said vacancy, GIVING and GRANTING unto him all the powers, and imposing upon him all the duties given and imposed upon the said LORENZO SAWYER, and the other Trustees upon the terms of said GRANT.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF: WE have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this ____ day of December, 1891.

IN DUPLICATE.

State of California, City and County of San Francisco} 88.

On this Fourth (4^th) day of December A.D. one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one (1891) before E. B. RYAN, a Notary Public, in and for said City and County residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared

Leland Stanford and Jane L. Stanford (his wife)

known to me to be the persons described in and who executed and whose names are subscribed to the within instrument, and they severally duly acknowledged to me that they executed the same

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal the day and years in this Certificate first above written.

E. B. Ryan. NOTARY PUBLIC, In and for the City and County of San Francisco, State of California.

GENERAL

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