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Villa Dressler,

Loschwitz, bei Dresden,

Germany, April 14th, 1886.

Hon.Lorenzo Sawyer, San Francisco, Cal.

My Dear Sir:

Your esteemed favor of the 16th Feb. was cause of special gratification. I did not even know that the organization of the new university had gone so far as a Board of Trustees, and it was not till after I had written to you that, in asking myself about the resources of California in men fit to take the responsible control of a great university, it came to my mind that no man of whom I had any knowledge, would be so likely as yourself to be on the Board of Trustees.

My special satisfaction in learing of your honorable position in the Board was prompted