Note 57 — 1871-1872
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Mr. George W. Smith, my colleague as Executor of Mr. Tilden's Estate and at the date of the following letter his private Secretary, writes me:
"The horse General Dix refers to, and which he had in Virginia, was a gray horse, about sixteen hands high, and a remarkably easy-riding horse. Mr. Tilden, I think, bought the outfit off him—horse, saddle, and bridle—just before General Dix went to Paris, and paid him $300. Before the general's return from Paris, Mr. Tilden put the horse in part payment of another horse. The general never recovered him."