DANIEL MANNING TO TILDEN
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"Confidential.
"Albany, N. Y., Jan'y 24, 1885.
"My dear Governor,—Ever since my return home in December, the cashier of our bank has been absent—ill of pneumonia—and I have been doing double duty. Until he returns, I cannot leave the city. We expect him at his desk early next week.
"Mr. Cleveland intends to go to New York on, or about, the 1st of February, to remain a week, for the purpose of giving everybody who wants to see him an opportunity to call on him. Either before, or after, that time (probably after) he will go to Greystone, and he wants me to go there with him.
"No committals have been made, nor will any be made, until after those visits have occurred. The situation remains just the same as when I was last with you.
"Will you want to see me before we make our proposed call?
"M."