TILDEN TO DAVID DOWS
Reading edition
"Personal and confidential.
"No. 15 Gramercy Park, New York, April 22, 1881.
"Dear Mr. Dows,—I recollect that some time ago you casually mentioned that you were a considerable holder of N. Y. Elevated R. R. bonds, and I replied that I held all I ever had; whereupon you reminded me that you knew how many I collected interest on in January.
"It seems to me appropriate to the cordial friendship existing between us that I should tell you that my situation in respect to that investment has changed. I desired before I should go into the country, and especially if I should decide to go abroad, to revise my knowledge in respect to that investment; and before I had completed my investigation it seemed prudent to reduce my interest or dispose of it altogether. I have substantially done the latter.
"I called at your home last evening, but not finding you, and not liking to leave word asking you to call upon me this morning, I send you this note.
"Very truly yours, "S. J. Tilden."