J. W. EDMONDS TO TILDEN
"New York, Dec. 12, 1871.
"Dear Tilden,—As my journey to Washington is postponed indefinitely, I shall be at home this evening, which has been set apart for an interview with the reporter of the Times on the subject of the charter. I shall want to use, on the occasion, the papers I let you have on Sunday. If you will send them to me by the bearer I will return them to you to-morrow.
"Subsequent reflection has rather convinced me that I ought not to have declined answering your question as to what I received for my work on the charter.
"I declined as I did simply because I do so in all my professional business. Such is my general practice, but there are exceptions, and I see no good reason why this should not be one of them.
"What I received was $10,000.
"Yours, &c.,
"J. W. Edmonds."