M. VAN BUREN TO MOSES S. TILDEN
"Lindenwald, May 13th, '61.
"Many thanks to you, my dear sir, for the compliment conveyed in your obliging letter.[34]
"But be assured that if the time ever arrives for the consideration of such a work there is another man in this State who could do it far more justice than I could hope for, and that is your brother Samuel. For myself, I shall for the rest of my life have but one thing to tinker on in that way, and how that will fare in these troublesome times is, I fear, very doubtful.
"Do me the favor to present me very kindly to your good sister and all the other members of your family, and to believe me, as ever,
Your friend,
"M. Van Buren."