M. VAN BUREN TO S. J. TILDEN
"Lindenwald, August 3d, '55.
"My dear Tilden,—I regretted not to see you during my short stay at New York, but was happy to hear that you are about to do what you ought to have done long ago, and if the young lady I had the pleasure to see at Rome is the happy fair one, you have my ready and hearty consent.
"I am engaged in putting my house in order, and will thank you to hand me a statement of my affairs in your hands and the papers by the first convenient opportunity.
"In haste,
"Very truly yours,
"M. Van Buren."
"S. J. Tilden, Esq."