W. C. BRYANT TO TILDEN
"New York, April 16, 1875.
"Dear Governor,—Julia has asked me to send you a copy of the contract between myself and Mr. Henderson in regard to the rent which is to be paid by the Evening Post in the new building. This is no contract, properly speaking, but only a letter from me to Henderson, in which our understanding respecting that matter is briefly stated. In the letter I simply say that I turn over the building to him, advise him to go on with it on his own account, making it convenient for the publication of a daily newspaper, and expressing my desire that a lease for twelve years of the necessary rooms shall be made to the Evening Post, 'the rent to be fixed by two competent and disinterested persons.' This is all, and a copy of the letter would show nothing more.
"Yours faithfully,
"W. C. Bryant."