WM. M. EVARTS TO TILDEN
"New York, June 17, '73.
"My dear Tilden,—I send you letters:
"1. Mr. Forster, a member of Parliament and of the present Cabinet. A strong friend of ours through the war and in keeping up the treaty of Washn. during the last year's storm.
"2. Lord Houghton, formerly member of H. of Commons as Rich. Monckton Milnes, an author and society man, friend of Am. politics, etc.
"3. Sir Robt. Lusk, an excellent man and lawyer, now on the Queen's bench. He was our counsel in the Alexandra case when I was out in 1863-4.
"4. Sir Jno. Rose, of Morton, Rose & Co., whom you know about and probably know.
"5. Mr. Wilkins, a barrister, who has been in this country and is a very capital fellow.
"So much for an hour's work to-night.
"Yours very truly,
"Wm. M. Evarts."[62]
"The Hon'ble Saml. J. Tilden."
In the summer of 1873, Mr. Tilden, for the first time, visited the Old World. While there he sent the following note, addressed, I presume, to John Kelly, then supreme in Tammany Hall. In this assigning reasons for his mistrust of the Republican party, the organization of which was contemporaneous with the commencement of the Civil War of 1860-61.