EDWARDS PIERREPONT TO TILDEN
"103 Fifth Avenue, Nov. 11, 1876.
"The Honorable Saml. J. Tilden.
"Dr. Sir,—I did the best I could to elect our candidate. You beat us overwhelmingly, and you have showed a level head since. We cannot elect the U. S. Senator; you ought to take that place. It gives you just enough of time before the spring of 1879[15] to make useful acquaintance, but not enough to create personal irritations and jealousies.
"No man can be two years Governor of New York without destroying many ambitious hopes and making many bitter enemies.
"Tho' these suggestions come from a political opponent, they are not the less genuine.
"Yours truly,
"Edwards Pierrepont."