TILDEN TO BIGELOW
"Greystone, May 2, 1885.
"Dear Mr. Bigelow,—I send you the two addresses. Do not cut them. Carefully preserve them. If lost, I probably could not replace them.
"1. The address to which I referred in the account, I gave of it to you, is entitled 'Address of the Democratic Members of the Legislature of the State of New York.'
"The first part of it contained on the first and second pages, and a part of the third page was, I think, drawn by John Van Buren, and prefixed after the preparation of the main body of the document.
"One of the passages written in by me while revising a part of the address will be found on pages 11 and 12. It is marked.
"2. On the subject of adapting a colonial system, or entering into a partnership with mixed races, you will find a declaration in the address of February 16, 1848, pp. 8 and 9, and also in a resolution on p. 16. They are marked.
"I should like to know of exactly what use you propose to make of them. After you have read both papers, I should like it if you could run up here for half an hour and talk it over.
"Very truly yours."