TILDEN TO MRS. BLAIR
"Greystone, Yonkers, N. Y., July 28, 1883.
"Dear Mrs. Blair,—I am deeply afflicted by the sad intelligence concerning Mr. Blair which comes to-day. I share with you and his children in the great bereavement, lamenting that I am so impotent to lessen your sorrow while mingling with it my own.
"Tendering you my heart-felt condolences, I am,
"Very truly yours."