TILDEN TO MRS. LOWELL
"January 2, 1883.
"Dear Mrs. Lowell,—I have received your note containing some account of the subscriptions for the Charity Organization Society.
"Herewith is the speech which I promised to send.
"My subscription, which was to be paid after the beginning of the New Year, will be ready whenever you may come, in person, to collect it. Since almost seven years elapsed without my having the pleasure to see you, I do not like to throw away this occasion.
"Very truly yours,
"S. J. Tilden.
"Mrs. J. S. Lowell."