"1316 HYDE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO,
"February 18, 1898.
"Mr. James S. Brown:
"Dear Sir: Your letter of the 16th inst, with the news that you had arrived safely at home, has given me pleasure. I felt some responsibility for my part in bringing four old men so far away from home, but now that I know all have arrived in good health at Salt Lake, I congratulate myself that events have turned out so favorably. I have had no letter from Mr. Bigler or Mr. Smith, but they will write to me.
"I spoke promptly to Mr. Spear, the secretary, about sending fifteen dollars to pay for the expenses of your return trip, and I understood him to promise that the money would be transmitted to you by check.
"The Pioneer Society will long preserve a pleasant recollection of the participation of the four companions of Marshall in our Jubilee celebration, and personally I shall always be glad to hear of their welfare.
"Yours truly,
"JOHN S. HITTELL."
Here is the closing communication in relation to my latest visit to California and the occasion which caused it:
"San Francisco, March 9, 1898.