"To co-operate, candidly and cordially, with the existing public agents in all measures for bringing the war to a successful close, and to remove the evils it will have engendered in our civil and social systems seems to me as plain a duty as it is at every election to promote the choice of such public agents as will, in our judgment, best attain these ends.
"With much respect, I remain,
"Truly yours,
"S. J. Tilden."
PETER W. COOPER AND OTHERS TO TILDEN
"Eighteenth Ward, "New York, April 3rd, 1865.
"Dear Sir,—We appeal to your generous kindness and well-known liberality in all public concerns to aid us in the effort to avoid the necessity of having the draft enforced in this ward.
"A number of citizens have contributed to a fund for this purpose, and we venture to hope that you will not withhold your assistance to save a number of good and useful citizens from being taken from their families.
"Please enclose your contribution to either of the undersigned.
"Pet. W. Cooper,
"James Kelly,
"Charles P. Kirkland."