[Enclosed card.]
"General W. G. Mitchee, who would like to see Mr. Tilden for a few minutes to deliver a package to him.
"W. S. H., Governor's Island.
"If Mr. Tilden is in the country General M. will go there."
DRAFT OF ADDITION FOR LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE OF GENERAL HANCOCK
"July, 1880.
"It is time we should enjoy the benefits of that reconciliation and restoration of fraternal feelings which has cost so much blood and treasure. As one people, having a common interest, the welfare and prosperity of all would be advanced, a generous rivalry would be stimulated for the growth of our merchant marine which has been destroyed by the policy of the party in power. The extension of our foreign and domestic commerce with nations naturally tributary to us, and the further development of our immense natural resources would result. A wise and economical management of our governmental expenditures should be maintained in order that labor may be lightly burdened, and that every individual may be protected in his natural right to the immediate fruits of his own industry."
TILDEN TO MRS. W. C. BRYANT
"New York, Sept. 17th, 1880.
"My dear Mrs. Bryant,—After I left the city two weeks ago, thinking not so much where I would go as where I would not remain, I found in my pocket a note which I supposed had been left to be sent to you. It was designed to aid an article which has doubtless appeared in your household in explaining its own advent—a friendly office, which, although too long delayed, must still be fulfilled.