"LINDENWALD, _August 3d, '55_.
"MY DEAR TILDEN,--I regretted not to see you during my short stay at
New York, but was happy to hear that you are about to do what you ought
to have done long ago, and if the young lady I had the pleasure to see
at Rome is the happy fair one, you have my ready and hearty consent.
"I am engaged in putting my house in order, and will thank you to hand
me a statement of my affairs in your hands and the papers by the first
convenient opportunity.
"In haste,
"Very truly yours,
"M. VAN BUREN."
_"S. J. Tilden, Esq."_