"LINDENWALD, _June 29, '58_.
"MY DEAR SIR,--Mr. Brooks had arrived when I reached home, and I
beg you to accept my best thanks for your attention to the matter,
to me one of decided importance. As one good turn deserves another,
especially when it is a particularly good one, I beg the farther favor
of you to stop at Stamford & Storr's and buy me a set of _Scott's
Family Bible_ for family use. They will cost from $10 to 15 for the 8
volumes. If you can get them cheaper and better anywhere else that is
convenient you will, of course, do so. I have hitherto troubled Mr.
Butler[25] with these matters, and there has not been one which would
have given him more pleasure, but he is out of town and his mantle
falls on your shoulders. I dare not trust John, as he would ruin me by
the price, particularly as it is to be a present.
"Present me very kindly to your mother and sister if they are yet with
you, and believe me,
"Ever truly yours,
"M. VAN BUREN."
"Send by express, and let the bookseller send me the bill."