"LINDENWALD, _Jany. 19th, '59_.
"MY DEAR SIR,--Accept my thanks for the _Cicero_, which I have read,
after _cutting the leaves_ and placed with your books. Will return
it prepaid. Now, upon the time-honored principle that one good turn
deserves a great many, I go on. I have $10,600 dollars of Erie bonds,
second mortgage, and I presume they will be paid on the 1st of March. I
wish to seek a place for a new investment; have the goodness to let me
know whether there is any doubt of it.
"In haste,
"Truly yours,
"M. VAN BUREN."