"FISHKILL LANDING, _October 14, '59_.
"MY DEAR MR. TILDEN,--I am here on a visit to Judge Kent; intend
to remain till Monday, then go to Mr. Kemble's, remain there till
Wednesday or Thursday, and then go home. I left John at Lindenwald,
suffering from a slight attack of the liver, which I thought required
attention, and with considerable difficulty extracted a promise from
him to remain till Monday of next week, and avail himself of Mr.
Pruyn's advice; as an inducement, I promised him to ask you to come
up and spend a day or two with us the latter end of next week. Can't
you come? Take the whole the week after Thursday, or, if necessary,
Wednesday to Friday. Perhaps Saturday would be the least inconvenient
to you, and to come down with John on the Monday following. I am
particularly desirous to see you, as I wish to have some conversation
with you on a subject in which my feelings are deeply enlisted. Drop
me a line here, if you can, and if not, at Coldspring, informing me of
what you can do. The sooner the better, as I would like to inform John
so as to assure his inducement to remain.
"As ever,
"Truly Yours,
"M. VAN BUREN."