"NEW YORK, _June 17, '73_.
"MY DEAR TILDEN,--I send you letters:
"1. Mr. Forster, a member of Parliament and of the present Cabinet. A
strong friend of ours through the war and in keeping up the treaty of
Washn. during the last year's storm.
"2. Lord Houghton, formerly member of H. of Commons as Rich. Monckton
Milnes, an author and society man, friend of Am. politics, etc.
"3. Sir Robt. Lusk, an excellent man and lawyer, now on the Queen's
bench. He was our counsel in the _Alexandra_ case when I was out in
1863-4.
"4. Sir Jno. Rose, of Morton, Rose & Co., whom you know about and
probably know.
"5. Mr. Wilkins, a barrister, who has been in this country and is a
very capital fellow.
"So much for an hour's work to-night.
"Yours very truly,
"WM. M. EVARTS."[62]
"_The Hon'ble Saml. J. Tilden._"
In the summer of 1873, Mr. Tilden, for the first time, visited the Old
World. While there he sent the following note, addressed, I presume,
to John Kelly, then supreme in Tammany Hall. In this assigning reasons
for his mistrust of the Republican party, the organization of which was
contemporaneous with the commencement of the Civil War of 1860-61.