"GREYSTONE, YONKERS, N. Y., _January 24, 1885_.
"DEAR MR. MCCULLOCH,--I have received the reports which you
were kind enough to send me, and for which please accept my thanks.
"I note your remark that you hope to have the pleasure of meeting
me in Washington. I presume you have seen the rumor in the public
journals that I have taken rooms in Washington. That rumor is
unfounded. I have a disorder of the nerves of motion, which is
aggravated by the fatigue and exposure of travel. I therefore forego
all such pleasures.
"This note will be handed to you by Mr. C. N. Jordan, formerly
cashier of the Third National Bank and an intelligent financier,
whom I beg leave to introduce to you and commend to your confidence.
"He is requested, while in Washington, to obtain information
which may enable me to guide my judgment as to what measures are
necessary, and will be effectual to preserve the faith and honor of
the government of the United States, and a sound currency for the
people.
"I desire that such voice as a private man in retirement may have
should be given in the right direction.
"With my best wishes for Mrs. and Miss McCulloch and yourself, I
remain,
"Very truly yours.
"As I write this note, I am reminded that at the last time I was
in Washington you were Secretary of the Treasury under the Johnson
administration."