532 5th Ave NY
Jan 13 '77
My dear Mr Saltonstall,
Since I last wrote
you we have pushed on Fla.'s
case considerably. Biddle
&
Sellers came over Sunday
last & we spent the day in
devising & drafting bills etc
for Call. These have since
been perfected under advice
of ablest counsel & forwarded
But it's best not to disclose
these plans to the public - till
they are facts, judicial &
legislative.
I hear from Call daily by
telegraph & all is going well.
From Paseo I have a letter
to night which sends kind
remembrance to you.
I suppose you saw that
Bloxham replaces
McLin
and Rainey the muddleheaded
Cocke.
Will you believe me when I tell
you that Biddle & Sellers be-
wailed the fate of that uncircum-
cised Floridian. Sellers
called
him Abdiel - No it was Biddle,
and Sellers tho't Ithuriel was
the better companion.
By the way I have reason to
think that you will soon have
from
Washn the proof that I was
right in branding Zack Chandler
with that infamous despatch. Worse
ones than that may also be disclosed.
I am still a "sangwine" man
and
Manton Marble
[Subscription (recipient's name at foot of page)] Hon Leverett Saltonstall