LETTER PROM JAMES STEVENSOH ABOUT MY DISASTER 
Bernalillo, N. M. 
October 9, 1887 
Dear Mrs. Holmes: 
If you will excuse the note paper I am using, I 
will drop you a line to acknowledge the receipt of your 
kind letter of thanks to Mrs. Stevenson and myself for the 
little we did for your husband while ill in camp. Mrs. 
Stevenson did all she could under the circumstances. Mr. 
Holmes was a very ill man and when I constructed a machine 
to drag him out of the mountains, I had but little hopes 
of getting him in safety to the railroad. I am glad, 
however, to learn that he has reached you in as good a 
condition as he has. 
I am here to assist Professor Langley home. He 
left for the East at 2 this A.M. Mrs. Stevenson and I 
will remain out considerably later to work among some of 
the Pueblo. 
Please present Mr. Holmes our best wishes and 
gratification that he is at home. 
With great sincerity from Mrs. Stevenson and my- 
self, I am 
Truly yours, 
/si JAS. STEVENS OB. 
