Reference
Anonymous, "The Late Robert Cooper Grier," The Albany Law Journal; A Weekly Record of the Law and the Lawyers, October 15, 1870, p. 294.
Washington, February 1, 1870
To the Hon. Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice, the Hon. Samuel Nelson, and the others, Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
My Dear Brethren- Your letter, read to me by the chief justice, last evening, quite overcame me, and I could then make no reply. I promised to respond in writing.
My pen, even now, cannot express the profound emotions it awakened; sentiments of esteem and affection toward each one of you; sentiments of regret, not unmingled, I trust, with resignation, that increasing infirmities have compelled our separation, and sentiments of gratitude for such testimonial from my brethren at the close of my long term of service.
In my home in Pennsylvania, whether life be long or short, you may rest assured I shall always cherish for each of you warm affection and sympathy.
The God’s blessing may rest upon the supreme court of the United States, and upon each of its members, is the fervent prayer of your late associate and brother
My Dear Brethren- Your letter, read to me by the chief justice, last evening, quite overcame me, and I could then make no reply. I promised to respond in writing.
My pen, even now, cannot express the profound emotions it awakened; sentiments of esteem and affection toward each one of you; sentiments of regret, not unmingled, I trust, with resignation, that increasing infirmities have compelled our separation, and sentiments of gratitude for such testimonial from my brethren at the close of my long term of service.
In my home in Pennsylvania, whether life be long or short, you may rest assured I shall always cherish for each of you warm affection and sympathy.
The God’s blessing may rest upon the supreme court of the United States, and upon each of its members, is the fervent prayer of your late associate and brother
R.C. Grier