Honoured Sir!
Deeply grateful for the kindnesses you have shown me, I welcome, first of all, your decision, which I have just learned, of taking an active part in the realisation of our great undertaking. I recognise fully the value of your decision, and beg you to apply to Herr Karl Tausig, 35 Dessauer Strasse, Berlin, for further information in the matter.
He has assumed the temporary management until a Committee of Patrons can be organised, and will give you exact information as to the manner in which your participation can be made most effective.
With the kindest greetings.
Yours sincerely,
Richard Wagner.
Source: The Story of Bayreuth as Told in the Bayreuth Letters of Richard Wagner, trans. and ed. Caroline V. Kerr (Small, Maynard and Company, 1912), No. 2