[ COMPANY LETTERHEAD ]
Vice President
General Counsel and Secretary
Fax: (212) 953-4326
Email: jws@dovercorp.com
September 14, 2007
By mail and EDGAR
Perry J. Hindin, Esq.
Special Counsel
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance — Mail Stop 6010
Washington, D.C. 20549
Dear Mr. Hindin:
As you requested, this will confirm the message I left for you last week. We
are preparing a response to the Commission’s
letter of August 21, 2007 to
Ronald L. Hoffman, CEO of Dover Corporation. My intention is to complete the
response and
send it to you by September 21, 2007 as requested. However, due
to the number of parties who should have an opportunity
to review and comment
on the draft response, we may need additional time. If additional time is
needed, it will be my
expectation and intention to send the response to you by
September 28, 2007. I will do my best to hold to this timeframe.
Yours truly,
/s/ Joseph W. Schmidt