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#02 [Letter] 1838 November 8, Cambridge [to] John J.Hayes / Henry W. Longfellow.

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Cambridge Nov. 8. 1838.
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Dear Sir,
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I have had the honor of receiving
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your letter of Oct. 25. with the request of
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the Board of Directors of the Portsmouth
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Lyceum. But as I could not, without much
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inconvenience to myself, accept their invitation
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to lecture. I beg you to present to them
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my thanks for the honor they have done
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me, and say that I respectfully decline.
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Yours etc. etc.
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Henry W. Longfellow
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John J. Hayes. Esq.

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ALS

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Cambridge Nov. 8. 1838.

Dear Sir,

I have had the honor of receiving

your letter of Oct. 25. with the request of

the Board of Directors of the Portsmouth

Lyceum. But as I could not, without much

inconvenience to myself, accept their invitation

to lecture. I beg you to present to them

my thanks for the honor they have done

me, and say that I respectfully decline.

Yours etc. etc.

Henry W. Longfellow

John J. Hayes. Esq.