Matthew, Theobald, 1790-1856 to A.F. Cunningham
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.197 Author/Creator: Matthew, Theobald, 1790-1856 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 9, 1849 Pagination: 2 p. ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Declines an invitation to visit with The Temperance Societies of Washington due to a prior engagement. Compliments the Societies' work by stating that "the recollection of the Friends of the Temperance in Washington, being amongst the earliest to encourage me to leave Ireland, is an additional inducement to make me fulfil [sic] my long promised intention of witnessing the result of their exertions..."
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