In this letter Charles Francis Adams enthusiastically accepts the invitation to attend the Reunion of the Free Soil Party. He discusses the fact that he has gotten older and feels most comfortable at home, but that he cannot miss the opportunity of…
In this letter Albert G. Browne accepts the invitation to attend the Reunion of the Free Soil Party at Downer's Landing and reminisces about the political party. Samuel Downer has written the word "Checkd" in the upper left corner and Browne's name…
In this letter, written on Adin Thayer, Attorney and Counsellor at Law letterhead, Adin Thayer explains that he has delayed in sending a reply to Samuel Downer's letter because he was waiting to see if any of his friends in Worcester had speeches to…
In this letter Albert G. Browne asks Samuel Downer to invite Richard P. Waters, William Ashby, and John G. Whittier to the reunion. He says that Ashby is elderly but still very healthy. He also says that these three are the only living men he knows…
This is a two-page letter from Albert G. Browne to Samuel Downer. Browne suggests that Downer invite Daniel Potter, Benjamin A. Gray, Abner A. Goodale, and Edmund Smith to the reunion of the Free Soil Party. He says that he hopes Downer does not…
In this letter Alfred A. Hall tells Samuel Downer that he read in the Transcript that there is going to be a reunion of the Free Soil Party. He then says that he was a Free Soiler in 1848 and was ridiculed by his Whig Friends. He asks if it would…
In this brief letter Alfred A. Hall acknowledges receipt of his invitation to attend the Reunion of the Free Soil Party and accepts, assuming his health permits it.