Letter from Francis Childs to Samuel Downer accepting his invitation to the reunion

Letter from Francis Childs to Samuel Downer accepting his invitation to the reunion

This brief letter is written on Commonwealth of Massachusetts Council Chamber letterhead. In the note Francis Childs thanks Downer for his invitation to attend the Reunion of the Free Soil Party and accepts it. On the back of the page Samuel Downer has written Child's name.

Downer, Samuel, 1807-1881

Reunions

Abolitionists

Abolition movement

Political parties

Invitations

Gratitude

Childs, Francis James, 1825-1896

Hingham Public Library

1877 July 19

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Boston (Mass.)

1848

1877 August 9

Hingham Public Library

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,

Council Chamber.

Boston.   July 30^th 1877

Sam^l Downer Esq

Dear Sir,

I gratifully[sic] ac-knowledge your kind invitation to be present at the Reunion of the "Free Soilers of 1848" and shall …[illegible]… my best endeavor to be present

                                                Very Respectfully

                                                                Francis Childs

 

Francis Childs

Boston

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