Letter from Wilder S. Thurston to Samuel Downer declining his invitation to the reunion
Title
Letter from Wilder S. Thurston to Samuel Downer declining his invitation to the reunion
Description
In this letter Wilder S. Thurston thanks Samuel Downer for his invitation to the reunion of the Free Soil Party and then declines it. He states that there are many reasons for declining the invitation, one of them being that he does not want to spend more time at the beach and in the salty water atmosphere.
Subject
Downer, Samuel, 1807-1881
Reunions
Abolitionists
Abolition movement
Political parties
Invitations
Gratitude
Distress
Weather
Creator
Thurston, Wilder S., 1806-1888
Publisher
Hingham Public Library
Date Created
1877 August 3
Rights
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Access Rights
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Format
JPEG
Extent
3.65 MB
Language
English
Type
Correspondence
Identifier
bpc-0112
folder6_01
Spatial Coverage
Lynn (Mass.)
Temporal Coverage
1848
1877 August 9
Rights Holder
Hingham Public Library
Text
Lynn Aug 3 1877
I thank you for your invitation to attend your gathering of old free soilers: but shall be obliged to decline the invitation, for reasons too numerous to mention; among which - not the smallest of them is that I have too much Salt Water atmosphere at home, and therefore it will not pay to go away to get more.
Your …[illegible]…
W. S. Thurston
Physical Dimensions
8 ½” x 5 ¼”
Collection
Citation
Thurston, Wilder S., 1806-1888, “Letter from Wilder S. Thurston to Samuel Downer declining his invitation to the reunion,” Hingham Public Library Digital Exhibitions, accessed May 5, 2024, https://hinghampubliclibrary.omeka.net/items/show/115.