Letter from Edward L. Pierce to Samuel Downer accepting his invitation to the reunion and suggesting others to invite

Check^d                                                                                                                         24                                                    Boston 22 July 1877

                                                  82 Devonshire

My Dear Sir

Your favor is received. I shall unless some-thing unforeseen occurs take great pleasure in meeting you on Aug 9.

You have probably made out your list – including I suppose Palfrey, Claflin, Judge Hoar, Bird, James M Stone, + Geo F Hoar

Henry L Pierce, Charles W Slack, Judge Thomas Russell, Elizur Wright. John D Baldwin[?], (Worcester) Adin Thayer, <insertion:(Worcester)> John B Alley, (Lynn) Albert G. Browne (Salem), Richard H Dana Jr, Willard P Phillips (Salem), Henry O Hildreth, <insertion:(Dedham)> Dr. Estes Howe. Ralph Waldo Emerson (Concord), Judge Marcus Morton, William B Spooner, John Winslow, Counsellor[sic] at Law – Liberty Street, NY was a Free Soil speaker living then in Newton. Dr Palfrey will not attend probably – he has been[?] down much of late. 

Charles M Ellis took an active part in those days but lately has dropped out of sight. John A Bolles now of Washington City was also active in 1848. I would add Rev James F Clarke to list. My impression is that Dr Thompson of Jamaica Plain – who was in Salem about 1848 took an a some part, but I cannot say definitely. I am inclined to think [MS smudged] Judge Henry Claflin of Worcester belonged to the old guard but cannot say

I also think that Judge James T Robinson of Adams was in 1848 active in Western Mass.

If you will call some day, I will give you all the information I have.

                Yours truly         

                Edward L Pierce