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FROM THE HONORABLE GEORGE F. EDMUNDS.
Dear Sir:
I should be quite glad to unite with you and the other
gentlemen in celebrating the birthday of my long time
friend and Senatorial associate, Mr. Schurz, but I am
spending the winter here with my family, and shall be
unable to take any part in the most deserved manifestation
of esteem for him.
In haste, I am,
Very truly yours,
The Hon. Abram S. Hewitt and others,
Committee, New-York, N. Y.
FROM THE HONORABLE EDWARD J. PHELPS.
My Dear Sir:
I am sorry that it will not be in my power to attend
in New-York on the birthday of Mr. Schurz. I may
be allowed, however, to express my sense of the eminent
propriety of such a celebration, in recognition of the
high character and distinguished public services of Mr.
Schurz in a career which I trust is still far from its
close. And I regret very much that I cannot join his
fellow citizens in New-York in carrying it into effect.
Hoping that the occasion will be attended with every success, I am, dear sir,
Very sincerely yours,
Mr. George McAneny.
