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FROM MR. FRANCIS R. COPE.
George Wilson, Secretary.
Dear Friend: I am in receipt of your circular
inviting me to participate in tendering a complimentary
dinner to the Hon. Carl Schurz on his seventieth
birthday.
I thank the Committee for the invitation, and unite with them in admiration of the character and great public services of Mr. Schurz, but a recent family bereavement precludes my taking part in any public social entertainment. With great respect, I am,
Thine truly,
FROM THE HONORABLE WILLIAM D. BYNUM.
Mr. George Wilson,
New-York.
Dear Sir: I am in receipt of the invitation of the
Committee of Arrangements to take part in a dinner to
be given as a compliment to the Hon. Carl Schurz on
the occasion of the celebration of his seventieth birthday.
I presume the Committee was under the impression
that I was still a resident of the City of New-York,
but such is not the case. Were it possible, however,
for me to join the friends of Mr. Schurz in this mark
