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Boston, Dec’r 30, 1857
Dear Sir — I had the pleasure, yesterday, / of sending to your address, ny the “Adams / Express Company,” the small volume bearing / the Autograph of Dr. Benj. Church, which / I had before proffered for your acceptance. / Sincerely thanking you for your kind favor / of the 23d inst. , you will allow me to add, that, / in thus receiving an Autograph letter from / an author who possesses the rare faculty / of inspiring the love as well as admiration / of his readers, I am more than compensated / for the relic I have forwarded.
I hope my humble offering will / prove acceptable. It has remained in / obscurity for several generations.
Gratefully and deferentially
Yours,
Dan’l S. Curtin
236 Shawmut Ave.
Hon. Washington Irving.Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
