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[?n?] the steady growth of our town. It commenced its
[?eer?] as a small town of 2,000 inhabitants on the banks of
[?e?] River Nith, which flows to the Solway, receiving its
[first?] Royal Charter from William the Lion in the year
[?90?], receiving a second Royal Charter by Robert the Bruce
[?] a later date. History has shown its steady growth up
[?] its present achievement of 28,000 of a population. We are
[indeed?] proud of its part in history, viewed from a religious
[?d?] national point of view; the stand our forefathers made
[?r?] religious liberty, as well as the first blow which was
[?ruck?] for Scottish freedom and independence in bygone
[days?]. Our present position is founded on the first
tradition
[?] the goodwill of its citizens.
The object of my letter to you, although a great many
[?iles?] apart, is to assure you that we can still delight in
[?ch?] other's happiness, sharing our mutual difficulties,
[endeavouring?] to help each other when opportunity
presents
[?self?], and trying to obtain from each the encouragement
[which?] is the universal simple human need of all.
May I with respect endeavour to impress upon your
[citizens?], particularly the youth, the fundamental value of
[friendship?], without which there can be no hope for the
[future?]. By cherishing this attribute not only will we be giving
a service in our own local parochial sphere, but our
influence
for good will be felt throughout the Commonwealth of
Great Britain, allied to the vast territory of the United
States of America. Let our United Prayer be the preservation
for mankind of the inestimable blessin gof peace.
I am glad, through the medium of your valuable newspaper,
to voice the sentiments of my people to yours by
his gesture of sending our sincere message of congratulation
for mankind of the inestimable blessing of peace.
[Future?]; health and happiness throughout the whole community,
and may God prosper you in your endeavour to
advance your village activities.
Hands Across the Sea.
Thomas Bell, J. P.
Provost of the Royal and
Ancient Burgh of Dumfries
Justice of the Peace
County of Dumfries, Scotland.
Municipal Chambers Dumfries
Royal Burgh of Dumfries
7th June, 1949
Dear Sir,
Replying to your letter of 4th May 1949 enclosing
your newspaper "The Manassas Messenger" of April date, which gave such
an excellent account of the Dumfries B.1 Centenary of our
namesake town, Dumfries, I regret delay in forwarding to you a
short message of congratulation upon such an important occasion as this. I have shown your newspaper to several citizens of our
town and all are very much impressed with the paper.
Having expressed delay in replying to yours, herewith please
find enclosed my message on behalf of myself as Civic [Head?]
the Magistrates, Councillor and Citizens of this Royal Burgh
with the sincere hope that the village of Dumfries, Virginia
may go from strength to strength during the third Century
upon which it has new entered.
Needless to say I was very happy to recieve your letter and
publication and hope to hear from you again. In the meantime please accept my kindest regards.
Yours very sincerely,
Thomas Bell, J. P.
Provost
Justice of the Peace
County of Dumfries.
Benjamin Muse, Esq.,
Publisher,
"The Manassas Messenger"
Manassas,
Virginia.
U. S. A.
DUMFRIES, SCOTLAND, SENDS
CONGRATULATIONS TO DUMFRIES, VA.,
The Messenger is happy to
present today a message of
congratulations from the Provost
of the Royal Burgh of
Dumfries, Scotland (for which
our Dumfries was named) to
the people of Dumfries, Virginia,
which has just celebrated
its 200th anniversary.
We present also the accompany
letter from Provost
Thomas Bell, in which he states
that "the Magistrates Councillors
and Citizens" of Dumfries,
Scotland, join with him in this
greeting to Dumfries, Virginia.
A copy of the Messenger's
Dumfries Bi-Centennial edition
was forwarded to the "mayor"
of Dumfries, but it appears that
the chief executive of a royal
burgh of Scotland is called the
"provost."
Dumfries, Scotland, an ancient
and historic city, is best known
to the tourist as the home during
the last years of his life
the great Scottish poet, [Robert?]
Burns. Burns died and was buried
in Dumfries.
The original of these [messages?]
from the Scottish city, congratulating
Dumfries on its Bi-Centennial
will be presented by The
Messenger to the Dumfries
School for preservation there [?]Transcriber
Adam KitchenLanguage
English