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Title

John Hale letter acknowledging a request to speak at the Mercantile Library Association, September 14, 1845.

Authors

John P. Hale

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Description

Hale writes that he has been so "harrassed with business" that he has "had but little time to attend to any thing else, or even to think of aught beside." "I have had to continue almost alone against the whole pack of profligate & venal newspaper Editors set upon me."

Transcription

Bradford September 14 1845

Dear Sir

Your letter written some weeks since requesting me to address the Mercantile Library Association was only received, & the only reason why it was not answered, was that I was at a loss what answer to send you. The truth is I have been so harassed with business which had been deranged[?] somewhat by my absence at Washington, & my position politically in which I have had to continue almost alone against the whole pack of profligate & venal newspaper Editors set upon me that I have had but little time to attend to any thing else, or even to think of aught beside. I am answering your last letter from one of the interior towns of our State when I am on a political tour preparations to our special congressional election which takes place on the 23d inst. I mention this to excuse any apparent neglect of your former letter. I will endeavor to comply with your request. As to the time when I shall fulfill this engagement, I should wish that it might be the first of January next, not before that time.

With much respect

Your John P. Hale

Creation Date

9-14-1845

City

Bradford

County

Merrimack County

State/Province

New Hampshire

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1806-1873

Keywords

John P. Hale, John Hale, Mercantile Library Association, political campaign, campaign, New Hampshire, letter

Resource Identifier

070427-52

Date Digital

9-1-2014

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

American Studies | Cultural History | History | Political History | Social History | United States History

Publisher

Wofford College

Language

En-us

Recommended Citation

Hale, John P., "John Hale letter acknowledging a request to speak at the Mercantile Library Association, September 14, 1845." (1845). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 284.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/284

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