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, Nov. 28, 1907.



I see that I shall have to make this a very personal and familiar letter, and beg you to pardon it.

It was with a sense of genuine pleasure that I read your kindest of letters of Nov. 26, informing me that The Historical Society of Pennsylvania would invite me to be their guest at a reception to be given me at some time in the near future which might suit my convenience; and telling me also that, the idea having originated with you, you yourself would arrange for my comfort, would make my reception a success, and would, so to say, brush away the possible thorns in the path, and metaphorically strew it with laurel and roses. &hellip; Now, my dear Governor, nothing in the world could be kinder, more generous or more delicately enticing; but one consideration has been overlooked, a vital one, and that is the state of my health. Rh