52 BULLETIN OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. 



Benj. C. Clark, 

 55 Kilby Street, 

 P. 0. Box 2,682. Boston, Feb. 10, 1898. 



Mk. Henry M. Brooks, 



Secretary of thk Essex Institute, Salem. 

 My dear Sir : — 



It gives me great pleasure to accept the courteous 

 invitation of the Essex Institute for March 2d, personally, as also that 

 addressed to the President of the Bostonian Society for the same 

 occasion. 



Mr. Curtis Guild, the President of the Bostonian Society is, I regret 

 to say, confined at home by an illness which gives no hope that^he 

 will be able to attend your meeting, and I am endeavoring'to perform 

 his duties by the partiality of the Board of Directors. 



Sincerely yours, 



Benjamin C. Clark. 



247 Commonwealth Avenue. 

 Mr. Uriel H. Crocker thanks the Essex Institute for its invitation 

 to be present at the celebration of its fiftieth anniversary but regrets 

 exceedingly that he shall be unable to attend on that occasion. 



Feb. 10, 1898. 



Charles Frederick Smith's thanks to the Essex Institute for its 

 invitation to the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of its" founding. 



On account of illness, he will be compelled reluctantly to decline 

 the invitation. 

 Boston, Feb. 10, 1898. 



Newbury, Feb. 10, 1898. 

 Henry M. Brooks, Secretary, E^sex Institute. 



Dear Sir : — 



Very sincere thanks for your kind invitation for 

 March 2d. We, Mrs. L. and myself (presuming she is included) , accept 



