LETTERS OF ACCEPTANCE. 53 



McGill College, Montreal, Dec. 8tii, 1887. 

 Henry M. Brooks, Esq. : 

 Dkar Sir, 



I beg leave to acknowledge your conimunicatlon of Nov. 28"', enclos- 

 ing Diploma of Honorary Membership of the Essex Institute, and beg 

 leave to tender through you my sincere thanks to the Members of your 

 old and distinguished Society for the honour which they have conferred 

 on me, and which I assure you I very highly appreciate. 



Yours sincerely, 



J. Wm. Dawson. 



Oak Knoll, 

 Danvers. 



I2th, 8, 1887. 

 Henry M. Brooks, Esq. : 



Thy note informing me of my election as an honorary member of the 

 Essex Institute has been rec^. I am glad to be thus associated with 

 au institution of which Essex County has reason to be proud. 



Thine truly, 



John G. Whittier. 



Henry M. Brooks, Esq., 



Secretary of the Essex Institute : 



Dear Sir : 



I beg to return through you to the members of the Essex Institute 

 my best acknowledgments and thanks for the honour they have 

 conferred upon me in electing me an Honorary Member of this Society. 



It is peculiarly grateful to me as coming from my native town, 

 where the first years of my youtli were passed — & for which I retain 

 a warm interest & regard as well as many delightful memories. — It 

 is most pleasant to me to receive this proof that I am not forgotten 

 there, despite ray many years of residence abroad. 



Yours faithfully, 



Palazzo Barberini, 

 Borne, Deer. 21, 1887. 



W. W. Story. 



No. 846 Fifth Avenue— 



Nexo York City, Jan. 4, '88. 

 Henry M. Brooks, Esq., 

 Sir: 

 I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of y favor of Nov. 

 28, '87, announcing that on Oct. 3, I was elected an Honorary Mem- 



