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school in Philadelphia again during the fall and winter 

 months, and we do assure you that we will do our utmost 

 to make your school a successful one. 



By urging you to revisit Philadelphia, we express the 

 wishes of a great number of our fellow-citizens who are 

 anxious to become members of your class. 



J. W. Drexel, Banker in Phil, Chas. F. Grosholz, 



New York and London, A. L. Vansant, 



Albert Fiske, M. D., W. F. Potts, 



D. M, Fox, Mayor, Adam Steinmetz, 



Henry M. Fox, Jos. E. Werner, 



Lewis Ladimus, James Darrach, M. D., 



Hoopes & TowNSEND, Jas. Stelwagon, 



M. Baird & Co., Wm. Chapin, and many 

 Powers & Weightman, others. 



Chemists, 



Other testimonials I received from individ- 

 uals, a single one of which is given below ; it is 

 from a well-known gentleman of wealth whose 

 name is as familiar in business as it is in social 

 circles, W. F. Potts, Esq., and was addressed to 

 friends of his own : 



Philadelphia, Sept. 14, iSyo. 

 Messrs. Morley & White, 



Gent'n : My coachman and myself attended ISIr. Pratt's 

 lectures, last winter, in this city, and I think it paid me well. 



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