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the Hotel Castleton, on the evening of November 12th, and heg you to 

 accept my best thanks for your courtesy and remembrance. I shall 

 make every effort to attend at that time. 



Yours very truly, 



John F. Ahearn, 



The City of New York, 



Oflfice of the 



President of the Borough of the Bronx, 



Municipal Building^, Crotona Park, 



Louis F. Hafifenj President. 



New York, Oct. 29th, 1906. 

 Dr. Arthur Rollick, 



Chairman, Committee of Arrangements, 



Hotel Castleton, St. George, S. I., City. 

 Dear Sir:=— I beg to acknowledge receipt of your invitation to be one 

 &f the guests at the dinner of the Staten Island Association of Arts and 

 Sciences, to be held at Hotel Castleton, St. George, Staten Island, on 

 the evening of the 12th day of November next, at 7 o'clock, for which 

 please accept my thanks. 



I regret very much my inability to be present, but it is absolutely 

 impossible for me to reach Staten Island on said night after attending 

 to other engagements I have for said evening. 



Yours truly, 



Louis F. Haflfen. 



[Telegram] 



Brooklyn, N. Y., November 12, 1906. 

 Dr. Arthur Hollick, Chairman, 



Committee of Arrangements, etc. 



Hotel Castleton, St. George, Staten Island, N. Y. 

 I regret very much that it will be impossible for me to attend your 

 dinner tonight. Comptroller Metz informs me that he is going and 

 my sorrow is lightened by the knowledge that you will have in him the 

 biggest and best part of the City government. 



Bird S. Coler. 



40 Lafayette Place, New York. 



October 30, 1906. 

 Arthur Hollick, Chairman, Committee of Arrangements, 

 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences, 

 New Brighton, S. I. 

 Dear Sir: — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your invi- 

 tation to be one of the guests at the dinner of the Staten Island 



