To Unidentified
14 November 1883 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS, draft, in pencil: CU-MARK, UCCL 02856)

Hartford, Nov. 14/83.

Dear Sir:

As I had nothing to do with getting that thing ‸item‸ into print, of course I am in no way responsible for its statements, nor in any way bound to take public notice of them. Still, I would willingly & cheerfully waive all that, & publicly contradict said statements if I were convinced that they were not true. But the vital fact which they ‸seem to‸ convey is true—that that Boston mes- [end of page]