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Excerpt from Address Delivered Before the Two Literary Societies of the University of North Carolina, May 31, 1848 Sir: The undersigned have the honor to express to you, in behalf of the Philanthropic Society, their grateful thanks for your very interesting and eloquent Address, delivered before the two Literary Societies of the University on the day preceding the Annual Commencement, and earnestly request a copy for publication. With great respect, Your obedient servants, T. M. Arrington, J. De B. Mallett, C. R. Thomas, William Eaton, Jr, Esq. Warrenton, August l2th, 1848. Gentlemen: I have received your note of the 8th instant, requesting for publication a copy of the Address delivered by myself on the day preceding the last Annual Commencement at Chapel Hill. While I am conscious that the Society by which you have been appointed a committee to make this request has too favorably estimated the Address, I have still felt it my duty to comply with established usage upon occasions of the kind. Permit me to return to the Philanthropic Society, through you as its committee, my grateful thanks for this mark of its favorable opinion; and accept, yourselves, my acknowledgments for the courteous terms in which you have been pleased to communicate its wishes. With great esteem, Your friend and fellow member, WM. Eaton, Jr. T. M. Arrington, J. De B. Mallett, C. R. Thomas About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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