Matthew, Theobald, 1790-1856 to A.F. Cunningham

GLC00496.197

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GLC#
GLC00496.197-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
July 9, 1849
Author/Creator
Matthew, Theobald, 1790-1856
Title
to A.F. Cunningham
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Declines an invitation to visit with The Temperance Societies of Washington due to a prior engagement. Compliments the Societies' work by stating that "the recollection of the Friends of the Temperance in Washington, being amongst the earliest to encourage me to leave Ireland, is an additional inducement to make me fulfil [sic] my long promised intention of witnessing the result of their exertions..."

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