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- GLC#
- GLC01465
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 12, 1840
- Author/Creator
- Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869
- Title
- to Thurman Fessenden, John Underwood, and Samuel Tisdale
- Place Written
- Portland, Maine
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Fessenden, Maine Senator-Elect, thanks members of the New England Society of the City of New York for an invitation to attend the Society's anniversary on December 22, 1840. Declines the invitation, which commemorated the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. Offers these sentiments on the anniversary: "The spirit of the Pilgrims- Trust in God, and unwavering constancy of purpose. With that spirit our Country's liberties were won. Without it they cannot be preserved."
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