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AMES, CHARLES GORDON

25 Waumbeck St
Roxbury, Mass. Feb 1 of 90

My dear Mrs. Sewall --

Woe is me that I am not the man you took me for!
I cannot go to Washington, I have never said or thought
that I could go. If only wishes were horses, how swiftly
I would ride; but my feet are fast in the stocks. Please forgive
whoever has deceived you in this matter & congratulate yourself
that the long programme will still be too short for all who will want
to speak. The "toasts" you offer me are toothsome: I am greedy enough to take
both; and am therefore sure you will suffer from a plethora of talk.

I have just been making the enclosed copy of some lines which my wife
wants me to send you for the banquet; she,

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AMES, CHARLES GORDON

25 Waumbeck St
Roxbury, Mass. Feb 1 of 90

My dear Mrs. Sewall --

Woe is me that I am not the man you took me for!
I cannot go to Washington, I have never said or thought
that I could go. If only wishes were horses, how swiftly
I would ride; but my feet are fast int he stocks. Please forgive
whoever has deceived you in this matter & congratulate yourself
that the long programme wills till be too short for all who will want
to speak. The "toasts" you offer me are toothsome: I am greedy enough to take
both; and am therefore sure you will suffer from a plethora of talk.

I have just been making the enclosed copy of some lines which my wife
wants me to send you for the banquet; she,