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deem it a favor if you will communication
to us your impressions in regard to it.

Though I had once the honor of an intro
duction to yourself + to your family-which I
remember with the (?) pleasure-it would
be presumptive in me to suppose that I have
not passed from your recollections, + I feel
that I have no excuse for having intruded
myself on your attention but the importance
of the subject on which I have ventured to
address you & the interest which it is known
to possess in your affections.
Rev E.D. Griffin L.D Leonard Bacon

Rev
Re E D Griffin DS
The Reverend
Edward D. Griffin LD
President of Williams College
Williamstown