(10-10-2020, 04:09 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote: John Hay?
Susan, John Hay is the correct answer.
John Hay to William H. Herndon.
Paris, September 5. 1866.
The letter reads in the beginning:
My Dear Mr. Herndon
I am so constantly busy that I have had no quiet day in which I write you what you desired in your letter several months ago. I have been ChargÄ d'Affaires nearly all summer, my day filled with official business and my night with social engagements equally imperative. Even now, I write because I am ashamed to wait any longer and have a few minutes disposable. I will answer your questions as you put them without any attempt at arrangement.
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