The Probate Court

 

Worcester, April 17 1911

 

L. W. Hopkins Esq.

 

                        My dear Sir—

                                    I have delayed thanking you for your charming book, "From Bull Run to Appomattox" until I could find time to read it. It is from just such recitals that the coming History of the People of the US must be largely made. I was nearly 11 years old when the war broke out & remember the mustering in of troops—the home coming soon after of a favorite cousin recovering from a shot through the neck but none of the horrors of war as seen on Battle field & hospitals. I thank you very much for this valuable & interesting contribution / an already important library of contemporary history.

 

I hope you saw enough of my old friend H. Arthur White to appreciate his warm heart as well as sterling worth

 

            With many thanks Yours

 

                                    Most sincerely

                                                William T. Forbes

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