Waukegan, April 19, 1865.
Rev. T. M. Eddy, D. D.:
The undersigned having listened with much interest and profit to
your eloquent eulogy this day spoken before the citizens of this
town, upon the Life and Death of President Lincoln, unite in
requesting a copy for publication. We feel that much good would come
to the community from a calm perusal of the thoughts so fitly uttered
on the occasion.
H. W. Blodgett,
D. Brewster,
C. W. Upton,
W. H. P. Wright,
W. J. Lucas,
C. L. Wright,
C. G. Buell,
M. M. Biddlecew,
P. W. Edwards,
A. P. Yard,
B. S. Kennicott,
Wm. C. Tiffany,
S. S. Greenleaf,
R. Douglas,
Joseph Mallon,
James Y. Cory.
Editorial Rooms, Northwestern Christian Advocate, 66 Washington
Street, Chicago, April 24, 1865.
Messrs. Blodgett, Upton and Others:
Gentlemen--Your note is before me. You know the time for the
preparation of that discourse was very brief. You are also aware,
doubtless, that though spoken from copious notes, much of it was
extemporized, and that I cannot reproduce those passages. But such as
it is, I place it in your hands, as my humble tribute to the name and
the virtues of our murdered President.
With much respect, gentlemen,
Yours truly,
T. M. Eddy.