Prof. Gilman--Dear Sir: A week ago I wrote you a letter to tell you
that I should be glad to receive your opinion of the "Hundred Proofs
that the Earth is Not a Globe," of which work 5,000 copies are now
in circulation. I wrote this work (26 pages) in one week, without
neglecting my daily business: surely, you can reply to it in a week
from this time. I will give you from one to four pages, if you wish
that amount of space, and send you fifty copies, if you desire to have
them, without putting you to the slightest expense. I will even take
any suggestion you please to make as to the title which shall be given
to this extra edition of my work containing your reply or opinions. I
should be sorry to be under the necessity of printing this letter,
with others, in my next edition, in the place of any such reply or
expression of opinion; for I feel sure there is no one in Baltimore who
is more capable of giving an opinion on this great subject. Trusting
to hear from you in a few days, I am, Dear Sir, Yours truly,
William Carpenter.