Letters Acknowledging Receipt Of Gov PDF Download

Excerpt from Letters Acknowledging Receipt of Gov: Benjamin Franklin Perry's Letters to His Wife Superiority to circumstances is exactly what distinguishes and marks the great man. The hundreds of letters received acknowledging the receipt of Governor Benjamin Franklin Perry's Let ters to his Wife, have given his Wife more pleasure and gratification than words can express. To afford our children and their descendants the same pleasure, some of the letters are printed, so as to preserve them in a durable form. One hundred and twenty-three have been selected from the many beautiful ones received. Thanks are due the friends who have been so kind in ex pressing their high appreciation of the Letters, and encouraged the Wife in her labor of love, and for so justly esteeming her husband's noble character, both in public and private life. With confidence can it be said, that the perusal of this book will increase and not diminish the exalted opinion formed of Governor Perry's character. Proud was his tone, but calm; his eye Had that compelling dignity; Ilis mien that bearing haught and high, Which common spirits fear. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.