FORMERLY PRESIDENT OF CUMBERLAND COLLEGE, KENTUCKY;
AUTHOR OF JEFFERSON AT MONTICELLO, OR THE PRIVATE
LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON; CORRESPONDING
MEMBER N. Y. HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ETC.
COMPLIMENTS OF THE AUTHOR.
WASHINGTON:
CHRONICLE PRINT., 511 NINTH STREET.
1870.
| Table of Contents |
| [Lawlessness in Georgia.] |
| [Why I Was Ku Kluxed.] |
| [Appendix A.] |
[Copy.]
New York, November, 1861
To the Rev. H. W. Pierson, D.D.,
President of Cumberland College, Kentucky:
Dear Sir: The undersigned beg leave respectfully to suggest to you the propriety of repeating your paper read before the Historical Society at a recent meeting, on the Private Life of Thomas Jefferson, and making public a larger portion of your ample materials, in the form of public lectures. The unanimous expression of approbation on the part of the Society, which your paper elicited, is an earnest of the satisfaction with which your consent to lecture will be received by the public at large.
We have the honor to be, very respectfully, yours,
| GEORGE BANCROFT, | ISAAC FERRIS, | |
| HAMILTON FISH, | GORHAM D. ABBOT, | |
| WM. M. EVARTS, | SAMUEL OSGOOD, | |
| FREDERIC DE PEYSTER, | GEORGE POTTS, | |
| BENJ. H. FIELD, | HENRY W. BELLOWS, | |
| GEORGE FOLSOM, | JOSEPH G. COGSWELL, | |
| L. BRADISH, | HORACE WEBSTER, | |
| And many others. |