29 Beacon Street, Boston, January 13, 1909.
Dear Judge Lee: The meeting in Washington comes at the time of our annual firm meeting and I regret exceedingly I shall not be able to be with you. I trust you will have an enthusiastic meeting.
Cordially yours,
Thomas B. Lawler.
Boston, Mass., January 15, 1909.
Mr. Thomas Z. Lee,
Acting Secretary-General, The American Irish Historical Society,
49 Westminster Street, Providence, R. I.
My dear Mr. Lee: Your esteemed favor of the 6th inst. reached me during a trip in the West and I appreciate very much indeed your remembrance of me by your kind invitation to be the guest of your Society at the annual banquet in Washington, D. C., on the evening of January 16, at the Hotel Raleigh, and also to attend with you a reception at the White House by President Roosevelt.
Although it will be impossible for me to accept these courtesies, I beg to express my great appreciation of the same and to assure you that it will always be my pleasure to at any time entertain the Society at my home in Lexington whenever it is their pleasure to visit our good old town.