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From so great a number it is difficult, and perhaps not quite fair, to single out individuals, but as it is my intention to carry in the Magazine from month to month, a Department in which those who are most active in their support of the Magazine will be mentioned by name, a few will be mentioned now. Others will be mentioned later.
I want every one of my friends who have written me, to feel that their encouragement and support is profoundly appreciated.
You naturally inquire, who was the very first subscriber to Watson’s Jeffersonian Magazine?
Dr. Cicero Gibson, Thomson, Ga.
Following closely after Dr. Gibson, came a good many others who arrived so nearly together that it would perhaps be unjust to some to say which was literally the first-comer, yet I cannot refrain from selecting a few for special mention.
There was my gallant and loyal friend of LaGrange, Ga., Dr. Frank Ridley, whose letter I am going to print in full:
“Please know that I am in thorough sympathy with you in the matter of the Magazine contention, and all other matters.
“I have written to the New York office of the Watson’s Magazine, instructing them to discontinue sending me their paper. I am enclosing check for $1.50 for Watson’s Jeffersonian Magazine. With sentiments of my continued warm regard and friendship.
“P. S. Please see that my subscription begins with the first issue.”