ALS, 1806 November 22 : New Haven, to Reverend Abiel Holmes, Cambridge, Mass.

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ALS, 1806 November 22 : New Haven, to Reverend Abiel Holmes, Cambridge, Mass.

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Webster requests an inquiry into the delay of scholars at Harvard in endorsing his dictionary. "If men of letters doubt of the merit of the work ... I shall not ask the favor ... I shall have confidence in ultimate success, without the direct countenance of the Harvard University ..."

2 p. ; 24 x 21 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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