Letter to "My Dear Mac", 1828 June 20.

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Letter to "My Dear Mac", 1828 June 20.

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Letter to Robert M. "Mac" Dunbar discusses in detail: a delay in his departure for Philadelphia and in the determination of his travel route as he awaits word regarding some letters a friend wishes him to take to Paris; directions to Dunbar regarding the handling of Chapman's mail prior to his departure for Italy; the bundles of letters he's carrying to Europe, including several for the [Marquis de] Lafayette, the delivery of which could lead to his introduction to important people in France and Italy; engagements having kept him largely confined to the house recently.

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