Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-17
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GENTLEMAN AID DEAR FRIEsDs Sincerely and most
gratefully DO feel the regaj which dictates your lester
and the hpersisy which prompts your gift mpatby
90 warm, READY and generous movement 90 sp1nsIe
Gus ana unsoicted-.ouches me- deeply, and nits me
geAty above the OF prvation and discomfort
b. tor the kindness OF irencs, their soothing stten
.ions and genial service, might have been discounted
fortuneni9ht have been utterly cast down BY the
repeated disasters and severe trials 10 which, In the last
few yeare have been sutoc!ed foosed ioaly by the
GROWING evil of tbs destruction OF my homestead But
my feelings Of humiliation are relieved BY new Sci So
OF PRIDE 6nd, from many noble sources not only
the NArmsst 5ohcude but aid and succor so generously
rendered greatly tvest ml.ioTtune oil It's sting
Nv immediate nsighbors, old friends and ASSOCIATES, At
tie frs. tidings Of my Distress promptly my
lef with tenders OF money, ioor, material ana mechsni
cal assistance Rad there Others personally unknown
10 me, who have made Csrs CT help and service. Such
bltes with nov he generous addition OF yours made
il spite OF the col lEcures OF cyl times, are mat
crs Of price 70 me, ana not bumiaiion. They prove
e. me- il The most conclusive MANNER tlat have not
we'd or sbored IN vainthsG the forty years of my life
which have devoted 10 the fame and Interests oil cur
p-oll-thCir reputation and sscures-haYe not isitd
b Their confidence their All con and eeteem Thsy
d. me the Justice 10 believe that have wrought for my
country wen zeal and h1slty and some success feel
tat transmit 10 my children no better testimony
/. behalf Of my public ssrTces-though always render
ed ia private capzciLy-than tia. which Is con a0td
Ia you. letter. sgbed by those Who in tae several
tons, known 70 be among the absst and bes! men
OF the county.
= . have held DO Offices, and sought for nons, and
received uo emoiuments fIom the public. Nor In tao,
have neeted them, nor DO need them now II did,
sac want would 90 hAn supplied by that gencrou
care OF friendship which, my cAss, hs been 30 prompt
aud tender a. sduots Nor shall 1 dsmiss my ef
from the tstk OF paIroso LAHORE, long God ehs
Voucnssie the lie, The energy aud vigor stl
perform in tbose f,ds Win Wbcl / have grown IA
nlllAr and in vacn ! seem TO have found favor with
m my iftnos.
To you, my friends, kpoWi. your generous purpose
am persuaded that l. viii stfod the CREATES! saistac
uon 70 learn that you have euSO DO early
day which, otbersise, might rot have been able
20 accomplish tor years, II eveI-to restore my ruiDed
habi alou-rebuild l. as it sGooo OF oc-recslliug the
oansa6d LdYsS JGpilidrGS, forgetting NY al
Gent chimney creketsr. This duty 10 now before me
to performs duly which owe hardly ese TO you than
my wife and children. To this in spite of the condition
OF tie country design sscredy TO address myself
soon possol, and though il the last DUTY OF
my lie Not that despair doubt Of that providence
OF God which has 30 lorg sustained me, aud which,
trust vii enable 10 other works aod achieve
other bbOrs equally honorable to myish aud to our
country.
With great regard and respect, and with every feel
Ing which should become me uider REALTORS such -
ours am good friends and gentlemen, very faithfully
your, W. GILnokE SiNXs