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Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries
Edward Everett to Samuel Rogers, 30 September 1845
INTRODUCTION & INDEXES
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Preface
Vol. I Contents
Chapter I. 1803-1805.
Chapter II. 1805-1809.
Chapter III. 1810-1812.
Chapter IV. 1813-1814.
Chapter V. 1814-1815.
Chapter VI. 1815-1816.
Chapter VII. 1816-1818.
Chapter VIII. 1818-19.
Chapter IX. 1820-1821.
Chapter X. 1822-24.
Chapter XI. 1825-1827.
Vol. II Contents
Chapter I. 1828-1830.
Chapter II. 1831-34.
Chapter III. 1834-1837.
Chapter IV. 1838-41.
Chapter V. 1842-44.
Chapter VI. 1845-46.
Chapter VII. 1847-50.
Chapter VIII. 1850
Chapter IX. 1851.
Chapter X. 1852-55.
Index
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‘Boston: 30th Sept. 1845.

‘My dear Mr. Rogers,—I will not allow the vessel which brought us to America to return to England without a line to let you know that we have arrived in safety, and that, even in the midst of the excitement and tumult of reaching home, we all retain the most affectionate remembrance of the second home, which, through the kindness of friends, we had gained in the land of our fathers. It is true that with the pleasing remembrance of the happy hours passed in their society, is mingled the sadness of feeling we may never enjoy it again, and self-reproach that we did not more assiduously cultivate it. I am now discontented with myself
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that I left you any peace. I assure you it was not insensibility to the worth of the moments I passed in your society, but real diffidence and desire not to be obtrusive. Will you not make me some little dédommagement by giving me a few moments of your time? Let me see your exquisitely neat handwriting, telling me you have not entirely forgotten us. And believe me, that if it is any satisfaction to a man to know that he is remembered with affection and gratitude in another hemisphere, there is no one entitled to a greater share of it than yourself.

‘Should you have time to write me a few lines, they will reach me safely if sent to “Mr. John Miller, 26 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.”

‘With sincere attachment, faithfully yours,
‘E. Everett.’