FROM RIGHT HON. MILNER GIBSON, M. P

Lositon, May 21, 1864.

StR : I b^ to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Putnam’s letter informing me that a set of volumes entiücd the Rébellion Record, together with a copy of the pamphlets issued by the Loyal Publication Society of New York, bave bcen otfered for my acceptance by sundiy citizens of New York, whosc names were enclosed in a circulur.

May I beg you to convey to those gentlemen my high sensc of their kindness and to tbauk tbern for the Works in question.

Yours very faitbfully,

Thos. Milnkr Gibsok.

P. S. — The Works hâve duly arrived.

ON THE AMERICAN C0NTE8T

FERDINAND FREILIGRATH, THE GEBMAN POET.

London, 2 Royal Ex. Buildinos, Mwj 27, 1804.

Dkar Sir : Acconling to Mr. G . P. Pulnam'8 de^^ire, I lx!g to inclicate to you the reccipt of a set of the “ Rébellion Record” (0 volunifci), togetlier witli a copy of the pamphlets issued by the Loyal Publication Society of your city — the whole transmitted to me by Mr. Putnam as a gift of sevcral citizens of New York, you atnong the number.

I want not to tell you, dear sir, how highly I prize the honor thus conferred on me, and how proud I am to accept it. I^et me offer to you — to you and to your friends — my deeply-felt thanks for your kindness.

The “ Rébellion Record,” I find by a first rapid glancc, is an invaluable collection of inaterials for tlic future historian of your présent gigantic national struggle. I promise myself rauch instruction from its pcrusal, and hopc th.it the impre.s.-ion which it is sure to make upon my inind with it.s inn.ss of detailed information of all-absorbing interest, will cmiblc me ere long to send you somethitig in return which, however small and insignificant in coiuparison with your noble gift yet will .show you the synipathy I fecl with your cause — with the cause of the Union — wilh the cîiuse of liberly and humanity !

TTiat that cause inay soon be compleicly victorious, and that the ” Rclx-llion Record,” notwithstanding ail its literary merit, may not livc to sec many more volumes added to its présent number, is iny eaïuest and heartfelt wish.

Believe inc, dear sir,

Yours ever truly and gratefully,

F. FiîEiutiU.VTn.

W. T. Blodi'.ett. E.sc(.,

Loyal PiMicalion Sockty, New York.

nON. AND REV. BAPTIST NOËL,

36 irtiti/ourn* Trrraff, llyje Park, IK.

London, Alay 17.

Gentlemen; Accept iny thanks for a copy of the “Rébellion Record,” which I value as a token of your esteem.

May G(h 1 grant you speedy and complote victory, and may your nation — freed froin the yoke of the slaveholders and saved from the

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dismemberment they hâve plotted — be among the foremost of the nations in religion, in morals, in knowledge, and in every kind of prosperity.

Bclieve me, your obedient servant,

Baitist W. Noeu

Messrs. AspnnvALL, Baknet, and others.

PROF. J. F. CAIENES, UKIYERSITY OF DUBLIN.

94 Lower Mouîn street, Dl’dijn, May 21, 1864.

Sm : I hâve received your letter of 26th ulto., in which you apprise me of having forwanled, on tehalf of the gentlemen mentioned in the circular you enclose, a set of “ The Kebellion Kecord,” together with a volume of the pamphlets issued by the Loyal Publication Society, for my acceptance.

Allow me in reply to express the profound and grateful sense I entertain of the high honor conferred on me by this handsome and highly-esleemed gifl.

The volumes hâve reached me in perfect safety, and shall be preserved as a proud memorial of the generous récognition accorded by those citizens of New York to my humble efforts to set forth the causes of a struggle in which, as I firmly believo, arc involved some of the dearest and inost vital interests of the human race.

I am, sir, with sincere respect,

Your faithful servant,

J. F. Cairnes.

Geo. P. PuTNAM, Esq.