Excerpt from A Discourse on the Qualifications and Duties of an Historian Dear Sir, - I am happy in being made the organ of the Georgia Historical Society, in communicating to you the following resolution, expressive of their warm and unanimous admiration of the manner in which you discharged your duty as orator of the day. Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be tendered to the Hon. Mitchell King, for the very able and learned address, delivered before them this day, and that a copy be requested of him for the use of the Society. Dear Sir, - This afternoon, immediately on my return to the city, I received your note of yesterday, conveying the resolution of the Georgia Historical Society, on the subject of my address, delivered before them, and requesting a copy of it for the use of the Society. Present, I pray you, my very respectful acknowledgments to the Society, for the honor which they have done me; and assure them, that it will give me great pleasure to place a copy of the address at their disposal. The manner in which it has been received by them, will always be to me a matter of grateful remembrance; and I can only regret, that the circumstances in which I have been recently placed, did not permit me to give more time to it, than I have done, and to endeavor to make it more worthy of them, and of the occasion. Accept for yourself, my dear sir, my very sincere thanks, for the friendly terms in which you have communicated the resolution of the Society, and for the many kindnesses which you have shown to me, during my visit to your enterprising and thriving city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.

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