Lieut. M. F. Maury, U.S.N.
Dear sir The undersigned, a committee appointed at the last annual meeting of the Philodemic Society, to procure a copy for publication of your able address, delivered at the late Annual Commencement of Georgetown College, take great pleasure in complying with their instructions, and respectfully request a copy for that purpose.
We have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient faithful servants,
JOHN CARROLL BRENT,
EUGENE CUMMISKEY,
Gentlemen: Accept my thanks for the agreeable manner in which you have made known the wishes of the Philodemic Society, with regard to the address I had the honor to deliver before them at the late commencement of Georgetown College.
As it is the wish of the Society to have a copy of the address for publication, I herewith enclose it.
Respectfully, &c.
Messers.
John Carroll Brent,
Eugene Cummiskey,
Alexander J. Semmes. | Com. Philodemic Society, Present.