17th Sept. 1855.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th instant.
I have to express my regret that my application for permission to exchange with the Reverend I. P. Field, conveyed the impression that I considered the whole question as decided, certainly I entertained no such idea, I simply understood (when I had the honor to interview your Lordship, explaining the motives which induced me to seek such an exchange,) that I had your permission to mention My Field in order that each of us might...
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