HomeMy WebLinkAbout896 Letter, Robert P. Clapp to Lexington Selectmen concerning payment to Mr. Lodge for address at April 19 commemorations, April 29, 1896Benjamin N. Johnson Robert P. Clapp W. Orison Underwood
Law Offices
Johnson, Clapp & Underwood
50 State Street
Boston. April 29, 1896
Mr. George E. Muzzy,
Chairman, Board of Selectmen
Lexington, Mass.
Dear Sir: -
I sent Mr. Lodge my check for $50, thinking, with you,
that we could hardly make the amount any less, as his expenses
must aggregate in the neighborhood of that sum. He very kind-
ly returns the check to me, saying that as his expenses were
paid by the State, he will make no charge against Lexington.
I have written him a letter, expressing our appreciation of his
kindness in this matter.
In his letter to me he says, "I should be glad, if it were
possible, to have the address printed in pamphlet form, for I
have had a good many calls for it, and I think there are a good
many people in the State who would like to have it." I have s
aid to him that you will have the proceedings printed. Poss-
ibly I have taken too much liberty in giving this assurance,
but I hardly think so, for it seems to me that through Mr.
Lodge's kindness in remitting the check, you can hardly do less
than comply with his request. Moreover, you previously ex-
pressed yourself to me as in favor of printing.
It seems to me that the Board of Selectmen may well assume
G.E.M.2.
the responsibility of printing the proceedings, and paying
therefor out of the contingent grant, if there shall be nothing
left in Nineteeth of April appropriation.
Yours truly,
Robt [Robert] P. Clapp