BOSTON, June 25, 1854.
MY DEAR SIR, — Why
should the Attorney-General stay at home while all the rest of the cabinet are
traveling? I hear confidentially that old Harvard is
going to make him an LL.D. at her approaching commencement.
Why can you not come on and take it in person? You shall
have three days of most agreeable festival. On the 15th of
July the law-school hold their anniversary celebration, and have an oration
from Mr. Choate, followed by a dinner. On the 16th, the commencement exercises
take place; and on the 17th, the principal literary society, ΙΈ B K, have
an oration and poem, followed by a very quiet free-and-easy sort of dinner. I
want you especially at this last frolic, as I am president of the
fraternity. You shall meet all our cleverest people and
see old Harvard with all her bravery on. Such a trip
would "renew your youth like the eagle's." I have
written to Sir H. Bulwer to come along, and perhaps you can make a party
together. We should be most truly glad to see you, and then you could go off to
Newport or where you like.
SOURCE: Ann Mary
Butler Crittenden Coleman, Editor, The Life of John J. Crittenden: With
Selections from His Correspondence and Speeches, Vol. 2, p. 110
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