The celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of Woburn, which is to be held on, October 7, is an event of such interest that I would have been glad to accept the invitation of the committee to participate in the exercises which your citizens have planned.
Letter to Edward Johnson on the 250th Anniversary of Woburn, Massachusetts
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