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Secretaries:
GEORGE WHIPPLE,} New York.
MICHAEL E. STRIESY,}
JACOB R. SHIPHERD, Chicago

[[Left Margin]] Keffer Acknowledge 
Will write more fully - Send Mr. Chase Immediately. [[/Left Margin]]  


AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION:
29. Lombard Block;
Chicago, 4/23/67

[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]]

Wager Swayne
Maj Genl &c

Mr dear General-
I but yesterday recorded the first notice from his Brande of his defection - he has not even yet tendered his resignation.

I have fully considered your very kind invitation to come down personally. It is simply impossible. I am alone here, as you know, no colleague