LAURIER, LAVERGNE & COTE AVOCATS, &c. HON. W. LAURIER J. LAVERGNE P.H. COTÉ Arthabaskaville, 3rd. November 1982 189 F.R. Latchford Esq. Barrister Ottawa Dear Sir, I am in receipt of your favor of the 28th. of October last, conveying me the demand of the St. Patrick Asylum of Ottawa that I should, some time during the next session, deliver in aid of the Asylum, the lecture which I, sometime ago, delivered on Abraham Lincoln. My time is always so fully occupied during the session that I cannot undertake to comply with this request, honoured as I am by it. Be so kind as to convey my thanks to the authorities of the Asylum for their courtesy, and believe me, Yours very truly, Wilfrid Laurier