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LETTER GIVING SKETCH OF FREDERICK BATES.10
F. B. was a man naturally of good parts, far above mediocrity, and by life long practice, methodical and exact in business. A constant and observant reader, well versed in the English classics; not ignorant of French literature; and a good historian of all times. He was no public speaker, having never practiced, but his powers of conversation were somewhat remarkable— fluent always, sometimes brilliant, and generally, at once, attractive and instructive. He was a very ready writer, using
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