ALS,; on black rimmed mouring paper, March 26, 1856 Neville B. Craig
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by KENNEDY, John Pendleton, 1795-1870) American novelist and biography born in Baltimore
Kennedy writes to announce, "Our good friend Mr. Gray has at last a welcome end to all his sufferings. After a terrible six months during the which time he has been confined to his bed, he breated his last in perfect serenity and peace on Friday at noon." etc. Kennedy commenTs about Gray's famlly, etc. Writer and historian, Craig (1787-1863) was the sometime editor of the Pittsburgh Gazette. Kennedy was admitted to the bar in 1816. He served three terms as a Whig member of Congress and was later Secretary of the Navy. He was the provost of the University of (truncated)