Skokomish, Mason Co. [?]<br/>May 18, 1878.<br/>Reverend H. Lyman, <br/><br/>Dear Friend and Teacher<br/><br/>Yours of Apr. 24<br/><br/>I found at home on my return a few days since. I thank you very much for your kind invitation to your house during Commencement. I should be very glad to be present, I have just however returned from a two & a half weeks trip down the Sound in order to dedicate an Indian church. Should I attend the Commencement exercises I would [necessarily?] have to stay until after the Association. My family cannot well go & it seems to me that duty both to the church here & also to my family demands that I should not be absent so soon again for so long a time. Hence I am regretfully obliged to decline your kind invitation.<br/><br/>Our families are now all in comfortable health, & we join in kind regards to yourself and family.<br/><br/>Yours Very Sincerely, <br/><br/>M. Eells<br/><br/>P.S. I send you a copy of our Chinook Hymns M.E.

Skokomish, Mason Co. [?]
May 18, 1878.
Reverend H. Lyman,

Dear Friend and Teacher

Yours of Apr. 24

I found at home on my return a few days since. I thank you very much for your kind invitation to your house during Commencement. I should be very glad to be present, I have just however returned from a two & a half weeks trip down the Sound in order to dedicate an Indian church. Should I attend the Commencement exercises I would [necessarily?] have to stay until after the Association. My family cannot well go & it seems to me that duty both to the church here & also to my family demands that I should not be absent so soon again for so long a time. Hence I am regretfully obliged to decline your kind invitation.

Our families are now all in comfortable health, & we join in kind regards to yourself and family.

Yours Very Sincerely,

M. Eells

P.S. I send you a copy of our Chinook Hymns M.E.

Part of Letter from Myron Eells declining an invitation