Scope and Contents Note ALS. Expresses thanks that Brownlow responded so promptly to their request. Says that he was sorry that the illness of his son, Overton, prevented him from being at the society for the presentation of the portrait of the Parson because in presenting the portrait, Lea had planned on speaking favorably about his character, ...who in an age of corruption lived without a stain upon his private character -- a man who had, as the French say the courage of his opinions and would...