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Editorial
April 7, 1860
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
The newspaper editors announce they will no longer respond to accumulated letters inquiring about various matters or containing notes and accounts, citing their busy schedule and decision to stop accommodating such requests after years of doing so.
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To Correspondents.
We have been a great deal from home during the past five weeks, and in that time quite a number of letters have accumulated on our table--some inquiring after one thing, and some another. Some contain notes and accounts against us, supposed to be coming here, or supposed to be expiring here. We have not answered these letters, and will not attempt to do so. In every instance we throw these aside, and shall continue to do so. We are no advertising office--we have no time to look after other people's business--we have more of our own on hand than we can do justice by--and we say again, that we don't intend to be engaged by such calls upon us. We have, for years, attended to such matters, as a matter of accommodation. We are compelled to quit it, and in future, we will neither give such letters our attention, or turn aside to answer them.
We have been a great deal from home during the past five weeks, and in that time quite a number of letters have accumulated on our table--some inquiring after one thing, and some another. Some contain notes and accounts against us, supposed to be coming here, or supposed to be expiring here. We have not answered these letters, and will not attempt to do so. In every instance we throw these aside, and shall continue to do so. We are no advertising office--we have no time to look after other people's business--we have more of our own on hand than we can do justice by--and we say again, that we don't intend to be engaged by such calls upon us. We have, for years, attended to such matters, as a matter of accommodation. We are compelled to quit it, and in future, we will neither give such letters our attention, or turn aside to answer them.
What sub-type of article is it?
Newspaper Policy
Correspondence Notice
What keywords are associated?
Correspondents
Letters
Newspaper Policy
Accommodation Refusal
Editorial Notice
What entities or persons were involved?
Newspaper Editors
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Refusal To Handle Correspondent Letters
Stance / Tone
Firm Policy Announcement
Key Figures
Newspaper Editors
Key Arguments
Letters Have Accumulated Due To Absence
Will Not Answer Inquiries Or Notes
Not An Advertising Office
No Time For Others' Business
Overburdened With Own Work
Previously Accommodated But Now Quitting