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TO MY MOTHER,
WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A POEM,
WISER THAN A PROVERB,
THESE LETTERS WERE WRITTEN.
TO ALL WHOM I LOVE
IN DEAR NEW ENGLAND
TO THE MOTHERS
WHO AT DIFFERENT TIMES HAVE PUT ON A CHEERFUL COURAGE
TO SAY " FAREWELL " TO DEAR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN,
PUSHING FORTH TO THIS FAR-OFF LAND,
THEY ARE HERE TENDERLY AND AFFECTIONATELY
INSCRIBED,
LAWRENCE, Kansas Territory, E. A. R.
April, 185S. 5 A -
