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Danvers (?) mo.
Dear fnd Brainard
Thanks for the article____ me. It is a capital idea & I hope thee will follow it up with all thy excellent uses of _____& his entrepreneurs. They would be full
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of (interest) and should be well paid for.
If it comes thy way will thee ask the photographer of the crayon of myself to send me 8 copies of it; cabinet size. My friends like it very much. Tell him to send his bill to me.
Have thee seen Franklin lately? I suspect he is a much different man this bitter winter. [Or perhaps, “I suspect he is a much suffering man this bitter winter.”
With all good wishes
I am thy frd [friend]
John Greenleaf Whittier