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1883-03-27 Page 1
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Independence Mar 27 1893 Mrs Webster, My dear sister, I cannot in this hour of your greatest sorrow, refuse a word of sympathy, though I very well know by experience, that words are cheap things, to heal a widowed heart. I have often felt that Job's friends, had the secret of comforting troubled, bleeding, hearts, when they went in & sat by him in silence. So I will send you this pure white sheet in token of my kindly memories of yourself & family. The few marks I shall put upon it, you may consider an intrusion, but you must accept it, as the "coming in" of a friend. I often think of you & Hattie sitting there with folded hands, work all done, but you are not along, for the "[Forem?] of the Fourth", is with you, to cheer you with his, "Peace be with you". in reward for the patient care you gave
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Independence Mar 27 1893 Mrs Webster, My dear sister, I cannot in this hour of your greatest sorrow, refuse a word of sympathy, though I very well know by experience, that words are cheap things, to heal a widowed heart. I have often felt that Job's friends, had the secret of comforting troubled, bleeding, hearts, when they went in & sat by him in silence. So I will send you this pure white sheet in token of my kindly memories of yourself & family. The few marks I shall put upon it, you may consider an intrusion, but you must accept it, as the "coming in" of a friend. I often think of you & Hattie sitting there with folded hands, work all done, but you are not along, for the "[Forem?] of the Fourth", is with you, to cheer you with his, "Peace be with you". in reward for the patient care you gave
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