I will at least write a line to say I have safely received your and Edward Carpenter's affectionate generous gift of £50.2 It has come very opportunely & I thank you all—I have been prostrated lately by sun-stroke, but am well recovering from it—
God bless you, dear friends, Walt WhitmanCorrespondent:
Isabella Ford
(1855–1924) was an English feminist, socialist, and writer. Elizabeth
(Bessie) Ford was her sister. Both were introduced to Whitman's writings by
Edward Carpenter and they quickly became admirers of Whitman.