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John M. Rogers to Walt Whitman, 21 February 1878

Dear Friend,

I receive a postal from you this date address to me at New Britain Conn.1 I am well and so is my Family. My health is better than it has been in some time [no handwritten text supplied here] I have a little place here and are triing​ hard to get along. I am raising vedgeables​ for the New York market [no handwritten text supplied here] it is the busy season here now [no handwritten text supplied here] I was glad to hear from you and that you are better [no handwritten text supplied here] I have thought of you a good many times [no handwritten text supplied here] I should like to see you and if God spairs​ our lives I hope to see you once more but God know what is best, if we but look to him he will take care of us and make our griefs and pains easy to bear [no handwritten text supplied here] I have often thought of what you have had to go through and suffer in your sickness. I wish that you whare​ that I could see you and comfort you. I have got a find little boy [no handwritten text supplied here] I have named him after you he is now most four years old will be in June next. I should be happy to hear from you as soon as you get this

write soon, From your affecinate​ Friend and well wisher, John M. Rogers.

Notes

  • 1. John M. Rogers was a Brooklyn driver. [back]
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