I want to get your new book (the "Two Rivulets"1 I think it is
called) for a friend of mine on his next Birthday July 1st 1876.
I asked for it at one of the largest book stores in this place
but they did not have it, so I thought the best way would be
to write to you. I would much prefer to send to you for it if
you will be kind enough to send it please let me know the price.
My friend is a great admirer of yours. him and I have lately been
reading your "Leaves of Grass" and
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"Drum Taps"2 and we are very much pleased with them. I admire and
respect you very much for the way in which you write about Mr Abraham
Lincoln, our Brave Soldiers, and the African race. I think Mr Lincoln
was one of the best men that ever lived. our Soldiers we can not
praise them to much and
the poor blacks needs the sympathy of every good man and woman on earth.
If you will be kind enough to notice this note please write a line to Rachel. M. Cox. 63. St. John. St. New Haven Conn.
and oblige Yours Truly Miss R. M. CoxP.S. This friend of mine that I write about wrote to you some time ago. perhaps you remember him. his name is C. W. Hine.3 I know he would appreciate one of your Books better than anything else I could give him
R. M. C.Correspondent:
Rachel Mary Cox Brockett (1845–1919) was born in Pennsylvania. Her family moved to New Haven, Connecticut, when she was still in her teens, and she would remain
there for the rest of her life. She was employed in a rubber factory and later married Fredrick Brockett (1855–1921), a widower and farmer.