With this I mail to you a copy of a collection of verses entitled "Loves Seasons or Tides of the Heart,"—which I hope you are well enough to find some pleasure in reading.
But the real poetry you will find I think in
"Note 4" in
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the Appendix, to which I invite your attention.—
Notes 3 & 4 present for the consideration of thoughtful minds a new view of man; & the Fowler & Wells Co:2—are so much impressed by it that they are about to send these notes out as a leaflet to the men of thought at present engaged in studies of this nature.
I shall be glad to hear from you & to know that your health is quite restored.—I remain
Very Sincerely Yours Thaddeus HyattCorrespondent:
Thaddeus Hyatt
(1816–1901) was an abolitionist and industrialist. Born in New Jersey,
Hyatt moved to Kansas in the 1850s with a plan to develop local industry, where
he befriended abolitionist John Brown. Following Brown's execution in 1859,
Hyatt raised funds to support Brown's widow and children and was brought to
Washington, D.C., to testify before the U.S. Senate committee investigating the
events at Harper's Ferry. After refusing to testify, he was jailed at Capitol
Prison for three months. Upon release, he briefly served as American consul at
La Rochelle, France, before building a home in London using his own patented
concrete. There, he developed the translucent paving tiles that made him a small
fortune. During the last years of his life, Hyatt divided his time between
Brooklyn and the British Isles and died in 1901 while vacationing with his
family on the Isle of Wight. He is the author of several books, including The Prayer of Thaddeus Hyatt to James Buchanan, President of
the United States, in Behalf of Kansas (Washington: Henry Polkinhorn,
1860) and Love's Seasons, or Tides of the Heart (New
York: Fowler and Wells, 1892). For more information, see Steven Lubet, John Brown's Spy: The Adventurous Life and Tragic Confession
of John E. Cook (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012).