[Letter, ca. 1859? Hartford, Conn.? to] Mrs. [Edmund Clarence?] Stedman / L.H.S.

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[Letter, ca. 1859? Hartford, Conn.? to] Mrs. [Edmund Clarence?] Stedman / L.H.S.

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Letter to accompany a "Christmas token in the form of a book." Asks that the recipient "would gratify me by reading one of its simple poems according to their daily arrangement, that I may feel we are thinking the same thoughts at the same time." The book is probably her popular "The daily counselor" (1859), a collection of Bible texts followed by a poem suggested by the texts.

[1] p. ; 20 cm.

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