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Woonsocket May 21, 1855
My dear Sir: -
I have addressed to / you through the mail a small vol - / ume of verses, which I had printed / some months since for private dis - / tribution, and which I beg you / to accept.
My apology for the liberty / I have thus taken is in the cir- / cumstance that I have ventured / to introduce, a rude enough per= / haps, but an affectionate outline / of your own bust into a little groupe / of immortals, whom I have put / into my Allegory: but, beside this, / I am sure you will sympathize
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with me in the tribute of love / and admiration, however / inadequate and unworthy it / may be, which I have endeavored / to pay to the delightful write / and wise teacher whose name / graces the little page of my book.
With sentiments of / grateful regard, I am, al- / though personally a stranger / to you, very faithfully your / Friend and life long admirer,
Elisha Bartlett.
Washington Irving Esq.Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
