Letter from Maria Susanna Cummins to Messrs Sampson Low Son & Co

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line 1: Dorchester 17th Dec 1860
line 2: Messrs S. Low, Son & Co,
line 3: My dear Friends,
line 4: Your kind favor
line 5: of Nov 24th was received
line 6: last week & I have to
line 7: acknowledge not only an
line 8: unexpected remittance, in
line 9: a pecuniary form, but, also,
line 10: a most welcome expression
line 11: of friendliness & cordiality.
line 12: I could receive the for-
line 13: mer with far more satis-
line 14: faction if the accounts
line 15: showed a balance likewise
line 16: in your favor; the latter
line 17: I trust you will believe
line 18: is fully reciprocated.
line 19: Since you honourably per-
line 20: sist in fulfilling your

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line 1: engagements to the letter
line 2: I can only trust that
line 3: you may, someday,
line 4: be remunerated through
line 5: my pen, & under any
line 6: circumstances, I hope
line 7: never to forfeit that
line 8: esteem which I count
line 9: my best success.
line 10: My journey abroad
line 11: was indeed, a most hap-
line 12: py one, and your proposition
line 13: to repeat it meets a
line 14: vague hope of my own
line 15: which I sometimes ven
line 16: ture to indulge. I am
line 17: also sufficiently convinced
line 18: of the advisability of laying
line 19: the scene of a future
line 20: story on my nation soil,
line 21: though the distractions
line 22: which at present agitate
line 23: us make it doubtful
line 24: whether the story of "what

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line 1: they are doing in the
line 2: United States will not
line 3: soon come to an end.
line 4: No person with the
line 5: slightest love of country
line 6: can be unmoved by our
line 7: present alarming condition.
line 8: Many are already suffering
line 9: from the effects of it &
line 10: the depression of spirit is
line 11: universal – I sincerely
line 12: hope that your interests
line 13: are not involved in the
line 14: present political & finan-
line 15: cial crisis, or that, if so,
line 16: all will issue well.
line 17: Please do let me be
line 18: kindly remembered to all
line 19: my friends in your circle
line 20: & believe me, with cordial
line 21: regards
line 22: Very sincerely
line 23: Maria S. Cummins