Letter from James Cooley Fletcher to Sampson Low
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line 1: Opurto Aug 1 1871
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line 3: My Dear Mr Low
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line 5: I send you a bottle
line 6: of wine of 1805, which
line 7: is the nearest I can
line 8: get to your birthday.
line 9: It is genuine Port – faded by age – 64
line 10: years old –
line 11: I found it by the kind-
line 12: ness of Captain
line 13: of the S.S. .......... and will
line 14: write you further Page 2
line 1: I greatly regret that
line 2: I cannot see you
line 3: on the happy occasion
line 4: of the Golden Wed-
line 5: ding – Your words
line 6: in regard to the death
line 7: of your son, made me
line 8: sad, but also rejoiced
line 9: me – for he fell "asleep
line 10: in Jesus" – you have
line 11: one son left on Earth,
line 12: but you and your worthyPage 3
line 1: wife have a son in Heaven.
line 2: I had hoped to be in London
line 3: with my new wife, but she cannot
line 4: come to join me now from America
line 5: - that will be for the future -
line 6: I merely send this as a letter
line 7: of advice of the wine – with kind
line 8: regards to Mrs Low – Ever yours in Christian
line 9: bonds J.C. Fletcher