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acquainted with New England men & women and have been in their homes [ ?] apart from thy charm - etc A ha Mr John B. "charm"! and you must needs feel creepy? When you read it - how is it that equal literary experience, and intelligence can differ so - But I forgive you, please speak plainly always, for that helps me prove a friend, and a friend whom I prize as I do yrs, I can hear lots of castigation from. Sincerely Elizabeth Stoddard
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NEW YORK OCT 29 John Eliot Bowen The Independant. 251 Broadway City