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329 East 15th Street
New York June 4 87
My dear Mr John
I enclose you a blank verse
poem of Mrs Stoddard's of which I think highly,
and which I offer to the Independent. To make
it read easier I have copied it in my lovely
little pot books.
I have not left the house to say in two weeks,
but I hope soon to get back into my working
traces and to see you.
The first verse that I can make
myself write is for the Independent.
Yours truly
R H Stoddard
John Eliot Bowen Esq
New York