Letter from Samuel Pickard to Francis Henry Underwood

Transcript Office Portland, Oct 27/83 Mr F H Underwood Dear Sir - I have received your book, & both my wife & myself are delighted with it. We are sure you have made what will prove to be the standard biography of the poet. The great amount of [facts ?] put in it gives it a value that will not be overlooked by the public. The portraits, especially of the mother, are excellent. I am just starting for a visit to Amesbury of a few days. When I return I shall give some notice of your work in the Transcript. Very truly yours S. T. Pickard