Letter: J. E. Neale to J.W. Lovering, 1888 (page 2)

when the very severe weather
came on, taken from the fence
and leaves thrown over, and
this plant from which the slip
was taken grew on a wall &
never protected in the winter.

I now feel that if the
plant had been properly set
out and cared for through
the summer, it would now
have been in better condition.

The loss of this same
I most deeply regret, as
associations, connected
with it no monied value
can replace

So it now is, I think the
least that can be done, if it
is dead in the spring, to allow
the sod to be replaced.

Respectfully J.E. Neale