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DAHLEN,

Boonsboro,

Washington County

Maryland

July 18th 1893,

My dear Mrs. Stanford

I find myself, since
your great loss, so often
wishing to tell you, that
having passed through
the same terrible ordeal
myself, I can so well
understand your desolateness,
and so deeply feel for you.

Admiral Dahlgren,
died suddenly, and alone
in my presence, and
although twenty three years