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My Dear Mrs Stanford

In the multitude of
messages of Love and Condolence
which you are sure to receive
in this hour of your great afflic-
tion, Mr Houghton Minnie &
myself desire to offer our
heartfelt sympathy, hoping
you may find in it, in memory
of many happy years of intimate
association, in the early days -
at the commencement of the
brilliant and useful career
now so suddenly closed.
Some little consolation and
support, which we offer
from our hearts remotest
depths -