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have loved - therefore

You know how they must suffer - The warm & earnest sympathy of friends - Even of perfect strangers - has been a great comfort to them through her Mother's illness - but if they were not sustained by a Higher Power I do not know how they would endure the heavy strain - Mrs Harrison

Oct., 1892

1314 Connecticut Avenue.

My dear Mrs. Stanford

My cousin, Mrs M asked me if I would write to you, and express the true appreciation she feels for your love and sympathy in this