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[preprinted] 1325 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE,
WASHINGTON, D. C. [/preprinted] Dec. 14th 1893

My very dear Mrs. Stanford

Kindly accept as
a Christmas greeting,
some of my books,
which I have just
expressed to you.

If they should
fill any lonely or
weary hours, it would
be a gratification
to me.