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I cannot longer put off informing you of our sad loss. My dear Lizzie is no longer with us on earth. | I cannot longer put off informing you of our sad loss. My dear Lizzie is no longer with us on earth. | ||
| − | We are parted as I trust but for a time. You know her and know how closely she clung | + | We are parted as I trust but for a time. You know her and know how closely she clung to me and how |
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| + | dependent I am on my children. Therefore you can judge of the severity of this blow to me and I | ||
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| + | am just as certain of your sympathy as if you were here weeping with and for me. I must first tell | ||
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[torn away] F. M. Lewis
Care of [Conway Whittle?] [?] Norfolk, VA
Columbia S.C.
My dear friend, I do not know whether you can have heard of my affliction. But tho'
it is still very hard for me to write, I know so well your affection for me and my children that
I cannot longer put off informing you of our sad loss. My dear Lizzie is no longer with us on earth.
We are parted as I trust but for a time. You know her and know how closely she clung to me and how
dependent I am on my children. Therefore you can judge of the severity of this blow to me and I
am just as certain of your sympathy as if you were here weeping with and for me. I must first tell
