Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber , Chelsea , to "My dear friend Peck"

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4 p.

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[thanks him for his flattering letter, "Such a letter inspired the belief, accordant with my wish, that my life has not been lived in vain, and that though dollars may not have overflowed my coffers, dolors never have usurped their place." Shillaber assures his friend that he keeps pegging away with his pen, values his friends exceedingly, having never lost one except through death, describes the loss of his wife three years ago as the great sorrow of his life, and thanks him for sending some poems]

Names:

Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber

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