
Accompanying this note, I send you a copy of the first volume of my collection "Poetic Works," Just published, in the hope that, before the shallop of Charon shall have touched the shores of New Jersey, you will find something in it & reward the swallow-dip of a moment's freedom from the oppressions of age, and say, with Bully Bottom, when you lay it aside, "I shall desire you of more acquaintance, good Master Cobweb,"—on this or the other side of the river.
Please accept it with my compliments and my best wishes for your welfare
I am yours very truly, Frank Cowan