
Nottingham
England. Jan. 29. 1892. Dear Mr Whitman
I was very sorry indeed to hear a little while ago
that you were so ill & should have written at once
to Mrs Davis to make inquiries
if I had not heard rumours of your having been moved
from your house southwards, so I wrote to Herbert
Gilchrist instead & as far as
I gather from a short postcard he has written in reply
you are still in Camden. However, not feeling quite sure,
I thought
I had better write to you first and hear if you are at
home before sending you the yearly gift from myself
and friends—I earnestly hope to hear in reply
that you are pretty well again & out of pain.
I don't know whether you remember enough of me to recal that I had been a good invalided of late years through sleeplessness. I determined a year ago to try the manual labour cure & have been working since as a carpenter (an art which I learnt as a boy) & it has done me so much good that I hope to return soon to my proper work of teacher.
I have lately lent your poems
to two new friends & have had the satisfaction of gaining
their gratitude thereby—One of them was very much in need
of the help to be found in them.
With much love & kind remembrances to yourself & Mrs Davis
Leonard Morgan Brown

