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  Dear Ruthey

Yours rec'd​ —It seems a friend of mine who is in the Ledger office Philadelphia, tho't I was down at Kirkwood—he was very anxious I should know of the bad illness of a particular friend of mine, & so wrote to Kirkwood—My friend died Friday morning—I go to the funeral to-morrow—

—I get a little news from you all, once in a while—(by a visit from Ed some time ago—& early last week by a visit from Harry.)

Thank you for the honey—it was very acceptable—we ate every drop of it, & enjoyed it—it was like the singed cat—a great deal better than it look'd—

—I am well as usual—have a little work to do, but not much—Want to come down & see you all before long—will write a day or two before

Walt Whitman