
it has ben been along a long time since we have heard from you iwill I will rite write you afew a few lines that you may now know i I have you in rememberance remembrance yet you were kin to my son Bethuel Smith when in the hospital afriend a friend in need is a friend indeed Bethuels father has gone to his home to rest i I and my youngest son are left at the old home lonely Bethuel lives not far from us he is well as iha I have but little time to rite write god bless you
from Maria Smith to Mr Walt Whitman