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I write mainly to send the card of Mrs: O'C[onnor], just rec'd—gloomy prospect enough—Nothing new with me—have just had my breakfast, mutton broth with plenty of rice, & cup of chocolate—(ate & drank all)—Sent you several slip abstracts of the Sarrazin article—Harned paid Ed [Wilkins] up yesterday—he is well—Cold & half cloudy weather—I am sitting by the stove—thinking a good deal ab't O'C—

Walt Whitman