B O S T O N:
PUBLISHED BY JOHN P. JEWETT AND CO.
CLEVELAND, OHIO:
JEWETT, PROCTOR AND WORTHING.
NEW YORK:
SHELDON, BLACKMAN AND CO.
1856.
TO MY MOTHER:
WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A POEM,
WISER THAN A PROVERB,
THESE LETTERS WERE WRITTEN.
TO ALL WHOM I LOVE
IN DEAR NEW ENGLAND;
TO THE MOTHERS
WHO AT DIFFERENT TIMES HAVE PUT ON A CHEERFUL COURAGE
TO SAY "FAREWELL" TO DEAR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN,
PUSHING FORTH TO THIS FAR-OFF LAND,
THEY ARE HERE TENDERLY AND AFFECTIONATELY
INSCRIBED.
LAWRENCE, Kansas Territory,}
April, 1856. } H. A. R.