To Francis D. Millet and Elizabeth M. Millet
4 February 1880 • Hartford, Conn.
(Sharpey-Schafer 1984, p. 58, UCCL 12652)

[Feb. 4th ] 1880

My Dear Millets:

The Clemenses congratulate you heartily, notwithstanding their irritating disappointment—they were hoping it was going to be triplets. However I trust in God it will be made up to you next time. So for me, I am thankful to him for what little he [ has ] done for you considering how this world is given to miscarriages. May the child flourish [&] prosper [&] be as honest [&] gentle as Susie [&] as fascinatingly unprincipled as the Bay—now I couldn’t ask anything finer than that. With the warmest good wishes for you [&] Madame mere [&] the baby.

Yours ever,

Mark.

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Sharpey-Schafer 1984, 58.

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farmington avenue, hartford • Farmington avenue, Hartford

Feb. 4th • Feb. 4th

has • has

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