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Amherst Mass
March 23 /91
March 23 /91
My dear Mr Ward
I have just read
your letter to my husband
and regret that I so
innocently have drawn
you into a hornet's nest.
I beg you will not be drawn
into any correspon-
dence with Miss Lavinia
over the poems, or allow
your letter to my husband
and regret that I so
innocently have drawn
you into a hornet's nest.
I beg you will not be drawn
into any correspon-
dence with Miss Lavinia
over the poems, or allow
