BURGESS THORNTON W Autograph Letter Signed to Dear Mrs Lloyd

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BURGESS, THORNTON W. Autograph Letter Signed, to "Dear Mrs. Lloyd," expressing sorrow at the loss of his own [step?]daughter and thanking her for sympathy. 2 pages, 12mo, written on the first and third pages of a folded sheet; short closed separations at folds, faint staining to fourth page, horizontal fold. Np, nd

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"Very grateful to me has been the sympathy of you . . . as expressed through the beautiful flowers of which my little girl was so fond . . . . She was beautiful in all that makes womanhood beautiful and her going leaves me in desolation through which it is by the utmost faith only that I can see a ray of light. . . . [Y]ou may, perhaps, guess the utter wreck my life seems. Your sympathy . . . helps."
Burgess's 1919 book, Mrs. Peter Rabbit, is dedicated to his [step]daughter, who provided assistance in preparing the manuscript.