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Remond, Charles Lenox. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
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Custom House Boston Feb 21 ~72 Dear friends. Amy and Isaac Post. It becomes my painful duty to apprise you of the death of my dear wife "Lizzie" on Saturday night and [unclear] of Consumption. and which hated disease discovered itself [unclear] her lungs nearly one year ago. and while everything was done to check its ravages it [unclear] to be of little or no avail. and I am forced to accept the judgement of friends that our little daughter "Amy" must soon follow her mother with the same course. and I hardly need to tell you I have learned to hate the name of Consumption.