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no charms for me unless they are shared with you. But you know who loves you best in this wide, dreary, lonely world. Don't grieve for me, my darling, but love my memory true and dear. Forgive my errors, darling; yes, forgive them all. I must go now; I must bid you a last farewell. May the Almighty God who reigns above have mercy on my soul, may He bless and protect you. Farewell, farewell, my darling beloved wife, with my dying breath I breathe your name. Your broken-hearted husband, Gifford. To his friend. Washington, D. C., Aug. 19, 1861. My Dear Friend Crowley: Go get those pictures at the gallery when my dear wife comes, and write on the one she chooses, "To my beloved wife Josephine as a parting gift — Frederick." Then, dear John, collect together the little effects there are in my room and take care of them until they are called for by my wife, and unless she sends for them herself, you keep them, if you wish them, if no one else will. Dear friend, will you