Elizabeth P. Peabody letter to Mary Peabody. Sept. 20 - Oct. 6, 1834.

The passage on the left side of the letter reads, in part:

"is not in me. Not that it
would not be possible
for Mr. M. to make
me love him exclusively.
But I could not do it-
unless he had or did try
for it. And his situation—
his grey hair—his sorrow
has ever precluded from
my imagination that
possibility. I know
what the feeling of love
is—for I have been sought
and all but won—&
this knowledge has always
given me assurance that
strong as my friendship
is—deep as my interest
is in Mr. M.—it is a totally
different feeling."

Transcription by Megan Marshall.