1841 February 28, New Bedford, to Frank, Philada.

The stationer's imprint on the front page of the letter, upper left corner, is an upright rectangle with cropped corners, and the word BATH written inside . A bobwig is a wig in which the bottom locks are cropped to make short rather than full curls. (Oxford English Dictionary) St. Crispin is the patron saint of shoemakers . The line "Othello's occupation gone" comes from Act III, scene iii of the play. In this scene Othello is lamenting that he will no longer be a soldier . Listed in pencil on the back: Creighton & Wilson R [Ashurst] J Brown J W Bates W Brown Bray Bancroft J Barton P Brady E Carr G [&] Evans L. Duy. G B & J B [Engl---] Thos Evans [Huskel Herkins] Hendrickson C W H [Love] [-] Mellon Patter [O Reeve] Ralston T Sharpless J & D Samuel [----] & Wallace A Plade H [Winkley] [--------] Shread Shaw