University of Virginia Library


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To Mrs. S. F. Williams, President of the Phillis Wheatley Club of New Orleans, La.:

Dear Friend:—I affectionately dedicate to you, this my first volume of defective matter as a token of my strong regard and esteem for your estimable character.

Though all the world censure, I shall be content if I have but pleased you, and feel myself rewarded should I see the light of your approving smile.

Your humble admirer, Eloise Bibb.