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Box 100 October 6

Miriam Van Waters Superintendent Reformatory for Women Box 99 Framingham, Mass

Dear Dr. Van Waters

Thank you for including my brother and me in your kind remembrance. We enjoyed your letter very much. I know the men will be very glad to learn you plan to visit Charlestown again this year. We look forward to it be sure. Sorry Carol and Edna raised such cane up there on the farm. By golly, there's the temper of women for you. Of course, my weakness is that I love them all, especially any who are willing to work to support a struggling writer.

So that's where our milk comes from! I have often wondered, really, about the source thereof, since I subsist practically on milk alone. It is good milk, too. By all means please keep up the fine work, lest I perish.

Congratulations on your stirring broadcasts every Sunday. Evereybody here listens and loves. You are doing a grand job.

What did you think of Parnell Thomas' lucid reflections on Danbury in life for October 4th? I enjoyed. The former Congressman certainly pulled no punches, though I thought he might have refrained from mentioning Governor Curley.

Well Dr. Van Waters thanks again for remembering our talk, for I thought you had forgotten me altogether. You are gracious. You made me happy.

Best wishes to you and yours, ever.

Respectfully

[Signed] J. Kerrigan

J. Kerrigan

State Prison Charlestown

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