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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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