Handwritten letter from Dr. George R. Starkey to one of his daughters. Partial letter (pages 5 and 6). No date, filed under 1876. Sometimes, his daughter’s “life & being seem like an aroma of peace,” and he is gratified to think she is happy to have him as a father. He sees some of the evils she has inherited from him, and he considers it a “precious privilege” to advance his own regeneration by helping her overcome them. He was moved by her account of revisiting her diary of five years ago. He believes she would have experienced greater suffering if Will had lived, and he feels that they can see, “even now, - occasion for grateful feelings that he has so soon called home.” She is brave not to allow herself to be “depressed by the retrospect.” He wishes he had been there to comfort her. Names mentioned: Will