The transcription:
Stoke Prior,
Leominster
Dear Arkwright,
I don't know what I have been about in not sooner sending you a few words of sympathy in your somewhat sudden loss--
He has gone the way of all flesh, but I feel I have lost a
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kind friend & neighbour, nor do I think I shall be at a loss to find plenty of others to share in my sentiments. You have reason to be thankful, that he was spared a lingering illness, although, no doubt, the some-
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what sudden end was a shock to you all.
You have my prayers & sympathy in which my wife joins.
I certainly hope to be present on Monday & will bring my _____ _
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Alfred T. Peppercorn
Submitted by Richard Hungerford at 4:40 PM on June 22, 2026.