TO
EDWARD BELLASIS,
SERJEANT AT LAW,
IN REMEMBRANCE
OF A LONG, EQUABLE, SUNNY FRIENDSHIP,
IN GRATITUDE
FOR CONTINUAL KINDNESSES SHOWN TO ME,
FOR AN UNWEARIED ZEAL IN MY BEHALF,
FOR A TRUST IN ME WHICH HAS NEVER WAVERED,
AND A PROMPT, EFFECTUAL SUCCOUR AND SUPPORT
IN TIMES OF SPECIAL TRIAL,
FROM HIS AFFECTIONATE
J. H. N.
February 21, 1870.