And all would join in a general shout.
“For your great men I’ll give not a fig nor a cherry—
O, here is our good friend, the kind Mr. Merry.”
For there’s not a log cabin in all the broad west,
That has not of your stories, the rarest and best.
Your affectionate friend and subscriber,
Richard P. H.
Portsmouth, February 20th, 1841.
Mr. Merry: