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Summary
Last year my little daughter died. Other near and dear kindred too have gone to Heaven. I long to go there too. I have been ill and weak a very long time now. Death will be a blessed relief to me in my sufferings. When you read this I will have committed suicide. My sorrow and pain in this world are greater than I can endure. Ocey W.M. Snead

Source

 * Ocey Snead
 * Rutgers University archive, New Brunswick, New Jersey
 * http://www.njhm.com/images/suicidenote1.jpg