The text inscribed on A 865, by itself an extrageneric fragment, appears as a trace or echo (text altered) in a letter to Elizabeth Carmichael composed around 1880 (THJ). The manuscript of the letter is missing; it is here reproduced from Johnson's Letters (1958) Just for testing and finding bad links The opening of the letter reads: ". . . I fear Vinnie gave my message as John Alden did the one from Miles Standish, which resulted delightfully for John, but not as well for his friend." The fragment and the letter may or may not be connected.