March 8 1860

Dear Sir, 

I am in a Madhouse and quite forget your name or who you are

You must excuse me for I have nothing to communicate or tell 
of and why I am shut up I dont know I have nothing to say so 

I conclude 

Yours respectfully,
John Clare 

(Letter to J. Hipkins)

John Clare was an English poet who was born 13 July 1793 in Helpston, Soke of Peterborough, 
Northhamptonshire and died 20 May 1864 in Northampton General Lunatic Asylum.