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.

Letter to Husband

Letter to Husband, Emma Hauck, circa 1909

Sweetheart Come

Herzensschatzi komm. Letter written by Emma Hauck (born in Ellwangen, 1878, died in Wiesloch (asylum), 1928) to her husband while in a psychiatric hospital. The words 'sweetheart come' ('Herzensschatzi komm'), are written over and over filling the surface of the paper. Circa 1909.

I? I would not do that.

Differently, Erica Baum, 2009