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Dont forget the pattern of Tares tail,

Tell Amandie to send the books the first chance,

                                  Lanesville Oct 1863

         Cousin Eliza,

               I will now try and

answer your letters which I should have done before

now, but have seen no time, as I am stopping down

to Dolls now and do not have as much time as I

did, therefore, you must excuse me,

   You tell Mrs Breed I am very much obliged

to her for her kind offer to learn me on a

Machine and would like to come up and learn

very much, but dont think I shall come to Lynn

this winter, as Dolly wnats me to stay with her

I dont care much about it, but she has to work

hard so I thought I would help her a little, and

I believe Father is going to have some nets [net], so

I think I shall have to stay at home though I

had much rather be in Lynn then here if it

was not for some things, but as tings are I dont