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at least as well as we could expect to. Sam has now
got to be quite smart & has just now seated himself by
my side at the same table & is writing a letter to his
mother. Perhaps it would not be altogether uninteresting
to know how we look at the present time and as you
cannot peep in upon us I will endeavor to give you
a faint idea of our apartment as it now appears.

First imagine yourself standing in the door, which
leads directly out of doors. Looking in you first see Mr
Harrisons bed on which he is now fast asleep having sit
down on it a half an hour since. To the left of his
bed stands the table on which Sam & myself are writing
to our kind mothers. The candle sits between us & in
front of me lies the contents of my writing box consisting of
Paper & other little things which you fixed up for me
so nicely just before I left home Your Miniature together
with that of Sis & myself also lies on the table together with the
letter recd from you by the last mail also letters recd
from Andrew Lewis, H. A. Walton & Esq Jewett. To the left
of me as I now sit stands my bed which consists of a cob
& a straw mattrass [mattress]. My bedding includes the nice blankets
you gave me, (which are now not quite so white as the driven
snow) & two old coats with a bag which I made stuffed full
of dirty clothes for a pillow. At the foot of my bed is some
shelves filled with my clothes & little knicknacks [knickknacks], while at
the head of my bed stands a chase cupboard minus
the chase. I am seated upon a stool made of rough
boards & Sam is seated upon a box. Partly behind me
is the fire place & on the same side of the room is a