| 13& as Mattys clothes were kept with hers -- all of course were burnt
Rebecca tells me Mrs Roswell King sent her mother $100 -- &
that Mr J.H.C. has given Margaret $200. He has also had the
generosity to give Rebecca the old piano at Cannons Point
her piano was saved but injured etc etc -- Mrs Brown, the Wyllys
Miss Carter Are all helping the girls sew. I can do nothing for
them -- as the only two servants I have are kept busy wait-
ing on them. I like the few articles of dry goods you sent
me very well -- but the shoes I am obliged to return -- they
are so hard they would ruin my feet -- The Wyllys recom
mend me to try india rubbers if you think I had best get
india rubbers do so instead of soft leather -- Willie & Bobs
shoes fit very well -- William thinks I had best keep them
all. Sam & Alie beg you to get those earrings changed --
The one pair for Such as Maria wears -- the other pair small
rings no larger than yours. I have also to return
the spectacles -- they are so heavy & rough -- I am willing
to go as high as $ One dollar a pair -- that is the price
I have some years ago for light steel frame spectacles
Now I am in dispair about any canaries -- Surely
I am an unlucky woman, & I have so set my heart on
getting at least 4 more; I will now turn to the Daguer
reotypes -- you are not done justice to -- but I will keep
the one you send me -- if you will have one taken better
for your Father -- I agree to pay for it -- I suppose you
could not have King taken -- You must put on a
more animated expression -- & they have enlarged your
features so much -- those likeness's would be sooner recog
nised as Mrs Hall than Mrs Wm A Couper -- Be sure
& have a new one taken with a more cheerful express
ion for your Father -- William came over for a short
time today, he has a bad cold like ourselves -- | 13& as Mattys clothes were kept with hers -- all of course were burnt
Rebecca tells me Mrs Roswell King sent her mother $100 -- &
that Mr J.H.C. has given Margaret $200. He has also had the
generosity to give Rebecca the old piano at Cannons Point
her piano was saved but injured etc etc -- Mrs Brown, the Wyllys
Miss Carter Are all helping the girls sew. I can do nothing for
them -- as the only two servants I have are kept busy wait-
ing on them. I like the few articles of dry goods you sent
me very well -- but the shoes I am obliged to return -- they
are so hard they would ruin my feet -- The Wyllys recom
mend me to try india rubbers if you think I had best get
india rubbers do so instead of soft leather -- Willie & Bobs
shoes fit very well -- William thinks I had best keep them
all. Sam & Alie beg you to get those earrings changed --
The one pair for Such as Maria wears -- the other pair small
rings no larger than yours. I have also to return
the spectacles -- they are so heavy & rough -- I am willing
to go as high as $ One dollar a pair -- that is the price
I have some years ago for light steel frame spectacles
Now I am in dispair about any canaries -- Surely
I am an unlucky woman, & I have so set my heart on
getting at least 4 more; I will now turn to the Daguer
reotypes -- you are not done justice to -- but I will keep
the one you send me -- if you will have one taken better
for your Father -- I agree to pay for it -- I suppose you
could not have King taken -- You must put on a
more animated expression -- & they have enlarged your
features so much -- those likeness's would be sooner recog
nised as Mrs Hall than Mrs Wm A Couper -- Be sure
& have a new one taken with a more cheerful express
ion for your Father -- William came over for a short
time today, he has a bad cold like ourselves -- |