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Elyria July 15 1866 Dear Mother I should like to see you very much We have got our bureau it has got two little drawers and three big drawers it cost fifteen dollers (sic) it is made of curly mapple (sic) I caught a rabbit he did eat chickweed like everything But one day I was holding him in my hand and he got away from me. We sold a boushel (sic) of peas to Mister Williams. And morning I carried a basket full of peas to uncle Eliab and one basket of peas to uncle Doctor. Wilder and I have helped Father's haying. We picked twenty [?] of currants and got ten cents apeice (sic) Father think he is going to the lake again Your loving Son Charlie Metcalf