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Brooklyn May 10th /61 Dear Uncle

   This noon I receive a note from Rev. Mr. Buttler, a request &c & to go and by some paper for Cenhadur cover. I immeadiately went over to New York and got it at Champbell Hall &so it is the sise and verry near the colour I bought two reams and sent it with the express I hope it will come safe and in time, the price as you see as unclear ws $7 a ream, th check was 1575/oo so I have in hand of that 1.75 also I have a dollar Jennie sent to pay for daily Tribune also a balance afore of /35 so I have in hand three dollars an ten cents I asked them at the Tribune office to send you the paper for two months or the worth of one dollar. They said that the did not send it for less than four months so I did not take it what shall I do with I pay for the four months &c
  We were very sorry in not being able to receiv Cousins to stop with us while in the City, we had made preparations to receive them as well as Uncle & Aunt who we did expect — the reason was for three or four weeks Elizth felt quite sick, but we did not think that it was only a cold