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Bean family letters, 1862-1863
1862-11-19 Page 03
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suit their father just as well; they said he would not buy it for he did not like them I said I guessed he would for he had been always very friendly to the Doctor, and perhaps it would suit their father just as well; I had no thoughts of doing so, but said it to try the effect, which I think was a good experiment for soon after one of the boys went over to the house to see if father had come; he returned saing he had not: but it was not long before he came in to the store. He said if I would trade 15 dollars he would fix up the rest. Is there were things that I [we] could not do without I was willing to do so I got John cloth for a coat at three and a half a yard I think rather better than his old one, and doe skin pants at /12 per yard not so fine as yours but thicker 10 yds cotton cloth for pants linings, and --, and pillow cases, his thread was cheaper than in other places it has been ten cents a spool for some time. I bought tea, thread black and white, silk and twist, and sundry little articles of the same class.
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suit their father just as well; they said he would not buy it for he did not like them I said I guessed he would for he had been always very friendly to the Doctor, and perhaps it would suit their father just as well; I had no thoughts of doing so, but said it to try the effect, which I think was a good experiment for soon after one of the boys went over to the house to see if father had come; he returned saing he had not: but it was not long before he came in to the store. He said if I would trade 15 dollars he would fix up the rest. Is there were things that I [we] could not do without I was willing to do so I got John cloth for a coat at three and a half a yard I think rather better than his old one, and doe skin pants at /12 per yard not so fine as yours but thicker 10 yds cotton cloth for pants linings, and --, and pillow cases, his thread was cheaper than in other places it has been ten cents a spool for some time. I bought tea, thread black and white, silk and twist, and sundry little articles of the same class.
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