Sunday, August 31, 2014

Rebecca Buffum Spring to Mary Ann Day Brown, March 23, 1862

Eagleswood, Perth Amboy, N. J., March 23d, '62.

Some time since a gentleman in N. Y. gave to Mr. Spring for you a piece of cotton goods called Brilliant. I have hoped to find some one going to your neighborhood who would take it. I have asked a shopkeeper in Amboy what he would give for it; he said twelve cents a yard. There may be 25 or 30 yards. Now shall I let him have it for that, or shall I keep it until I find some one to take it to you or what shall I do with it?"

SOURCE: Lillie Buffum Chace Wyman and Arthur Crawford Wyman, Elizabeth Buffum Chace, 1806-1899: Her Life and Its Environment, Volume 1, p. 353-4

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