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Uttica Dec. 10, 1847 My Dear Uncle, We received today Evelina's letter which gave us much pleasure. Mr. Martin[?] added a page and sent it to Harriet. My whole mind has been absorbed in assisting the young ladies of Eliza's age in making preparations for a fair which is to take place next Wednesday evening at Bagg's hotel. It is for the benefit of the poor and [?] as much interest in it as if the whole responsibility rested upon me. I have made a child! [?] embroidered with [?] for it, like the one I embroidered for Throopy when he was a baby. We are now manufacturing a [?] doll, about as tall as Throopy, who is to stand in the middle of a table with tattered clothes, a basket on his arm and some [?] for sale, entitled "Remember the Poor". I shall send you a copy of the [?], though they were not written for this occasion. I found them in a little book of poems, and as they seemed to be appropriate, I sent them to the printer. I am putting our ingenuity to [rest of letter not legible].
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