No year appeared in either the opening of this letter or its postmark.

Addressed to:

   Miss Lizzie Angell
      #261 Alexander St.
         Rochester
             N.Y.

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            Waverly, N.Y.
            Sunday aft.

Dear Lizzie,
            One night has passed over my head and I am all right.
Monday noon I got so far on your letter where Grace came up and
wanted me to go to class meeting but I didn't want to so she stayed
[unclear] Jim.  Grace and I went to Pimpletons pond [?] and we
got some cattales [?] they are lovely.  It was a perfect day and I
found a turtle shell it is quite a curiosity.  the shell is all put
together by suture points [joints?] and I am going to make a bag out
of it you know put some cloth [unclear] where its ["mouth" crossed
out] head ought to be and some at the other end I think it will be
real pretty.  I have got my first fifty cents from milk Saturday night
Mrs. Jones comenced taking and Mrs Brewster is going to take a pint
[?] tonight and ever [unclear] other night isn't that fine!  Yesterday
I went to church and S.S. [??] and prayer meeting in the evening.  G.
went with me to church at night.  I will tell you what I did Saturday
I helped with the breakfast dishes and washed and ironed the _lap
robes_ I rubed [?] hard enough to rub the skin off of both my little
fingers; then I swept Papas room and dusted it and washed out the
crockery dusted the sitting room and music room and washed out my
crockery.  In the afternoon I went to call on Mr. [unclear; "C"?]
neice and I think she is real nice, then I went down street and after
the dishes were done I cried thats all.  I invited E. [unclear; "H"?
"K"?] Grace and Mr. C. niece up to tea Wednesday night and then Papa
Mr. C. Ella Grace and I and I guess his little girl, ["and I" crossed
out] are going down to the settlement to a prayer meeting and G is
going to stay all night isn't that nice.  I guess that we are all
going chestnuting when they get ripe G. incheded [??] and I guess
[unclear; "He"?] too.
   Say you dont want to forget my lace and garter classes.  Ella and
Papa and Jim. send their love to all and Ella says that she will try
and find a spair minute to answer your letter that she is expecting.
Mamie will have to take part of this for her letter too.  Write soon.
                                         Good bye
                                         lovingly, Tanie
Please excuse the writing
lots of love from me for everyone and Jim sends hers [?] too dresses
getting along nicely.