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172 REVEREND EZRA FISHER

On the 8th of March, 1848, accompanying a report of nine- teen weeks, I ordered the following articles: (This was sent overland and I fear has not reached you. If you have not forwarded it, please omit the bureau and in the place send me a good cooking stove and pipe, as we are not able to have both at present.). ..

Please send me the following articles, if I have the amount due me. Bill ordered Feb. 5, 1849: Six large tin pans, one set candle moulds, 2 tin pails with lids, six and eight quarts, 10 pint tin cups, 2 quart do., 2 tin coffee pots, one-half box of glass, eight by ten, 1 keg of nails, 8's, 6's and 4's, equal parts, 15 Ibs. nails, 10 penny, 1 nail hatchet with handle, 1 ax, 1 spade, with steel blade, 1 hoe, 1 small, plain looking glass, 1 set of dining plates, 1 set butter do., 1 pitcher, 2 quarts, 1 bolt cotton sheeting, heavy, 2 bolts dark, firm calico, 16 yds. black alpaca, or something suitable for ladies' dresses and cloaks, 12 yds. black cambric, 12 sheet wadding, 14 yds. good bed ticking, half Ib. good black sewing silk, 1 good cooking stove and furniture with 7 or 8 joints of pipe, 6 ivory fine combs, 6 doz. spools white cotton thread, 1 ream good cap writing paper, 1 box vegetable shaving soap, I pen- knife, 1 pocket do., 1 traveler's inkstand and 6 common cheap ones, 156 1 pair heavy calfskin boots, No. 10, 1 do. shoes, No. 9.

N. B. Samuel N. Castle, agent A. B. C. F. M. for Sand- wich Islands Mission, forwarded the 13 boxes shipped by you on the Matilda, charging $20.73 to me and to Br. Johnson $1.22, stating that he should draw on you for the same. Br. Johnson requests that you should take his proportion of this freight from the Islands to Astoria from your account charged to me and charge the same to him, which will prob- ably be about ten dollars. I have not the separate bills of freight as charged to him and me from N. Y. to the Sand- wich Islands. You have on your books and will confer a favor on me by apportioning the amount, $21.95, between us.

156 These cheap inkstands were probably for school ue.