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Buckingham C.H.
Dec. 7th 1869
Mr. R.M. Manly
Dear Sir, 
Your letter came duly to hand & was received by me.
The money I believe is safe I beleive that I will get it again.  I paid it over to Mr. Ceasar Perkins.  I am completely out of the Peabody, receipts.  I thought that I told you in my letter to you.  I shall want 30 spelling books 5 Geographys 5 Arithmetics: to reckly after Christmas, America spelling book: made by Noah Webster.  Appleton mathematics series.
Primary Arithmetics.
I want to know what they will cost.  I am not able to pay much for them the people cant pay much.

Yours truly
A.W. Childs

Transcription Notes:
Noah Webster wrote "the American spelling book", which should be the one referred to here but I can only read America spelling book