L[ydia] M[aria] C[hild] ALS to Louisa Loring, December 22, 1841

button; for neither of them have ripped. Tell Robert
too, that I wish him a happy new year, and sent him a med-
al to remember the Anti-slavery Standard by.

Mrs. Carter requested me, when I was at Northampton, to
ask you to purchase a Liberty Bell for her at The Fair,
and send it to her. She said old Mrs. Loring owed her
three dollars, and you might take your pay out of that.
If C. P. Huntingdon is now representative, I think you can eas-
ily send it to her; for he goes home frequently.

I send $1 with which I wish to buy a Liberty Bell for
one of Friend Hopper's daughters. I don't know the price;
but if there is any balance, you may send me a moderate-
-sized doll, or some kind of a jumping Jack, or jumping
monkey, for James Gibbons' youngest girl, about two years
old.

I have trotted about in the mud to get something for the
old lady; but darkness overtook me, after two hours
search; so I must put it off till another opportunity.
I wish I knew what would please her. I wish you
would give my most grateful remembrance to her,
and tell her I shall never forget the good care
she has taken of me so many times.

I send an Anti-Slavery Scrap Book, as my
trifling donation to the Fair. I could not think of