10 yds. of fine long cloth, at 25 cents per yd. $2 50 15 yds. not fine long cloth, at 12½ cents per yd. 1 87½ 1 muslin collar ----- 1 remnant of merino, 4½ yds., for 4 00 ------ Total, $8 37½ "If Mary should like the merino for a cloak I will obtain another remnant for a dress. "Father has let me have $25 00 since I have been in New York, and if he wishes me I will pay the above amount, and then I shall be indebted to him $16 62½. I will send the balance in money or obtain that amount worth of goods for him here at any time.... "I wish you would all write to me by every opportunity, and tell me of anything and all things that happen at home and in good old Stockbridge. "Give my love to all friends. In haste. "From your affectionate son, "CYRUS. "_To my dear mother._" He wrote to his mother again on October 31, 1836, and in the postscript says: "Tell father that I have read through the _Pilgrim's Progress_ which he gave me when at home, and that I like it very much; and also that Goodrich and myself take turns in reading a chapter in the Bible every night before we go to bed, and that we have got as far as the 25th chapter of Genesis." His indebtedness to his father seems to have weighed heavily upon him, for on November 25th he again alludes to it: "I am now in debt to you $4 75, which I will pay to you at any time you wish, or will obtain things for you here." The thought that his home in Stockbridge is to be given up causes him pain. On January 24, 1837, in a letter to his mother, he says: "I am sorry that father is going to leave that beautiful place Stockbridge, but when you do move to Haddam I hope that you will take everything, even the old and good dog Rover." In a letter written to his father on April 15, 1837, he mentions various articles he has sent to him, and then adds: "And also a silk handkerchief, which I wish you to accept for the interest on the $25 you lent me." Towards the end of the letter is this sentence: "The election has closed and the Whigs have elected Aaron Clark their candidate for Mayor by a majority of nearly 5000 votes. Good." His clothes were all of home manufacture. On May 1, 1837, in a letter to his mother, he writes: "I wish you would make for me, as soon as convenient, a black broadcloth _coat with skirts_, and covered buttons, and as I wish it for a dress-coat the cloth must be _very fine and made extremely nice_. You cannot be too particular about it." In his letter written from New York on July 15, 1837, he says: