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Thursday, 1862

her. Fortunately I overheard the talking
through the partition door, so In-
stantly knowcked & assured Aunt B.
that I wanted to do no such thing - or
rather I told Miss W. that she was
mistaken & prevented Becky's dis-
missal. She wants one woman
to do all the washing & then she will
have the others to pay. She screws
from the negroes who came to buy
most curelly, & brow-beats them
til they are aafraid to say a word,
of menonstration at her prices,
which are exorbitant. the sec-
ond hand clothing sent to be given
away she persists in selling.
I said when out riding with Mr. Pierce
& herself the other day that I thought
one dollar too much for a dress
made of ten cent calico, & contain-
ing eight yards, because the nor-
thern [illegible] the making as a