The last letter in the Tidey Bowl series (so far, anyway). Let us
give thanks that this one is short, but it still meanders here and
there, in typical Tidey-esque prose.

 "                            Ithaca Dec 6th 1856
  Prov. Tool Co.
              Providence
                        Gentlemen
                      I am in receipt of your favor of 3rd inst.
  in acknowledgement of the rect. of check of $21.00 by which I am
  advised that 'corrected bill sent me was $29.00' which I do not
understand
  as I have recd. no such bill. On my return home 30th Nov. I was in
  rect of three letters from you two having dates 15th and the others
20th
  Nov. accompanying one of the former dates written for D.A.Hines
  was bill of amt remitted by check the other letter however written
  by Mr. Anthony and having same date says "the manner in which you
  want the irons finished will make some extra cost" but this is not
  definite. Please inform me further in this matter and to any cor-
  rection that may seem plausable. I will of course submit.
    In the mean time to Mr. Anthony all me to say how stands
  the matter of Eureka plane?
                                  Yours &c
                                         M.B.Tidey"

  Tidey is obviously disputing a bill here, and then mentions that
he'll accept whatever they tell him. He probably realizes that the
PTCo. is about to wash their hands of him, but gives one last peep
about his "Eureka", hopeful that they'll still make it for him.

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