Harrisburg Dec[ember] 18 [18]63

Dear Callie,

I enclose a small bill of [?] which provoke me today. I had forbid anyone of the family dealing at the store. In the next place, I do not allow any bills to be made at any store for goods.
I told [???] that I knew nothing of this bill and would not pay it. Martha says you got a [?] somewhere and that your sister thought you had paid for it.

I did not dream that I owed any Jew. Your sister is pretty well, and the baby, James? Is in Phila[delphia]. We have nothing new, but have a great rain storm with freezing which [?????] by breaking the [?]. Let me hear from you about the bill. I had a letter yesterday from Hampy. He is well.

Yours truly
Herman Alricks