| Title: | Mary Gibson, America to Brother and Sister-in-law, Ireland |
|---|---|
| ID | 1164 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Gibson, Mary/3 |
| Year | 1898 |
| Sender | Gibson, Mary |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | mentions owning a shop |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Pittsburgh, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Co. Derry, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | siblings/ sisters-in-law |
| Source | Presented by Gordon Douglas, 5G Lisnavar Court, Altnagelvin, Londonderry, N.I. BT47 QNE. |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh |
| Doc. No. | 9503230 |
| Date | 01/01/1898 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 27:03:1995. |
| Word Count | 366 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | 325 Morewood Ave Shadyside E E PITTSBURG P.A. My Dear Brother and Sister, I am so glad to be able to reply to both of your very welcome letters, and to let you know we are all well at present. Hoping this will find you in good health. I got Eva's picture all right and I think she is lovely. She is a child to thank God for. Every one here admires her so much. Who does she look most like? I am so glad to know your home life is so pleasant. Poor Father, what a terrible mistake he has made. I wonder how that woman will feel when the time comes to render an account of her life work. For the future I will dismiss all mention of her from my letters, as it makes me mad every time I think of her. Dear Brother and Sister,* these are very troublesome times for us over here just now. How it will all end only God alone knows. We have won one of the most splendid naval battles on record, but our men's success was too good to last. I am sending you a paper so you can see for yourselves, if you have time to read it. I have seen some scenes of great excitement here around election times, but never anything to equal the scene when the news was confirmed of Dewey's victory. Strong men cried like children and then laughed in the same breath. I am trying to get a copy of the pictures burned in the fire and if I succeed, I will send you one of Edwin's and my two little ones that are gone, as well as our own. We are at our summer home now as the weather is getting very warm, and here it is on the hillside, and we get nice cool air. You see, I have to board all summer on account of Bessie, she can't stand the crowded city in the hot weather and we have some very hot spells here. The man that looked after the shop for me has gone with the army, and I am not feeling very bright over it, as he understood everything and I had no worry. I have a notion to give it up, but can scarcely tell yet. Dear Brother and Sister, I think it best to tell you that I may very well probably get married again this fall, that is, if God spares Jim to come back from the war. He has been very patient. He has waited for five years and he was to [have?] been home in May but this war will maybe prevent all that. He tells me in his last letter, Jacob must have been of British breed as he served seven years for Rachel. I was more than sorry to hear of your struggle in the first days of your married life when only for someone's treachery I could have helped you so easily. I wish you could have seen my husband, you would, I know, have liked him. Jim is very nice too. Jim and me has one special liking in common, we are both fond of books. When I write again I will be able to give you more definite information. I seen the agent for the Cunard Line today, he says by August he hopes everything will be safe for travelling. With fond love to all, and kisses to my little nieces, I remain your loving Sister, MARY GIBSON. Write soon. *(NOTE) - The 'Times' referred to would be the brief Spanish- American War of 1898, lasting from April 25th-12th August. 'Dewey's Victory' was a sea battle at Manilla, in the Phillipine Islands when the greater part of the Spanish fleet was destroyed. Commodore Dewey who commanded the U.S Fleet later became Admiral Dewey. |
