| Title: | William J. Gibson, America to James Robinson, Ireland |
|---|---|
| ID | 1168 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Gibson, William J/7 |
| Year | 1899 |
| Sender | Gibson, William J. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Pittsburgh, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | Robinson, James |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | unknown |
| Source | Presented by Gordon Douglas, 5G Lisnavar Court, Altnagelvin, Londonderry, BT47 QNE. |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh |
| Doc. No. | 9503303 |
| Date | 19/01/1899 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 28:03:1995. |
| Word Count | 205 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | (ADDRESS REMOVED) PITTSBURG 19th '99 Mr. Robinson, Dear Sir, I am sending you these few lines to let you know your sister is at last on the road to recovery. For 16 weeks we had no hope. Her child's death, and the killing of the man she was to marry done their work and caused brain fever. In a few weeks she will be able to write you herself. We none of us opened her letters until now or we would have wrote sooner to you. I think when you write to her I would say very little about Bessie's death. She was the last one of the three and none knows what the child was to her. Even Edwin's death did not affect her so. I am, although a stranger to you, her uncle by marriage. We are here, taking care of her, for she is like our own child to us and we could ill spare her, tho I suppose she cares more to be with the ones over there, but I hope we will go first where so many of our family are gone. Excuse this writing as I am not very good at it. Yours faithfully, W.J.GIBSON Mary is still at the house her child died in. 325 Morewood Ave Shadyside PITTSBURG PA |
