| Title: | Andrew Greenlees, Glensharrold, [Kansas?] to his brother. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1232 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Greenlees, Andrew/2 |
| Year | 1876 |
| Sender | Greenlees, Andrew |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Glensharrold, Kansas, USA |
| Destination | N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Greenlees, John |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | T 2046/22: Copied by Permission of Aiken McClelland Esq., 3 Beechhill Park Avenue, Belfast. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9006206 |
| Date | 21/01/1876 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 01:11:1993. |
| Word Count | 467 |
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| Transcript | Glen sharrald [Glensharrold?] Jan 21st/76 [21st 1876?] Dear Brother Yours recieved [received?] in due time, would have answered sooner but John & May wrote to Jennys children so I thought best to wait a little we were sorry to hear of our sisters continued sufferings we had hoped {perhaps against hope} that they would be restored at least to partial health, but I fear from the tone of your letter that there is but little hope even for that I often think about them and pray for them, that God would continue the full assurance of His presence even to the end Give them our kindest love and sympathy in their sore afflictions we have had a remarkable winter here so far or rather we have had no winter yet the weather is mild pleasant & dry full sown grain looks very well and we are looking hopefully forward to another harvest last harvest was all we could reasonably expect but we had not a very great breadth sown and a good deal against that still we gained some what plenty to eat for our selves and stock. 150 acres under cultivation with a prospect of adding 50 more this coming summer we have also been able to increase our stock of hogs up to twenty five with enough of feed to bring them through untill [until?] after harvest should I succeed in keeping them all they will bring me a good [penny?] when they are fat I may have to sell them this spring if so I cannot help it; but will do my utmost to keep them and have the benifit [benefit?] of their growth I had a slight attack of #PAGE 2 rheumitism [rheumatism?] early in the winter was laid up about two weeks but have reason to be thankful am again quite well John laid in our stock of fuel for the season commenced hauling when I was laid up has got a years fuel in the yard hauled it 25. miles made a load every two days staying in the woods at night & coming home next day it was a pretty hard way of getting fuel but we had no money to buy coal with and the wood much cleaner and better we have a new post office established a little over a mile from us it will be more convenient for us to get our mail there in future though we have had our mail come to Ellenwood Barton Co [County?], as it was nearest to us yet we live in Rice Co [County?] and our adress [address?] will now be Glen sharrald [Glensharrold?] Rice Co [County?] Lucys health is rather poor still we hope nothing serious remember us kindly to Hugh Jenny & family we all join in kindest love to you and Tom your loving Brother Andrew Glen sharrald [Glensharrold?] Rice Co [County?] Kansas |
