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Title: Anne Jackson, Southfield, to "My dear Annie"
ID1533
CollectionIrish Emigration Database
FileJackson, Anne/38
Year1890
SenderJackson, Anne
Sender Genderfemale
Sender Occupationunknown
Sender ReligionPresbyterian Or Baptist
OriginSouthfield, Michigan, USA
DestinationPontiac, Michigan, USA
RecipientWeir, Anne
Recipient Genderfemale
Relationshipfriends
SourceCopyright Retained by Mrs Linda Weir, Tirmacspird, Lack, Co. Fermanagh, BT93 0SA
ArchiveUlster American Folk Park
Doc. No.9905074
Date22/07/1890
Partial Date
Doc. TypeEMG
LogDocument added by LT, 18:05:99.
Word Count667
Genre
Note
TranscriptSouthfield July 22 90

My dear Annie

It is not the first time I have
tried to answer your welcome letter but
you know it has been canning time and
we have three hired men this Summer so
that we have been a little busier than
usual I hope you will have heard from
your Sister by this time and also a most
favourable account of your Mothers
health in regard to your sister I had no
idea she was leaving but merely going Home
for a month or two she seems a little strange
but I have no doubt but she understands
what she is doing any way and is as she
hopes acting for the best - in regard
to Mrs Edgar I am very sorry for her but
that wont help her difficulty at all but
Annie she proffessed [professed?] herself a
Christian did she marry a christian man if we
would follow Christ we must bear the crop
we must deny ourselves and he must be first
in our affections I hope Ada has not been
acting toward her Husband as she did by Mrs
Day and try to make him jealous in anyway
she will find it hard to be cast adrift with
young baby it brings very forcibly to my mind
a text of scripture which runs thus
who that they had hearkened to my commandments
than should their peace have been as a river
and their righteousness as the waves of the sea
it would save us all from a thousand snares
to mind religion young. you dear Annie I
know are apt to worry about little things but
cast all your care upon him who careth for
you only trust him and do as he would have
you do and all will be right in the end
Mrs Albert Nixon was buried last Sabbath
after suffering terribly for several years Mrs
Furman has two cancers comming [coming?] Emily Heth
is fast wasting away and Mrs Phillips has been
very low but is now a little better I should like
to know how you came to be bit (sic) you must have
been in rather a dangerous position
I thought of you previous to the fourth and knew
you had a hard time coming but we often
suffer more by the contemplation of some coming
event than we do by its actual occurence [occurrence?]
I was in the Garden gathering fruit one day
and Miss Taylor came along and wanted to
know why your Sister did not call on her
before she went home she said she supposed
she stayed with us two weeks I dont know
who could have told her that she seemed very
angry about something but I had to leave her
talking for I did not want to hear what she
had to say - but Annie I want you to write
me a long letter and tell me if you have seen
poor Ada I do feel very sorry for her
Ralph Bingham is going to be at Birmingham
on the first of August did you see and hear him
when he was in [forAene?] I suppose he is a
wonderful geneious [genius?] I should like to
hear him how about your cousin does he live at
the same place yet and does he say
any thing about going home soon
but he will very likely mak [make?] his
home in this country

the men here cut down the last hay
yesterday and to day they are reaping
barley next it will be oats wheat we
dont have any so you see every day
brings harvest nearer to a close
and Annie I must close this not
forgeting to pray for you that your
strength may be equal to your day

from a sincere friend

Anne Jackson
the Mrs Young I spoke of is Mrs Young of
Birmingham her Sisters are very wealthy
she told me that they clothed her too and
you know she always dresses very nice