| Title: | E. Johnston, New York to Mrs Nelson, Belfast. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1566 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Johnston, E/15 |
| Year | 1875 |
| Sender | Johnston, E. |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Nelson, Ellen |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | aunt-niece |
| Source | T 2284/1/7: Presented by Dr. E. R. R. Green, Manchester University, Manchester 13, England. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 8903130 |
| Date | 30/03/1875 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 21:10:1993. |
| Word Count | 628 |
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| Transcript | Mrs Nelson 13 [Cromwell?] Road The Plains Belfast Ireland [?] 30th March 1875 My dearest Ellen I received your very welcome letter, for which I feel very much obliged I recd [received?] a letter also from Mary Anne & I wrote to one of you since but I cannot remember which of you I wrote to did either of you receive a letter from me I think it was Mary for she wrote me first I hope you will excuse me for not writing sooner I think you will when I tell you the reason I have been from home for about a month I hope this will reach you Please write or drop me a Npaper [newspaper?] I would like to hear if Mary Anns [Anne?] recd [received?] her letter from me I have just been reading your letter over & I have shed some tears over it oh dear Ellen how many things it bring to memory of long ago when I think of the severe pain she suffered it is enough to make a [stranger?] feel oh my dear dear sister the last & the best of Mothers & best of Wives that ever lived well all her suffering are over now all tears are wiped away she is with her saviour & she is reaping her reward so we should, no sorrow as if we had no hope it will do us good it was a well spent life hers she walked in the paths of righetousness [righteousness?] yesterday was Easter Monday oh dear when I think of how many Easters I have pleasantly spent amongst you, believe if I had not lost all the money I had I would have made you all a visit before this time oh how I have longed to see all your dear faces & all the dear little ones but that is over now I often take spells of [home?] sickness still I have a right to be thankful to God he is all my trusts I was striving to live so that I may meet those that gone before to [heaven?] those thats to follow I am very comfortably fixed now I have very nice room well furnished & all my wants are well supplied thank God for all his goodness #PAGE 2 & mercies to me your Mary & family are all well I heard from her lately but I have not seen her since about the first of January Uncle John is still in the land of the living & has pretty good health his sons are getting along very well they are very Industrous [Industrious?] young Men & makes a good living William the oldest one is Married about a year ago she is a nice little woman his wife she has a young son lately I think perhaps we will be moving next month but I will write a let you know my address if we do I am going to write to Matilda & she will let friends know we have had a very severe winter here there has been a great many people frozed [frozen?] to death I am here 16 years on 17 July and I never saw such cold weather the trams were all east & west snowed up for days no business doing no letters I hope we will never see such another I hope all dear friends are well poor Isabell she had her own trouble loosing [losing?] such a fine Girl please give my kind love to all dear friends I heard from some one that Letitia Stavely had been sick I hope Anna & she is well and Matilda & her family I hope you will excuse this scroll [scrawl?] I cannot see so well as I used to hoping to hear from you again at your own convenience. Remain dear Ellen Your very Affectionate Aunt E Johnson |
