| Title: | E.G. Kelly, Hamden, [New York?] to "My dear Ham" |
|---|---|
| ID | 1594 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Kelly, E.G/29 |
| Year | 1864 |
| Sender | Kelly, E.G. |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Hamden, Connecticut, USA |
| Destination | USA |
| Recipient | Ham |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | mother-son |
| Source | The Kelly Family Documents. Copyright Retained by the UlsterAmerican Folk Park |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 300019 |
| Date | 10/09/1864 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 14:03:00. |
| Word Count | 1075 |
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| Transcript | My Dear Ham Hamden Sept 10th 1864 Sunday evening Your very welcome letter came to hand yesterday - glad to hear from you & that you reached Mt Maine safely - [hopefully?] you & our friend Beck will have a pleasant time. I expect your Aunt Ellen will have a good time too - keeping you strait [straight?] - unless you are a better boy than you were at your Aunt [Pauline?] L. I got a letter from her the other day - she wants to know if your hair has come to its right colour, and what you said about the night you cut [uf---?] so - with your cousins Bell & Eva - says it was Ella H that rang the Bell - to keep order - your Uncle John thinks you are an awfull [awful?] boy & - they will never forget the night she caught you standing up in bed & - I am looking for your Uncle Will this week & hope he had a good account of you - I don't know untill he comes - about going home with him - I would be afraid of the [colt?] - but if he ensures me a safe passage - I might venture - your GrandMa's better to day - GrandPa & all the rest are well - We expected Hannah home yesterday - but she has not come yet - Joan either Katie feels disappointed - she has been a very good child since her mother left - John went home on Friday sick & has not returned - his Bro [brother?] Jim is not expected to live - I am afraid John will not get back - Your Uncle Tom has every Thing to do now - his Hay [asse?] [relian?] are stoped [stopped?] now for want of help - he don't say anything but I know he would like to see you home again - your Aunt [Mollie?] would too - she will enclose her journal in this - so you will hear from herself - you have a good kind faithful friend in your Aunt [Mollie?] - hope you will appreciate [newsletters?] & reply to them - Your Uncle George was out today - he saw Mr Grace on Friday - he thinks you will get the situation - but will not be wanted before the first of next month - so content yourself if I go up with your Uncle Will - you can come home with me - if not I will send for you - your friend Joe got his letter yesterday and was very glad to hear from you St Georges Day - your Aunt [Francis?] is better - [Joan?] Geo [George?] Balentine is a prisoner - but I [suppose?] [Joe?] will send you all the Temperanceville news - Geo [George?] called to see McGill he has not been paid yet - he sent word he was coming out to see me as soon as he gets his money - Geo [George?] also met Capt. [Dunlary?] on the Street - he said he was coming out and I hope I will be at home when they come - to help - Miss Wall entertain the officers I would like to have our gay Beck here too - about that time I must get a shield for her heart - tell her the Doctor is better - Clarence was over yesterday - the Doctor sent word he would be [also?] in a day or two - to visit his patients again no doubt Beck will be rejoiced to hear this - they are just waiting on Mr Sam Lea to die - your Uncle Tom is there to night - from what I heard this afternoon - he will hardly live untill morning - poor fellow he had sunk rapidly - his race is nearly run - another warning - to be ready - we don't know who may be called next - this is the national thanksgiving day - none of us got to church - avoiding the storm last night & the night before - Friday night - we had an awful thunder storm & hail last night - thunder & rain - this morning the creek was over the banks - quite a flood - it is falling to day - you have broken the weather Ham - for we have had storms since you left - it is clear & quite cool this evening - I hope the rains are over for the present - I must tell you about your Pa next & then I am done - I have three letters to write to night yet - Well - I got two letters from him last Monday dated 24th & 25th he was well then & had recd [received?] the packages I sent him & was pleased to get the [tobacco?] - this last letter was written the day before the capture of Atlanta that evening they were waiting for darkness to cover their movements - to fall back to the [Chattakaschee?] River as a cargo of observation - and he seemed to think it a bold move on the part of Sherman - to change his lines in the face of the enemy - but if nothing happened to him - he understands all ere this - I see in the papers the 20th cargo -(Gen Slocum) occupies Atlanta & of course [Karago?] Battery is there. I feel very anxious to hear from him since the fall of that place & as guns were fired on Cliff St last Wednesday - and the same out at the [garrison?] in honour of the victory at Atlanta - did you all get the letters we sent you last week - tell my friend Beck she owes me one. Mary's ready to go to town with your uncle Will when he comes. I send a slip - I cut out of yesterdays paper - to Beck it describes a new style of Hats & a new name - I think they would be becoming to Beck, I may send her one someday They are trimmed with red, white & blue plumes very gay - I dont't know why the gentlemen call them Toadstools - well I have given you news enough I guess for this time - hoping you are all well & enjoying your [Gansela?] I bid you good night - with much love to all - your Mother E. G. Kelly |
