| Title: | Ruth J. Ramsey, Custer County, Nebraska, to "My dear cusins Anna" |
|---|---|
| ID | 2202 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Ramsey, Ruth J/34 |
| Year | 1886 |
| Sender | Ramsey, Ruth J. |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ansley, Nebraska, USA |
| Destination | prob. Michigan, USA |
| Recipient | Weir, Annie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mrs. Linda Weir, Tirmacspird, Lack, Co. Fermanagh, BT93 0SA |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9905077 |
| Date | 05/12/1886 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 18:05:99. |
| Word Count | 504 |
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| Transcript | Dec 5 1886 Ruth J Ramsey Westernill Custer county Nebraska My dear cusins [cousin?] Anna i [I?] thout [thought?] that i [I?] would rit [write?] anser [answer?] to your letter that i [I?] reseved [received?] of you some time a go [ago?] and i [I?] was pleased to hear you was [were?] well and that you was to Mrs Jacksons yet and i [I?] hope you and my old frend [friend?] will live in happness [happiness?] to gither [gather?] a long time & dear anna i [I?] am so ashamed of my sisters conduck [conduct?] towards you and your sister that ido [I do?] not know what to say abaut [about?] it but i [I?] think the best thing is to let her a lone [alone?] and [she?] will hang herself by and by i [I?] think that she had no bisness [business?] to rit [write?] and sutch [such?] a letter to your poor mother in her trubles [troubles?] never mind she rot [wrote?] to me the other day and she sed [said?] that she was not long for this world wheir [where?] do you suppos [suppose?] she is a go ing [going?] to i [I?] do not know what to make of it i [I?] was very much supprised [surprised?] when i [I?] you sead [said?] that (sic) magge [Maggie?] was gone from Mr Virtue i [I?] winder [wonder?] if she got my letter befor [before?] she left thir [there?] she rot [wrote?] to me and i [I?] anserd [answered?] her letter but i [I?] did not know that she was gon [gone?] away to you told me in your letter i [I?] would to know why she did not slay (sic) stay i [I?] under stoud [understood?] that she starved the duets (sic) and fed her self but libby named named her name to me in her letter but [never?] mind day has thir [their?] day and so will she have hers do you ever see magge [Maggie?] if you do tell her to rit [write?] to me agne [again?] and i [I?] will and ansere [answer?] tell beller [Bella?] to rit [write?] to me tell her that i [I?] think of her of ten [often?] but idonot [I do not?] know wher [where?] to rit [write?] to her you must rit [write?] to me often i [I?] like to hear how you get along the girls sends thir [their?] love to you and the [they?] say that the [they?] would like to see you both it has been cold hear [here?] for sum [some?] time now but to day it is plesant [pleasant?] i [I?] must bring my letter to a close for this time so good by [bye?] from your old frend [friend?] Ruth J Ramsey O my anna i [I?] would like to see you very much but we air [are?] far apart now you must come and see me sum time [sometime?] do stay where you as long (sic) as you can agree hear [here?] is sume [some?] cards for crismes [christmas?] presents from the girls and boys |
