| Title: | Ruth Ramsey, [Nebraska?], to "Dear cusen anna" |
|---|---|
| ID | 2203 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Ramsey, Ruth J/39 |
| Year | 1890 |
| 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. | 9905075 |
| Date | 25/07/1890 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 18:05:99. |
| Word Count | 395 |
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| Transcript | July 25 1890 Dear cusen anna i [I?] thout [thought?] i [I?] would wright [write?] to you and let you know that i [I?] am well and my famly [family?] air [are?] prety [pretty?] well at present and i [I?] hope that thes [this?] feel ling [feeling?] will find you the same my dear cusen [cousin?] i [I?] sent my thanks for thes [these?] peacis [pieces?] that you sent me the girls have part of thir [their?] quilts maid [made?] but it is so hot hear [here?] now that the [they?] cant [cannot?] work at them now but the [they?] say that the [they?] want [will not?] forget you for them it is very dry hear [here?] now so dry that everything would burn it hant [has not?] rained to speek [speak?] of in a long time but have got quit [quite?] a lot of goosbery [gooseberries?] and cock cherys [cooking cherries?] and a fue [few?] plums now is the frut [fruit?] out thir [there?] i [I?] have lots to do in my garden and ar round [around?] the farm do you ever hear any thing [anything?] of Jane Keyes now i [I?] would like to know where she is and what has becom [become?] of Elize lucus i [I?] think you rot [got?] that she had [fel?] left [Rib?] and gone away from thir [there?] do you ever hear from lib how she is a Mak ing [making?] out a [at?] farming this year do you ever see brother daved [David?] now adays [nowadays?] is Sarah harmen there in the aslarm [asylum?] yet if she is and you see her still her i [I?] send my respect to her do you hear from your mother latly [lately?] the girls air [are?] working and out linging [lining?] and making piller [pillows?] & scarf all kinds of work and making quilts and if you come out some time and see me what a time we will mak [make?] i [I?] must bring my letter to a close for this time rit [write?] soon and tell me all the news & i [I?] forgot to tell you how much i [I?] got out of Ant [aunt?] Mary estait [estate?] i [I?] got 28 dollers [dollars?] i [I?] that she mit [might?] have foun [found?] something to have got that to so no more now from your frend [friend?] Ruth Ramsey Ansley [Custer?] Co. Neb [Nebraska?] |
