| Title: | Ruth Ramsey, Nebraska to "Dear Cusen." |
|---|---|
| ID | 2204 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Ramsey, Ruth J/78 |
| 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 | The Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9907071 |
| Date | 12/12/1890 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 19:07:99. |
| Word Count | 420 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Ruth Ramsey Dec 12 1890 Knoley Custe Co Neb Dear cusen [cousin?] i take my pen in hand to [write?] you a few lines to let you know that i am Well and my famly [family?] air [are?] well at present land to hope that this fine time will find you and beller [Bella?] the -ame [same?] I beg for you to for give me for not riting [writing?] to you sooner i have been [uvery?] this fall and have bee- [been?] visting [visiting?] and hav had visters [visitors?] from Michagan [Michigan?] and i have been Very busey [busy?] every day since the [they?] went home it was my brother and sister ann lucos [lucas] and when the [they?] come i just told them that we would go and see cusen [cousin?] dan fossy [fussy?] folks and if you ever see david ask him how he likes cuse [cousin?] dan you rember [remember?] what he sed [said?] he supposed that he was like all the rest he was all rit [right?] if he thaut [thought?] you was liberil [liberal?] with your poket [pocket?] book has beller [Bella?] come home yet i understod [understood?] that she went out thire [there?] to get marred [married?] i dont see why she could not just as stoped [stopped?] had that down to my house and then we would been at the wedding and then went on her jurny [journey?] it is very plesent [pleasant?] hear [here?] now how is it with you out thir [there?] now i have not much news the yonge [young?] pepel [people?] air [are?] all getting marred [married?] a round hear [here?] but my girls air [are?] at home yet how do you get along with your knitting lace now do you have any nice patterns now you do not hear from southfield now adays how [the?] bells is now is he able to be around this winter when the [they?] was hear [here?] the shock so scornful about them i did ask much a bout them if you was hear [here?] you and i would have a good visit but i did not have a very plesent [pleasant?] time with them for the [they?] did not seam [seem?] to want to tell me any thing so i let them keep it to themselvs [themselves?] but do not tell them what i rit [wrote?] to you i must close rit [write?] soon and i will try and anser [answer?] your letter sooner then [than?] this one so good by [bye?] for the time from your frend [friend?] Ruth Ramsey |
