| Title: | William J. Stavely, Philadelphia to his Mother. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3059 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Stavely, William J/28 |
| Year | 1898 |
| Sender | Stavely, William J. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | D 1835/27/3/28: Presented by Greer Hamilton and Gailey, Solicitors High Street, Ballymoney, Co. Antrim. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9311136 |
| Date | 28/05/1898 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C. McK. 05:11:199 |
| Word Count | 434 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | 574 Locust street Philadelphia May 28 1898 My dear Mother, It gave me such pleasure to receive your letter this afternoon. The first return I can make is to answer it at once. In Annies name accept our best thanks for your kind and very unexpected remembrance of Annies Birthday which will be on the third of June. As Ida makes all the childrens clothes the money $5 [$500?] will give her a fine summer rig but of that Ida will tell you later on as she [?] me to say she will certainly write you at an early day. The children I am glad to say are all now in very good health but I can say we have but lately got through with another siege of sickness among them Annie caught the measles at school and they all had them even the baby who by the way grows a fine boy is now cutting teeth and will soon be toddling around with the best. Annie and Willie are daily attendants at Kindergarten so you can juge [judge?] they are all getting along. I am glad to be able to say on my own health keeps good some thing to be truly thankful for as the wants of the flock are many and fully tax ones energies but for so far none of them want for every thing to make life comfortable. I suppose if Mr. Woodside is in America I will have a call from him I shall be very glad to see someone who has seen all so recently. I often wish I could do so in person but the possibility of that seems to yearly grow more remote that you are still among us while so many of the old faces which I was familiar with have now passed away is a matter of congratulation. I sincerely hope the improvement which you [?] in your health continues and that the summer sunshine will give you fresh vigor [vigour?] and [?] many years in our midst. The War excitement has already died out as far as any damage we might receive from Spain is concerned. That Spain can do us no direct harm and that it is only a matter of time to we do them up is now the prevailing sentiment. If it was not for the papers we would not know that there was such a thing as war as far as local trade is concerned every thing moves along in old [?]. With best wishes to all the family circle and again thanking you for your gift. I remain Your attached Son William J. Stavely. |
