| Title: | Incomplete: [Bella Weir?] to "Dear Mother, Sisters Bros" |
|---|---|
| ID | 3220 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Weir, Isabella/32(2) |
| Year | 1894 |
| Sender | Weir, Isabella (Bell) |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Episcopalian |
| Origin | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | Weir, Annie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | sisters |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mrs Linda Weir, Tirmacspird, Lack, Co. Fermanagh, BT93 0SA |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9906155 |
| Date | 30/09/1894 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 30:06:99. |
| Word Count | 360 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | San Francisco Sept. 30th Dear Mother Sisters Bros [Brothers?] It is with pain & Pleasure I read the dear letters. Pleasure to think you have not forgotten me. Sorrow to hear what you Suffer I am feeling Better than when I last wrote But winter is coming surely. Slowly & oh how I dread it although here we see neither Snow nor frost yet we have Such rains & fogs that I relly [really?] should prefer our Crisp frosty Michigan weather do you remember that night to the presbyterian revival meeting long ago in John Bells Sleigh. But times & Things and myself has Changed. Since Then yet I hope my age has Brought me useful - experience I hardly Know what to Say in regard to Jane I only wish I was situated So I could go home and take Care of her I cannot help But foreSee the end if she does not get better v soon [very?] [soon?] and you & me know what that means I hope earnestly the Dr [Doctor?] can help her and that it will not wear into Something Chronic I can realize a little of what your feelings must have Been It is hard to Control your own Sister It is doubly hard to think of what a Stranger will do what we did May God frogive us Me in Particular I often say to myself I might as well not worked there Saved money It came easy & went easier I have not had very good Luck since you may well Say why try it again Just to make a living that is all yet I was kind & Just did my duty and the Best I knew then But I think I should do different now As I Said Before I only wish I was Circumstanced So I could I would render all the assistance in My powers dear Sister I appreciate your kindness [I?] do not expect any assistance from you or Mother either I know how it is when you are Married & Mother is getting old She has had hard times Sorrows enough to Be without my self giving her .... |
