| Title: | Jeannie Brown, Philadelphia, U.S.A., to Samuel Brown. |
|---|---|
| ID | 339 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Brown, Jeannie/22 |
| Year | 1866 |
| Sender | Brown, Jeannie |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N. Ireland |
| Recipient | Brown, Samuel |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | T.2675/3: Copied by Permission of Joseph Halliday, 341 Albertbridge Road, Belfast. #TYPE EMG Jeannie Brown, 1145 South 15th Street, Philadelphia, U.S.A., to "My Very Dear Cousin," Samuel Brown, 15th August 1866. |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9007158 |
| Date | 15/08/1866 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 31:07:1990 S.C.#CREATE created 26:10:1990 GC input |
| Word Count | 1023 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Samuel [Brown?] From: Philadelphia Aug[ust?] 15th 1866 1145 South 15th Street My very dear Cousin Samuel Your interesting & welcome letter of the 7th of March reached me safely - how glad I was to receive it. Dear Sam I am indeed sorry to know you have been so unwell & sincerely trust by this time you are as strong & well as when I was with you Grandma is no more, I can scarcely realize it but I know it must be so Oh if she has exchanged Earth for heaven who would wish her back again I expected the news of her death by every mail so I was not taken by surprise dear Sam I am sure there are many things I might tell you would be interesting if you knew any thing about Philadelphia or its inhabitants, However this country is nothing to be compared to yours in no way whatever The winters are so severe & the summers so hot - Mama nor William did not go out side the door all last winter it is quite a usual thing for persons to be frostbitten every day, there is little or no business done here in the winter, the extremes in summer are just the same, it has been so warm here this summer we scarcely thought we could exist dooing [doing?] little more than lowinging [lounging?] about & fan[n?]ing ourselves, & would dear Samuel what would you think of coming over to Philadelphia next summer to visit us untill [until?] you felt home sick do you know I think it would benefit you very much we would be so happy to have you, the sea voiage [voyage?] done William much good & I believe it would you too, tell me what you think of it in your next letter Philadelphia is a beautiful city it would take you a long time to see it all The city is ten miles square it is laid out in streets each ten miles in length from north to south they are numbered 15th 16th 17th from East to west they are named via Market St[reet?] Chestnut Street &c &c &c there are a large number of splendid parks with fountains playing all the time through the centre of the city. Our winter has commenced in right earnest yesterday the snow fell nearly all the day & in the evening a thaw with heavy rain so that every place was flooded it is now freezing heard [hard?] if I were to go out I should fall about every yard, dont you fancy you see me on all fours, flat on the ice, however I wonnt [won't?] go out for fear! The skating Ponds have been crowded for several days, I have not skated any yet but I hope to this winter I was not surprised to hear of Uncle Martins death I expected it by every letter dear Sam how often I think of you all, & when I read that part of your letter, where you said they were all out in the fields gathering in the harvest, Oh how much I wished I had been one of the number, for a few moments I was with you in imagination but then I found I was in N[ew?] York thousands of miles away. So Mr Brown is married Mary must tell me all about his wedding I do trust he has got an affect[ion?]ate wife & that he may improve in every way, I am real[l?]y very sorry I did not receive Mr Whitte[ns?] letter I should have been very pleased to receive it You might give him the enclosed direction, Mary wonnt [won't?] you please write to me on recei[p?]t of this letter & tell me all the news you can think of, I am sure cousin William will stay with Aunt Maryanne while you write to me, if you only tell him I said so dear Sam while in N[ew?] Y[ork?] I had my carte de visit[e?] taken, what do you think of it you see I am just the same cousin Jeannie I was when with you all, there is not much fear of my improving much Please tell my Uncle Samuel to write to me very soon I think it an age since I received a letter from him, I know exactly what he has to do now so he must send me no excuse for I will not have it I should love to rece[i?]ve letters from each & every one but I know that you dear Sam & dear Cousin Mary, & Uncle Samuel writes for all & so I take it please give my love & fond remembrance to Uncle Joseph & Aunt Mary Eliza cousin Mary dear John Robert dear little Joseph & six kisses for cousin William also my dear Aunt Eliza & Uncle Samuel & Robert mention [?] to see him & loves him dearly, & if he would be a good baby & not cry for his Mama she would like to have him with her on a visit very very much.) & tell me what he says after that, probably he will cough & Crow, I fancy I see him Joseph is no more a baby but I expect a fine little Boy I wonder if he remembers me please give him six kisses for me & now a few words to my sweetheart John please tell him I expect he will not fall in love with any of the girls in that country for I love him very much & if I hear of any thing of that sort I shall get quite Jealious [jealous?] & perhaps break my heart & Robert too how much I would give to get a nice little letter from him tel[l?]ing me how he is & if he goes to school & all the news & what the Baby said to him &c &c & little Joseph to send his love to me himself & now dear Sam I must conclude hoping you will excuse this badly written letter as my time was limited from your loving & affectionate cousin Jeannie [Brown?] |
