| Title: | George Wood, Michigan to Annie Weir, [?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 3404 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Wood, George R/65 |
| Year | 1892 |
| Sender | Wood, George R. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | asylum attendant |
| Sender Religion | Baptist |
| Origin | Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA |
| Destination | Michigan, USA |
| Recipient | Weir, Annie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mrs. Linda Weir, Tirmacspird, Lack, Co. Fermanagh, BT93 0SA |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9905029 |
| Date | 11/05/1892 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 12:05:99. |
| Word Count | 396 |
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| Transcript | Kalamazoo Asylum Mich [Michigan?] May th11/92 Miss Annie Weir Dear Dear Sister Annie I have received your long looked for and was glad to hear from you Oh how lonesome I feel these days they have put me on a long Hall and we have 54 Patients and there his [is?] 4 of us boys on the Hall they are strangers to me and I dont think I shall have any use for them this makes my second day on this Hall and I am Just like a fish out of water home sick. Well Anne about my vacation I am not hardly shure [sure?] weather [wether?] I will come or not there his [is?] no dought [doubt?] that I would like to see you. I might have the opportunity I hear that my sister his [is?] going to be married in June and she wants me to be shure [sure?] and come I will tell you his name it his [Fent Beebe?] he is a Brother to the young boy that was an Attendant at the E.M.A. he whent [went?] to Calfornia [California?] Annie Please send me word in your next letter about John getting married you now [know?] that I like to hear the news I now [know?] it was him that was the cause of Lettie Armstrong not speaking to me I am supprised [surprised?] at so many getting married but I need not this his [is?] leap year I thought Mr Duffy and Maggie would of been married before this there his [is?] a grate [great?] many Changes hear [here?] at our Building at the Male Dept we have got a General Superior and he his [is?] just as mean as he can be there his [is?] none of the boys hear [here?] that likes him and it makes thing [things?] very unpleasant hear [here?] for us I had a letter from Mr. Herman that was an Attendant at the E.M.A and he wanted to now [know?] if there was any chance hear [here?] for a Job as an attendant his I sent him (sic?). Suppertendants [superintendents?] adress [address?] Well Annie I am not feeling verey [very?] good natured to day because I had to come on this Hall So I think I will have to quit writing hopeing [hoping?] that you are enjoying the Best of health and are comfortable his [is?] the wishes from your Brother George R Wood Kalamazoo Box A Asylum Mich [Michigan?] |
