| Title: | Isabella Martin, Chicago to her Niece, [County Down?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3697 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | martin, isabella/15 |
| Year | 1870 |
| Sender | Martin, Isabella |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | middle-class housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | aunt-niece |
| Source | D 2709/1/81: Presented by Miss Shanks, Ballyfounder, Portaferry, County Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9102075 |
| Date | 10/05/1870 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 07:09:1993. |
| Word Count | 521 |
| Genre | |
| Note | N.B. her husband is prob. a merchant. |
| Transcript | Chicago May 10th My Dear Neice [Niece?] I received your kind and welcom [welcome?] letter and was glad to hear you were all well and that my Mother was in her usual way we all all prettey [pretty?] well at present Uncle William was very sick he got Lung fever but he has got well again thank god and I think he will go this trip Mr Hastings brought the comfort and handkerchief and the collars for your Brother your Uncle was well plesed [pleased?] with the comfort and he needs it now your Brother was up seeing Uncle William he had made to [two?] trips with your Uncle Sam [Samuel?] he was a little sick but he says he likes to sail your uncle William has not gone out yet for he took sick when he was redy [ready?] and he had to get a man to go in the schooner but he is got well now do not tell my mother that he was sick I thought he was going to die he was so ill but he is got strong again My little Johney [Johnny?] is allways [always?] sick and the Doctor says he will not live all summer it would be good for him and me if god would take him for he cannot walk nor talk nor sit up I have got a fine baby girl the next time I write I will tell you what I will call her the others is at school your Uncle Nickey [Nicky?] is gone this 3 weeks he bought a schooner the [they?] call her Frank Crawford and he went to bring her home she is the same kind as glad tidings mother will be mad at me for not writing but there is allways [always?] something to keep me back I would have wrote only William being sick I will write to Mother soon Sam [Samuel?] and Mrs and family is well Nancy was seeing us when Sam [Samuel?] was home She looked well She called the baby boy William this has been a late spring and very dull times here William has got a young man the [they?] Call W. Harper a granson [Grandson?] of Mrs Thomas Shaw Of Kirkcubbin [Kircubbin?] he has been #PAGE 2 out here this 4 years he seems a nice man he is on the schooner with your uncle Will [William?] you need not look for many letters from William when the [they?] are well the [they?] think it is no use in writing uncle William is home to night [tonight?] he is going to start for the first to morrow [tomorrow?] it will be the 11th of May and I hope he will keep strong give my love to Mother and Say we are all well and with love to your Mother and sister and Brothers and if I do not get my likeness took before William goes home I will send it with him with kind love I remain your affectionate Aunt Isabella Martin rembere [remember?] me to enquiring friends I will write soon to Mother and thank her for presents no more I now |
