| Title: | Isabella Martin, Chicago, U.S.A., to Her Mother Mrs Shaw, Co.Down |
|---|---|
| ID | 3702 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | martin, isabella/26 |
| Year | 1872 |
| Sender | Martin, Isabella |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | middle-class housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Mrs Shaw |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | daughter-mother |
| Source | D2709/1/10: Presented by Miss Shanks, Portaferry, Co.Down |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9501107 |
| Date | 04/08/1872 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT/JW, 11:01:1995. |
| Word Count | 273 |
| Genre | |
| Note | N.B. her husband is prob. a merchant. |
| Transcript | Chicago Aug 8 1872 My Dear Mother I received your kind and welcome letters and I was sorry to know that you had been sick but I hope you are better by this time we are all well at present only baby is sick and Sam was very sick but he is got better now and Sams wife and Child was over seeing me and staed [stayed?] a trip it was the Agne [agony?] sam had he is quite well now William is well and working hard that is making good time with the old Enterprise he is tring [trying?] to bete [better?] Sam and Nickey [Nicky?] Nancys husband was seeing me he said he had sent for her to come but I heard nothing since William says he is going home to se [see?] you but do not be Killing your self [yourself?] knitting it is the teeth that is the matter with the baby it is very hard on Children here in the Summer time the [they?] like the glad tidings well she is a nice schooner I would have wrote sooner only baby being sick and I have so little to write about I hope Margaret and family and Mrs and Mr Taylor and family and all enquiring friends and I would like to know where Mrs Mc Mullan son William is I will not be so long in writing again with kind love to you and I hope god will send you better and William will tell you all when he goes home no more but I remain your affectionate daughter Isabella Martin 295 Main Street Chicago Ill [Illinois?] I was so bothered with Children that I could scarcely write this |
