| Title: | [Thomas?] F. Carman, New York, to Mary Cahill Nolan, Missouri. |
|---|---|
| ID | 541 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Carman, Thomas F/12 |
| Year | 1907 |
| Sender | Carman, Thomas F. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | store keeper |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Destination | Missouri, USA |
| Recipient | Cahill Nolan, Mary |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | Emigrant Letters of the FitzGerald Family, Co. Tipperary, 1829-1907. Copyright Reserved by Edwina Goddard, 750 San Fernando St., San Diego, CA 92106, U.S.A. |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh. |
| Doc. No. | 9601015 |
| Date | 25/9/1907 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 20:12:95. |
| Word Count | 353 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | From: T [Thomas?] F. Carman, Brooklyn, New York, 25 September 1907. To: Mary [his cousin, Mary Cahill Nolan, living in Kansas City, Missouri, at that date]. Letter was in (missing) envelope. 780 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. [September?] 25,1907. My Dear Cousin Mary, I received your letter of the 19th on the 24th. I can not tell you how glad I was to know that you were well as I had heard a word in over twenty years at the time I met Tom Corrigan and he told me that Eleanor & Susan were married and that you were gone to Chicago I was keeping rooms with my sister Mary and a few years after she died fifteen years ago I got married and have seven children five girls and twin boys The oldest is fourteen years the youngest is two the twins are eleven years and they are strong & healthy and good borders [boarders?] that is all they are good for so far When I got married I went into business manufacturing of condition powders (Wards Horse & Cattle Spice) and it was very good for Six or Seven years then it got down to nothing and had to move to Brooklyn Still it got worse and I had to go back to the dry goods business but it was not so easy to get in the business as so long out of it but I got in and worked one year in N.Y. and two years in Brooklyn until last January I was suspended for one month and when The month was up I got the Grip and could not go to work and when I was able to go every position was filled So I was out all summer but I expect to get back this fall They dont want a man that looks old in the dry goods any more but I am as active as I was twenty five years ago but I suppose I dont look so. Dear Mary I was sorry I did not receive your letter before the 20th as I could have gone to S.S. Arabia and see my cousins as that would be the only time I could find them No more at present but Regards to all I remain your cousin T.F. Carman P.S. answer as soon as you can. |
