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Title: Greacen (n. Sinton), Margaret to O'Brien (n. Greeves), Anne, 1833
ID6046
CollectionThe Transatlantic Letters of an Irish Quaker Family_1818-1877 [B. Jackson]
Filequaker/80
Year1833
SenderGreacen (n. Sinton), Margaret
Sender Genderfemale
Sender Occupationunknown
Sender ReligionQuaker
OriginPhiladelphia, Penn., USA
DestinationLake Erie, NY, USA
RecipientO'Brien (n. Greeves), Anne
Recipient Genderfemale
Relationshipcousins
Source
Archive
Doc. No.
Date
Partial Date
Doc. Type
Logunknown
Word Count140
Genreabstract of letter, family news
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TranscriptPhiladelphia 23rd 9 mo 1833

I saw Uncle Joseph Simon —. also cousin Phoebe [Hunter Sinton] & her brother James [B. Sinton] & his wife
[née Martha Bettle] & daughter. Phoebe is like so many of our near & dear relations at home. How very like
Uncle Samuel she is, also Aunt Debby & M O'B, & has a great likeness of thee sometimes. Her figure is ditto to
cousin Martha McMeekin (alias Nesbit) — Cousin Mary Greeves — word about Billy Heathers death. He left Ann
[Heather] a child's share after all & she has taken up her abode at Oatlands in Killyman. Cousin Wm Greeves of
the I of Man has lost his wife [Dina]; she was a nice woman, she has left only 2 children, Elizabeth & William.
He wishes to return to Ireland — my brother Wm —

Margaret Greacen