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Title: Bell, Abraham to O'Brien, William, 1839
ID6073
CollectionThe Transatlantic Letters of an Irish Quaker Family_1818-1877 [B. Jackson]
Filequaker/99
Year1839
SenderBell, Abraham
Sender Gendermale
Sender Occupationmerchant
Sender ReligionQuaker
OriginBuffalo, NY, USA
DestinationLake Erie, NY, USA
RecipientO'Brien, William
Recipient Gendermale
Relationshipcousins
Source
Archive
Doc. No.
Date
Partial Date
Doc. Type
Logunknown
Word Count244
Genresending clothes
Note
TranscriptBuffalo 6 mo 17th 1839

My dear Cousin
Thou will be surprised to have a line from me in this place but must tell the[e] that I have been placed on a
Committee to visit the poor Indians and have got thus far through. I have my son Thomas with me and I
hope that your habitation may be so situated so that we can say how-do at least. In the course of our tour we have
had occasion to soil of course some of our cloathes and as I also find that we brought too many with us, I have
concluded to put in a bundle for thou that I suppose might probably be useful in some way or other; if not, thou
must excuse me. I have frequently letters from our friends in the North: the last accounts, they were generally well.
Thy sister Jane had greatly improved. I am called off to Breakfast: must therefore say farewell with regards to all

thy family
Thy afft cousin

The following articles are put up in a towel and are as follows
3 old Linen shirts,
1 cotten do.
1 pr worsted socks
1 silk Hkfs
1 pr drawers
1 towel

The above I hope will reach thee in safety. I shall include them in a paper parcel if I can. If thou wish to write thy
friends at any time, send thy letters to me and they shall be forwarded.

William O'Brien
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