| Title: | McCarthy, Katie to McCarthy, John & Thomas, c.1903 |
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| ID | 6473 |
| Collection | New Brunswick Letters |
| File | newbrunswick/108 |
| Year | c.1903 |
| Sender | McCarthy, Katie |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Newcastle, N.Brunswick, Canada |
| Destination | La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA? |
| Recipient | McCarthy, John & Thomas |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | siblings |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 423 |
| Genre | family news, mill was damaged |
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| Transcript | Dear Brot[damage] pretty well and [hope] to find you the same we got your letter a Thursday night. Sunday & Monday was very cold and it rained heavy a Wednesday night. Everything is very dull there is no smelts. They are sawing birch now th[damage] is 18 or 20 men there Philip is [hauling] the wood to the mill with Mollie. Arch is working in the mill. The P.I. drives Maude he hauls squares and goes up and down every night and morning. Little Fred is home out of the woods nearly a fort[damage] as with Martin [damage]en go to [damage]ednesday [morning] [damage] to haul the stack of hay and [damage] out yet. Jack Morman is lumbering yet and Mich Sheehan and Jack Quigley are lumbering to on Sheehan’s place. Are there many boarding in the house ye are in. Tom papa wants to know how good watches sells [ou]t there. I dont hear much about the [p]rice of hay for I dont hear of anyone buying or selling but I think you will get good hay for 10 & 11 dollars. We don’t know yet but I think we may have enough for our stock and for ourselves we are not not wanting for anythink thank God [damage] what [damage] from the mill was very g[damage] sold his [colt] [damage] $130 but we do [damage] is not worth writing for the [damage] nobody going around and a very poor road on the ice. Ellin Barry went away and Dan is keeping house all alone, We heard from ye the time Jack Nugent got his letter. Mike went down to [damage] Jim different times [damage] and he wasn’t home he stays up day & night he is gone up to the mill to see him and if he gets a chance he [damage]hen one writes they [damage] and mike says he does not [know] any thing to write Tell Tom A will write to him when he comes out from Bartibogue. We are sending ye the papers and if ye have any nice ones you might [s]end me one. Excuse bad writing and poor paper. No [n]ews this time I have may have more the next time. The old woman says she is gone to be in the store for the winter. (top of page) Write soon. [Ma]mma and Papa [sen]ds their com[plim]ents to both [damage] [damage] Mccarthy [damage] ned will [damage] another [damage] full of [damage]opes. To both John & Tom all Say Good Bye and dont be lonesome. Tom write soon |
