| Title: | Ada C. Edgar, Oxford, Michigan to Annie Weir, [?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 965 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Edgar, Ada C/61 |
| Year | 1890 |
| Sender | Edgar, Ada C. |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Oxford, Michigan, USA |
| Destination | Pontiac, Michigan, USA |
| Recipient | Weir, Anne |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mrs Linda Weir, Tirmacspird, Lack, Co.Fermanagh, BT93 0SA |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9906066 |
| Date | 06/10/1890 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:06:99. |
| Word Count | 580 |
| Genre | |
| Note | Née Burns. N.B. she struggles with money and child-rearing, husband Thomas left one day while drunk, left to look for work somewhere else; landed in Glasgow, Scotland, and stayed there for at least a year; he wanted Ada to come to him but she'd rather stay in America. When she finally made arrangements to leave for Glasgow, the baby got sick. Thomas still wanted to stay in Scotland. |
| Transcript | Oxford, Mich, [Michigan?] Oct 6th 1890 Dear Annie I received your welcome letter last week was very glad to hear from you, and also to hear you were well. baby is well and grows very fast. he can sit alone now. I am not very well myself, but hope I will soon be well as ever. I have not heard from my dear husband in two weeks but hope there is a letter at Oxford now. Thomas said in his last he would come back in April. I was very glad you wrote to him. I hope it will do him good, how little we know how much good a little kindness may do him. I hope the time will soon come when we will be happy together once again I trust in our maker that all will be well Annie dear I know you could not help but see when you were to visit us in the spring that I had lost all hope of God and in fact I then did not believe there was a God. but I can now say I have regained my hope in him and do believe there is a God and I know I have truly found peace in him. Oh Annie it was a hard struggle to give up but I have made my peace with God, that I am sure of. It was not Thomas that made me back slide for that happened before I ever saw him, but I was ashamed to own it. I wrote and told Thomas that I could say I am a christian. I was a little afraid he would laugh at me, but when the answer came he said he had heard nothing since he left me that gave him more pleasure. Rob was out to Oxford to night and did not bring any letter for me. well I will look for one some time this week. I am sure of one from my loved one Annie I will be pleased to have you come & stay over night with me, or as long as you can any time it is convenient for you to do so. be sure & write long enough before so as I will get it as I do not get my mail every day. If Miss Shaw is still there give her my regards & best wishes. Where will she live or don't you know I wonder if the rumor [rumour?] is true about Mr Sherrard. do you think it is. I have not seen an account of it in any paper Rob was down to Birmingham a week ago Sunday. I suppose Love is behind. Love is a wonderful thing. as Mrs Manning said it is a conundrum. I guess it is. Annie have you no thoughts of loving the opposite sex yet. Where is Will, did you get a chance to excuse your not meeting him. it may be I am told to ask so many questions. Oh what would I give to have the one I love where I could embrace him tonight Well Annie I shall have to close for this time it is raining hard has rained all day except an hour hoping to hear from you soon and to hear you are well I remain your friend with love. Ada C. Edgar c/o J. Holten Oxford, Mich. [Michigan?] Annie excuse writing with lead pencil as my pen is not worth speaking of. come and see me as soon as you can. Good night write soon A.C.E. [Ada C. Edgar?] |
