| Title: | Andrew Greenlees, Shawnee, [Kansas?] to his brother. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1246 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Greenlees, Andrew/15 |
| Year | 1866 |
| Sender | Greenlees, Andrew |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA |
| Destination | Magheramore, Co. Wicklow, Ireland |
| Recipient | Greenlees, John |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | T 2046/23: Copied by Permission of Aiken McClelland Esq., 3 Beechhill Park Avenue, Belfast. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9006207 |
| Date | 24/04/1866 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 01:11:1993. |
| Word Count | 301 |
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| Transcript | Shawnee [Kansas?] 4 - 24/66 [24 April 1866?] My Dear Brother I have just got word by way of Lawton that your dear wife has been called home permit me to tend you our deepest sympathy in your bereavement I feel doubly glad now that I had the honor of her [acquaintance?] her mind was so bright and clear and she so cheerful notwithstanding her long affliction. I often think of the pleasant hours conversation I was permitted to hold with her especially on Sabbath afternoons: and now she is gone to that prepared place where suffering and sorrow are excluded and we will have to bear the burden a little longer as regards our selves my wife is about the same as when I last wrote she has suffered a great deal of excruciating torture we still keep hoping the worst is past we came to Shawnee March 10 and if she gets a little stronger so that she can stand the fatigue of railroad travel when the heat gets oppresive [oppressive?] we will return north to Lawrence and from there up to Northern Nebraska and stay during the intense heat and come back in Septemb [September?] mail addressed to me here care H B Ch[?] or at Lawton care of K [?]elding or to Lawre--- [Lawrence?] care of John will be forwarded to me where ever I may be mean time we will both have to be considerable bette- [better?] before we travel John talks some of taking his family a trip to Europ [Europe?] this summer he is not sure yet wheth-- [whether?] he can leave his business 60 days or not at all events he would not start before July 1 as schools will not close untill [until?] June 1- [15?] am tired writing must stop for the present your loving Brother A [Andrew?] Greenlees |
