| Title: | W. Bell, Camp, to "Annie", [Pontiac, Michigan?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 167 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Bell, William/34 |
| Year | 1890 |
| Sender | Bell, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | day labourer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | 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 | Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9905068 |
| Date | 02/07/1890 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 18:05:99. |
| Word Count | 249 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Annie I am in ricept [receipt?] of your welcome letter and was glad to hear from you you are alwas [always?] sitting up at night as usaul [usual?] do you feel lonly [lonely?] since your sister left I suppose she will have a nice plesant [pleasant?]time I suppose you had a plesant [pleasant?] time in Deatroit [Detroit?] up in Mrs Edgar Tom was rejoicing over his baby when he kept on the spree for three weeks I suppose you bought that Woman a cradle it suprised [surprised?] me where I got the paper and the note in it to hear that tom had left his Wife and Baby. He is a mean ruffin [ruffian?] for leaving her in such a shape She cant help herself now I was sorry to hear about it I got a letter from my Sister about two weeks ago some of the Children was sick (sic) I got a letter from Mother also and she was sick I would like to see [her? [so?] think it would be a good thought for you to go home and see your Mother your little brothers and sisters they would be all glad to see you I think I will be down in a week or ten days I shal [shall?] go up and see you I have not much more to say at present I will close with sending my best regards so fondly W Bell PS you need not write again I will be down |
