| Title: | [?], Michigan to "Mrs Weir" |
|---|---|
| ID | 2385 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Savage, Mary/13 |
| Year | 1895 |
| Sender | Savage, Mary |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Destination | prob. Pontiac, Michigan, USA |
| Recipient | Weir, Annie |
| 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. | 9905116 |
| Date | 25/04/1895 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 20:05:99. |
| Word Count | 711 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Address 195 15th st Detroit Mich [Michigan?] U.S.A. Detroit Mich 1895 April 25th [Mrs?] Weir Dear friend Annie at last we have heard from you. We have had a terrible spell of sickness all winter, of course I am always complaining. But Pa was almost dead twice [torn] And waiting on him Lizzie caught cold & took la: gripe [grippe?] & Marguerite she had an attack of sickness too John & wife & family are all well at present since you were here they have got another boy 4 boys & one girl the other boys are well. James is as fat since he came home he is 211lbs Nick is as fat & Hugh is as heavy he is so tall he dont look fat he is an inspecter [inspector?] of Motor cars 2nd Many a time we have talked & talked about you & so did every one that knew you. T. McMillan enquired so about you & Bob O'Brien. They all thought you must be married James says to tell you he thought you were dead or you would have wrote Lizzie says to tell you to tell your husband to sell out & come out here She knows you are not contented there She would dream about you every little while & she was watching the arivals [arrivals?] of all the boats & would have a lot of cooking done for you. Well Annie I am very sorry to say I dont think I can go this year on account of Geleans & Lizzies sickness I would just like to be able to start Now Lizzie looks very ill & Gelean is taken so sudden just in a few minutes & so we can hardly get the Dr. in time to save his life Lizzie could not be alone with him We will see if he gets over those spells. The Dr. says its spasmodic croupe [croup?] 3rd Well Annie Tell Me when you were married & who to. What about Willie or is John a brother or how far do you live from your mothers. How is your mother & all the rest of the family Tell your husband I'll pull his ear when I go for keeping you there. What a time we will have when we meet. I was not out to Pontiac last summer the small-pox was so bad in Detroit the city would not allow people to travel The Asylum was quarintined [quarantined?] on account of a man died in the Hodges hotel there & folks did'nt [didn't?] know at the time they had a ball or party there & some of the attendants were at it. then the building was quarintined [quarantined?] & the [they?] were all vaccinated but there were no cases. There were several folks died through bad vexine [vaccine?] poisined [poisoned?] their blood Miss Best almost lost her arm at last she had to go home for 2 months 4th She was in visiting us in January None of the folks have got any word from you for a long time & they were all asking me if I had heard from you or if you were alive. I saw Miss L. Barkham & she told me after she got word from you about your machine she wrote to you explaining to you that she could not sell it & the carriage would cost far more than it was worth And run the risk of breaking it. Miss Harrison & Lizzie & I often talked and if you were married you could write Well Annie Dr. Christian is not liked they all wish he was left He is married to Miss Baldwin They are nearly all new help Miss Wildman is back. Mr & Mrs Brown live in Detroit Miss Croupe or Mrs McKnight keeps the cottage aunt Mary Smith is dead & Carrie Balie I am going out this summer Dr. Morse is still there Miss Larson Mrs Edson & a great many are at flint Mrs Jones is home & Mrs Noble on hall 10 works for a minister Annie excuse this scribble I am in a hurry Lizzie says she wishes she could see you she has lots to tell you she is very poorly Now Annie write soon a long letter & tell me all the news so good bye. |
