| Title: | Mary [?], Detroit, to "Miss Weir" |
|---|---|
| ID | 2394 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Savage, Mary/76 |
| Year | 1891 |
| 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. | 9905071 |
| Date | 12/10/1891 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 18:05:99. |
| Word Count | 396 |
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| Transcript | Detroit Oct. 12th 1891 Miss Weir Dear friend I now answer your welcome letter, We are all pretty well now, Lizzie is always complaining It has been very warm weather for this season of the year, the boys are all well, Johns baby is a great big boy, they are or she is going to call it after your old friend James Wm. [William?] N for it Nick John wants it Nich James had 2 weeks vacation Lizzie said James was the best visitor of all, when it would cry he would just pick it up and walk the floor. We were wishing you were in here when he was staying during his vacation he would have kept you laughing. Well I suppose the ladies have quite a time at the fair. Did Mrs Hibbard go to it, she made some things for it. How are you getting along with that big monster you got. How are all your patients getting. How is that lone widow Miss Tate I am real sorry about Miss Best leaving I hope her health will get better. How is that big strong girl Miss Harrison got on her hall, You spoke about your sister & brother-in-law starting a hotel, Well there is money to be made in it of course, But if I had my say I never would keep one How is your engineer, And how is Miss Harrisons too [two?], I suppose Gusty has no say to him now, There was a poor young man died he was only 1 week sick he was on the cars, he was a widows son, From ever he was taken sick the [they?] wanted to send for his mother, he would not let them, thinking he would get well enough to go home, But death releived [relieved?] him on Sunday, It was terrible to see his poor mother, If she could only been 5 minutes to have spoken one word to him she would be contented to see if he was thinking of dying, Poor woman I'm afraid not, It was a warning for us all to be prepared, hoping you are all well love to all from Mary Write soon & send us all the news, Maggie says tell Miss Weir she fetched 2 [to?] little [Maltee?] kittens from Canada & hers died last week she is in great trouble about it, write soon Good bye |
