| Title: | Cassie Smyth, Canada to “Dear Uncle & Aunt” |
|---|---|
| ID | 2622 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Cassie/51 |
| Year | 1892 |
| Sender | Smyth, Cassie |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Castledamph, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | writes to her uncle and aunt |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, Castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth |
| Doc. No. | 508005 |
| Date | 11/03/1892 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 19:08:2005. |
| Word Count | 494 |
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| Transcript | [no envelope] South Woodslee 11/3/92 Dear Uncle & Aunt As Jim is going to write to you I thought I would put in a piece: [I?] intended to write the last time he wrote but was so busy in the office that I did not get it done. Sometimes I am very busy and then for a while, will not have much to do. We have had some real old fashioned March weather the last few days. During the first week it was quite warm, but now it is cold and the wind is blowing hard. I like the cold weather best for then the mud freezes, but while it was warm the mud was something terrible. We were quite disappointed when cousin Tillie did not come: I believe Jim was more so than any of us. We are just as well pleased that she did not come then for we were wanting to send for some things, and now we have the chance which we would not have had, had she come then. Jim will tell you some of the things we want. If you think they could bring them & keep them alive all the way [2] we would like some daisy and primrose roots; those flowers do not grow in this country, at least not in this part of it. Jim sent you a package of papers some time ago; I do not remember if he wrote since; we might send some quite often if we were not too lazy to put them up. We are getting better acquainted with our relations since James & Sara [?] came [fold] we wont seem so much like strangers when we go to see you all which we hope to do some time. I wish you would come over and spend a year with us. I should think you could let our cousins take care of the place for that time; it would be a nice trip for you. We would like for father & mother to go over to see you all, but I do not know when we will get them persuaded to go. Belle and I got our pictures taken and were going to send one each to Aunt Matilda and Aunt Eliza & write to them, but the pictures were not very good; we have not yet decided what to do with them. I wish some of them would write to us. Well I will have to quit now as it is almost time to go home. Have not given you much news but Jim will tell you all. We cannot give you as much as you can send to us as father mother & Jim know nearly everybody there and you folk do not know any one here. It has taken me all afternoon to get this written doing some work between times. Tell our cousins we want them to write to us. Kindly remember us to Aunt Matilda's. Your loving niece Cassie Smyth Transcribed by Greg Floyd |
