| Title: | [Bell?] [?], Napa City to "Dear Sister, Mother and Bros." |
|---|---|
| ID | 3200 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Weir, Isabella/6 |
| Year | 1895 |
| Sender | Weir, Isabella (Bell) |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | asylum attendant |
| Sender Religion | Episcopalian |
| Origin | Napa, California, USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | Weir, Annie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | sisters |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mrs Linda Weir, Tirmacspird, Lack, Co. Fermanagh, BT93 0SA. |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park. |
| Doc. No. | 9905046 |
| Date | 17/02/1895 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 12:05:99. |
| Word Count | 501 |
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| Transcript | Napa City Feb 17th 1895 Dear Sister Mother and Bros. I scarcely know what to write as I must have a letter from you in San Francisco But have Been up in Napa a little over 3 Months So I Begin to get anxious to hear from you and to know in particular how poor Jane is and how Mother gets along it is over 3 Months Since I Buried my Husband yet it Seems like a year the next week after I wrote to you I left San Francisco and got a place in the Country where I worked for 2 Months this winter has Been terrible rainy But I think I feel just as well as when I wrote to you last - I am in [Hopes?] This Summer with a change of Climate out of the City cold winds may help me if not I have thought very seriously of going home you must know that above all things I dont want to be destitute in a Strange Land nor do I like the idea of going home a pauper and invalid and still a Sea voyage might Cure me again But I will wait for this Summer And see how I shall feel how is your Baby and how are you feeling. How is your Husband I must tell you I had an offer of marriage from a very nice earnest young Scotchman he wanted my Company for one year that is [----?] we should thoroughly know each other he belonged to the Presbyterian Church But in my present condition I firmly refused him I stayed one week with Mr and Mrs Gladden their baby is now 7 Months old But it is very troublesome though it is as large as a Baby of a year old She is just as she used to Be But Mr Gladden is very nice The [they?] live near the Asylum he [drives?] there and gets 50.00D [Dollars?] per month I wish I knew how you all were especially our dear Sister when I am Busy at work I have no time to think But now I am off for a few days So take the opportunity to write to you I may go to the city next month and there I shall get your letter when I Change again I will let you know I like the climate here it is warmer and still not too much So it is very lonely without my Husband But it is no more than I have expected for 2 years after my Husband['s] death I wrote to Willie But got my letter returned after some six weeks So I think he may have gone to Australia now Annie I need not tell you to [Ans?] Soon as you Can for I know you will I must tell you Miss Armstrong is married she worked for quite a while at Napa Asylum Hoping earnestly this will you (sic) all comfortable as I wish is the prayer of Bell |
