| Title: | [?] [Weir?], To "Dear Sister" |
|---|---|
| ID | 3204 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Weir, Isabella/8 |
| Year | 1888 |
| Sender | Weir, Isabella (Bell) |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | asylum attendant |
| Sender Religion | Episcopalian |
| Origin | Pontiac, Michigan, USA |
| Destination | Michigan, USA |
| Recipient | Weir, Annie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | sisters |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mrs Linda Weir, Tirmacspird, Lack, Co. Fermanagh, BT93 OSA |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9906008 |
| Date | 19/02/1888 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 03:06:99. |
| Word Count | 473 |
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| Transcript | Feb 19 1888 Dear Sister you may think I am dead or forgotten you or something worse But no such thin [thing?] In the first place I did not have any paper and I did not go down town till Thursday last and then it is against the rules to write in hall hours Besides Ive Been changed to another hall the worst on the ladies side the Be Special for a bad patient for I suppose you know good ones never kneed [need?] a Special Im going to have it now instead of [?] [return?] so I dont care so very much Though I hated to leave 20 I have taken care of her for a month and I rather like it I was over to Mr Kellys for the afternoon and evening I am sorry to say Mrs Kelly is not feeling as well as I should like to see her I had a splendid supper that was half of what took me Mrs [Bell?] and Mr Kelly and a man the [they?] have Boarding and [a?] Carpenter I am impartial to Them two [too?] well Mr. and I play [Eucre?] against Mrs Kelly and the Man and it is useless to say we beat them I stayed till [until?] most [almost?] ten O clock But I had to come home alone The [He?] was not so Condescendin [condescending?] as Mr Wile [Wyly?] was But no Matter have you had a letter from Will Weir yet I had a letter and a paper from home last week I send [sent?] you the letter But the paper (sic) I suppose you have not any time to read So I dont send it (sic) it gives an account of a Church in the county [Fermanagh?] where the Catholics Broke into it and Burnt the Bibles Dave was upto see me last week he told me you was well so I was not in a particular hurray [hurry?] to Write and then I would have more news to send Cal sent me some good papers I hear Lucy [Limonson?] sister is going to get married I answered my home letter to day and it tires me to write two letters at once so that accounts for me not sending you all the news faster is the First April So I dont know that ill [I'll?] be down Before then and ill [I'll?] have some pictures taken Before then and probably I might go to the [Oak?] and you might Come to Birmingham and ride down with me we will see Before then I hope you have got over that cold Before now how do you like your machine I hope Uncle wont freeze to death is the earnest prayer of the Irish Girl Weir Dear annie dont laugh when you read this my pen is awful poor |
