| Title: | Bell [?], Michigan to Annie [Weir?], [?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3211 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Weir, Isabella/25 |
| 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, BT39 0SA. |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park. |
| Doc. No. | 9905031 |
| Date | 28/06/1888 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 12:05:99. |
| Word Count | 520 |
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| Transcript | EMA [East Michigan Asylum?] Pontiac June 28 1888 Dear Sister, it is with pleasure I read a few lines recieved [received?] from you but [sorrow?] that I answer well you will say I anticipated as much I must tell you of a change has been made in my hall the [they?] have put 5 attendants and all the bad patients or almost all its bad patients in the building on the hall it is about 1 week since the change has been made I get along pretty well I have to bear the brunt of the battle sometimes but I do not complain Just imagine four experienced attendants having all the [they?] could do to dress one patient and two sit by her to keep her dressed a [and?] that is only a slight sketch of what I put up with and still I am satisfied I get more money than I could at any thing else have a good time when I can I cannot go to Church Sunday as I have been out two last Sunday mornings. I would like to have you come and see me as soon after its possible as you can now dont feel disappointed for I tell you how I am situated Ill not go down till the first of August and not have more than a weeks vacation there I dont intend to [trespass?] any this year Miss Bowden gone home to day on her vacation come up when you can and I have as good a time as we possibly can come early in the day I am my own boss now room all to myself and I keep it fixed very slick to as you will say when you see it we are going to have a circus the 3rd July. I dont know if I can go in the forenoon I cannot in the afternoon as the other girls are going I am very busy making dresses for the fourth I would like you to come then and see us you can imagine how I shall take my hall out and have to take care of every one of them well you know how I would enjoy going you and I once more to the Episcopal Church together I almost wish we could but perhaps when I go on my vacation we can arrange it different O annie dont feel disappointed or say I have no heart well my heart is not very tender nor would your (sic) be either if you were here I have got no beau nor no new clothes nor wont till the first of August. I had a letter from home which I enclose to you and also a paper which I had not time to read yet to night the girls are making candy and we had strawberries 13 times and all the reddishes [radishes?] we wanted to eat and pie [plant?] -pie and fish for diner[dinner?] Friday well write and tell me when you can come as soon after the fourth as you can I like very much to see and have a good visit. Goodbye from bell to Annie |
