| Title: | [?], Edenclaw to "Dear Sisters". |
|---|---|
| ID | 3240 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Weir, Rose/26 |
| Year | 1887 |
| Sender | Weir, Rose |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | farming household |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Edenclaw, Co. Fermanagh, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Pontiac, Michigan, USA |
| Recipient | Weir, Annie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | sisters |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mrs Linda Weir, Tirmacspird, Lack, Co. Fermanagh, BT93 0SA. |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park. |
| Doc. No. | 9905041 |
| Date | 30/11/1887 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 12:05:99. |
| Word Count | 609 |
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| Transcript | Edenclaw 30/11/87 Dear Sisters We received your kind and welcome letter yesterday and were glad to hear of your welfare we are well at present Thank God for it the weather is showry [showery?] and cold at present with some frosts last week there was a great frost but now it is away the potatoes is all dug we have we have not as many as we used to have but people say that there is fine crops of them (sic) only for that people would be worse off I guess we never had less corn than we have this year there is no price for farm produce here flax is from 3s/6d pence [&?] that is no price for the trouble they have with (sic) and corn oats is only 6d per stone everything is very poorly there is great processing for rents (sic) Col Irvin has processed his whole estate almost the (sic) He processed the Brattons but that is not odd they have him in the land Court (sic) but I dont how [know?] how theyll (sic) do yet he did not pocess [possess?] us however the sow had six pigs in June and we kept four to holiday they were five cwt & they paid the rent for us so we have done very well so far the Browns are back with Mr [Phibbs?] again and Mary Noble is with them still on (sic) Wm [William?] Swanston is home again out of America so what do you think of that they have been in Enniskillen last week with the Kerrs of Drumcaughey at the [seasons?] about work which Kerr alone and Swanston says he has paid him with shop goods it it [is?] too long to be tell you (sic) all about it two of the Kerrs is gone to America. James Crozier is quite well now and it is a great blessing isnt it we sent you a paper last week I suppose you have [---?] this we sent Bell one too what wast [was it?] she sent to us (sic) we havent seen it yet I wonder if it would go astray Willy McFarland is mending a little people say John Ingram got a paralatic [paralytic?] stroke and he has not been out of the house since Grandma is well and as worldly as ever she is going to get a new suit for Xmas [Christmas?] I think they have some bother with her she is so crabid [crabby?] Uncles George and Christy's family is well and doing the same as ever as selfish as ever (sic) the cause of [Colly Barton's?] death was a fall he got sliding (sic) he hurt his inside he threw up blood for a good while before he died Margaret Wilson of Thornhill has gone out to America and they say she is doing very well there is a good many emigrating Anne I Simpson and Bob is gone out too there is some roman Catholics coming home to help in struggle (sic) things is not so bad as theyre reported but Ireland for the Irish you know who the Irish are and down with the landlords the landlords is bad enough now but the landlords of the future will be worse have you no dogs dogs (sic) there or what kind of country is is (sic) it you dont send half news about it to us we are so eager to know all about have no green fields or gardens or anything like home how odd it must be to one from the beautiful Isle of the sea when peace is restored to this dear land again |
