| Title: | Incomplete: [?], Edenclaw, Co. Fermanagh to "Dear Sister" |
|---|---|
| ID | 3244 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Weir, Rose/41 |
| Year | 1888 |
| 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. | 9906177 |
| Date | 08/09/1888 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 30:06:99. |
| Word Count | 363 |
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| Transcript | Edenclaw Sept 8 / 88 Dear Sister It is with the greatest pleasure I now take up my pen to answer yours, which we recieved [received?] a few days ago, we are well at present thank God for it, hoping this will find you enjoying the same blessing. The weather is good at present and people is cutting corn we will be at on Monday D.V. [Deo volente?] we have a good deal of it this year and the harvest is late I dont know how we will do we havent got the turf home yet. we have got the hay all up, though this was a very backward summer there is (sic) great deal of potatoes rotten on account of the wet summer we have a good many rotten in the drills but I think they will not be so bad in the ridges we had none destroyed with frost this year because we had them in new ground we will have a good crop of them the corn is not very good the [this?] year in general but flax is. there is seven shillings per [st?] [stone?] in Omagh on Saturday last Are you not in the same place or have you changed places lately have you to work very hard there, or is there a large family you will soon be rich enough to come home. Mother was in the fair yesterday and sold two sheep she says they are a very good price and cattle is doing very well too. Butter is 10 pence per lb and the (sic) 9 pence per dozen I was in Church today and it is Mr Williamson's last day in it, he came to Sunday School And called and he gave a good farewell lesson & left goodbye with us, and his blessing we were very sorry to see him the last time he is going away the day after tomorrow he will be very sorry to go away And he loved Sunday School so well he said he hoped that we would attend as long as we were able and in the country he asked me to remember him to you were (sic) so long at it.... |
