| Title: | N. J. Weir, [California?]., to Annie Weir, Michigan |
|---|---|
| ID | 3282 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Weir, William J/58(2) |
| Year | 1889 |
| Sender | Weir, William J. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | works for the Gas & Electric Light Company |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Fresno, California, USA |
| Destination | Michigan, USA |
| Recipient | Weir, Annie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mrs. Linda Weir, Tirmacspird, Lack, Co. Fermanagh, Bt93 0SA |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9904209 |
| Date | 25/11/1889 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 23:04:99. |
| Word Count | 424 |
| Genre | |
| Note | N.B. William and Annie were engaged at intervals |
| Transcript | Fresno [California?] Nov 25, 1889 Dear Cousin It is with pleasure I take the opportunity of answering your kind and very welcome letter which I recieved [received?] a few days ago and also glad to find that you were well. it affords me great pleasure to hear from you as you are such a sentimental writer you just suit my taste I had a letter from home about the time I got yours they are all well but lonely just like myself a great many of the folks there are Emmigrating [emigrating?] to Australia and else where I think my Fathers Folks will go out to Australia in time my Brother [Davy?] is advising them to ever since (Mother, D [Died?]) we have been having some rain lately but the weather is still beautiful I am working nights this month & I will have to work nights for the next month I have got foreman on the night shift and ($5.00) per month raise I wont have quite so much work to do but I will have more to attend to & all the responsibility the foreman that had it before worked 2 years for the company but he got so he would go and get drunk and not attend to everything especially after the 1st of the month he had $65 per month for two years & he left without a dollar I have some pictures that is the reason I was so long in writing as I waited until they were finished so I could send it this letter hoping to recieve [receive?] yours as soon as convenient the farmers is busy ploughing & sowing their grain most of them are done the [they?] go over the land pretty quick here one man with an 8 horse team will plough from 8 to 11 acres per day putting the seed in as they go along so it dont take 3 or four teams long to put in a thousand acres that is counted a small grain farm here some of them have as high as five thousand acres. I like farming myself better than any other Industry & I hope to have one some where yet. I dare say yours will be having some pretty cold weather in Michigan just now. I dont think I want to live in a cold country any more I like the heat better than the cold so now I must conclude for the present give my best regards to bella hoping to hear from you soon I remain your Sincere Cousin N. J. Weir to Miss Annie Weir box Fresno Mich [Michigan?] 1264 Cal [California?] |
