| Title: | Incomplete: [W. Weir?], Fresno, to "Dear Annie" |
|---|---|
| ID | 3286 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Weir, William J/74 |
| Year | 1890 |
| Sender | Weir, William J. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| 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 | The Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9906165 |
| Date | 09/11/1890 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 30:06:99. |
| Word Count | 241 |
| Genre | |
| Note | N.B. William and Annie were engaged at intervals |
| Transcript | Fresno Nov 9th 1890 Engine Co No 2 820 K St My Dear Annie It is with pleasure I sit down to answer your ever welcome letter which I recieved [received?] yesterday morning & very glad to know that you were well your letters are like the sunshine after rain they always come to cheer me in my gloomy hours I felt lonelier than ever I did before since I have been here & You will believe me when I get through I suppose Bella told you about her getting acquainted with a family the name of Roberts when she was coming out here they were from Nebraska the eldest was a school teacher in Nebraska Bella & her appear to be great chums they live at Selma a way Station about 16 miles south of here Bella had her quarterly vacation & come down to visit them she dropped me a note saying that she would be down the next day as she was going to selma she would stop over a day & see Fresno. I was some what pleased at the Idea of having the uppertunity [opportunity?] of meeting a friend of mine in Fresno but the time was so short that I did not know how to work to get off as it was election time & it was so hard to find a man to take my place however I drove down to see the chief & told him I wanted a couple of days off .... |
