| Title: | [A. Williamson?], Kesh to "Dear Annie" |
|---|---|
| ID | 3349 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Williamson, A/45 |
| Year | 1886 |
| Sender | Williamson, A. |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | Sunday School teacher |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Kesh, Co. Fermanagh, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Michigan, USA |
| Recipient | Weir, Annie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mrs Linda Weir, Tirmacspird, Lack, Co.Fermangh, BT93 OSA |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9906021 |
| Date | 16/06/1886 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 03:06:99. |
| Word Count | 535 |
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| Transcript | [-----?] Kesh 16th June 1886 Dear Annie You will think I have quite forgotten you and Isabella but indeed it is not so - I often think of you both, and the happy days when we used to meet in Sunday School and Church. I would have written long before now, but have been so busy looking after sick people and attending to the Parish business that I was not able. Thank you and your sister very much for your nice letters, which I was glad to get; as I shall be always whenever you feel able and inclined to write. I was glad to hear you were both well when you wrote, as I am thankful to say Mrs Williamson and all our family are too. You tell me you remember what I read one of the days I visited your [own?] little brother during his last illness and very blessed words they are, an I hope we shall, by God's grace, try and regard them as spoken to ourselves and so make sure of having one of our dear Lord's many Mansions, when we are called away from earth - It made me very happy to hear this from you - and I will tell you another thing that happened only a few days ago, that has also made me very happy, because it leads me to hope that God has made me of some use in doing his work as the Minister of Jesus Christ - I got a letter from New Zealand from an old Sunday School Scholar of mine who was confirmed after being instructed by me upwards of 20 years [ago?] thanking me for that instruction and saying that something I said [in?] one of my lectures was so blessed of God to him, that he resolved to give himself to God in earnest in consequence, and has ever since endeavoured to live [to?] Him, in His faith and fear, and to His glory This is very comforting to me - He is now a married man with some children. I do hope and trust it will be the same with many of my dear scholars, and that in the last day I may be permitted to appear before God with many sheaves of them to be stored for ever and ever by God in His heavenly [locker?] It greatly rejoices my heart that both of you have such pleasant recollection of the Sunday School and Church here, and I pray God you may ever retain them, and the spiritual lessons you learned in them, and never forget either one or the other. I have told any news I have to Isabella, so shall not repeat it here I dare say you will read her letter - I wrote to her the day before yesterday, but was away all yesterday in Enniskillen (the first time I have been there for months) on very important business, and was not able to write to you till today. Our weather still keeps so cold that we are glad to have [fires?], though we are close on Midsummerday - and now I must wish you good bye Accept my kind regards, and Believe Your Sincere friend A. Williamson |
