| Title: | George Wood, Michigan to Annie Weir, [?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 3401 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Wood, George R/57 |
| Year | 1892 |
| Sender | Wood, George R. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | asylum attendant |
| Sender Religion | Baptist |
| Origin | Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA |
| Destination | Michigan, USA |
| Recipient | Weir, Annie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mrs. Linda Weir, Tirmacspird, Lack, Co. Fermanagh, BT93 0SA |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9905026 |
| Date | 29/03/1892 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 12:05:99. |
| Word Count | 455 |
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| Transcript | Kalamazoo Asylum Mich [Michigan?] March 29/92 Miss Annie Weir Dear Friend Annie I now thake [take?] the pleasure of writing those few lines to let you now [know?] that I received your letter this morning and was glad to hear from you yes you can bet it was slippery that morning I nearly come (sic) getting some broken bones that morning going to breakfast. Now Annie you can beleave [believe?] me if you wish they are putting up a Jok [joke?] on you when I left the E.M.A. Miss Livingstone asked me to write to hear [her?] I did so if I can remember I got 3 letters from her and I thought she had gone far enough and I wrote and told her that I would have to quit writeing [writing?] to hear [her?] of cause [course?] she his [is?] a nice Girl as far as knew (sic) but once told me a big lie it was about going out one after noon soilgers [soldiers?] reunion she said she was not going out that afternoon of [off?] I had been out with her a few times anaway [anyway?] she said she did not keep company with Jim Britton so that after noon I happened to be working under the Center Building and about 2 O clock who should I see but Jim and her coming out of Center so I thought if she ackted [acted?] like that she could go for me she used to try to get me to go out with her but I said no Annie you say that I did not care for you the Idea I think the world of you I allways [always?] thought there never was another such a girl that was born that I should like as well as I did you and think just the same yet i think it must of been your fault Annie i am just as free as I was when I was at the E.M.A. there his [is?] nobody got any claims yet on me if it his [is?] Leap year I am sorry you ever had that other young man as I would of put my hat on the shelf for you [shour?] I have been thinking a grate [great?] many times of leaving and going to Cal. [California?] I wrote to your Sister to day and wrote her a good long letter and hope she will write back Please tell Miss Giddings I would prefer one of hers alone and will be thankfull [thankful?] for small mearceys [mercies?] well I wish her much joy if I dont care for John she was a nice girl as far as I now [know?] Well Annie I think this is all at present From your Brother George So by by Kalamazoo Box.a. Asylum Mich [Michigan?] |
