| Title: | Maggie Martin, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. to "My Dear Aunt", Co. Down. |
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| ID | 3711 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | martin, maggie/11 |
| Year | 1870 |
| Sender | Martin, Margaret (Maggie) |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Portaferry, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Mrs Shaw |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | niece-aunt |
| Source | D 2709/1/79: Presented by Miss Shanks, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9502110 |
| Date | 23/03/1870 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 13:02:1995. |
| Word Count | 323 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Chicago March 23 My Dear Aunt, We are expecting uncle Willie home every day, and we are all well at present. I hope you are all enjoying good health and that Grandma's health is improving Ma is thinking long for a letter from you. Uncle Sam and family are all well and Aunt Nancy and family are enjoying the same. I think aunt Nancy will be in to see us, when Uncle Willie will come home. Your son William is in good health and he is that busy curting [courting?] that he has no time to write. He has his money lent out and I don't think he will but a schooner this season for times are very dull. James McGlifford brought his bride to see us and I think she is a very nice young lady. We think he has made a good choice and she is just as lucky she asked us out to spend a week or two in the country. She had a lovely wreath of orange blossoms and a beauty [beautiful?] white veil and a handsome bronze green silk dress trimmed with old pink lace. James was dressed nice and looked splendid. They came and stayed a couple of days and brought some wedding cake. Katie will write a letter to Grandma when Uncle Willie comes. We are all going to school and this is Good Friday a National Holiday so I did not have any schools today. That hood that uncle Willie did not know about was for Lizz. Eliza and Willie sent it to her Hoping you are all enjoying good health I close my letter sending my love to Grandma Aunt and Cousins. Your Affectionate Niece Maggie Martin March 31, Uncle Willie came home safe Thursday. I have had this letter written before but they forgot to send it. James McGlifford sent us a picture of the [new?] wife and him taken together. This is all at present. Maggie Martin. |
