| Title: | Emma McClintock, U.S.A., to "Dear Bertie" |
|---|---|
| ID | 3764 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | mcclintock, emma/4 |
| Year | 1933 |
| Sender | McClintock, Emma |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | upper middle-class socialite |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Huntington, West Virginia, USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | Bertie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | distant relatives |
| Source | D/3561/A/5/3: Deposited by Dr. E.R. Green |
| Archive | D/3561/A/5/3: Deposited by Dr. E.R. Green |
| Doc. No. | 9806312 |
| Date | 24/8/1933 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:06:98. |
| Word Count | 357 |
| Genre | |
| Note | (Parents were Charles McClintock and Adeline Richey; lived in the Charles Ritter household with his wife Mabel) Source: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cabell/genealogy/d160.html |
| Transcript | Ritter Place, Huntington, W. Va. [West Virginia?] U.S.A Augt.[August?] 24/33. Dear Bertie, I started to write to your brother but am uncertain if his name is Wm [William?] or Robt [Robert?]. I thot [thought ?]he would know to whom my enclosed letter should be addressed. Will you help me? You people in Ireland keep such splendid records that it seems I ought to get back rather far. I wrote to you some time ago in regard to finding Tennants, Richeys [Ritchie?], McClintocks, and Stinsons, but have not heard from you. Sister Mabel had a grand trip to Iceland, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Paris, and London. I spent my summer in Montreal, North Carolina just doing as I wished - mostly painting. Since returning, I helped put up fruit and have been working on a hooked tapestry for over my mantel, I hope to finish it soon. Have made five baby dresses for my kinsfolks and have some more to make. The children were here, as usual, for the Sunday dinner. My brother-in-law C.L. Ritter has gone to the Chicago Exposition which people report as very good. Mabel is having house cleaning done. In October she is giving a luncheon to the officers of the Daughters of the American Revolution which holds a convention in our city, Oct. 7,8,9. This week I am booked for a picnic, a luncheon, and bridge game. We have had lovely weather, [torn] enough for verdure to be pretty, nights cool, and days pleasant. In ten days I cut radiance roses about fifteen inches long - should have put the number first (39 day.) and took them mostly to the sick. I also drew a design and made a verse for a church meeting to twenty nine people. So I am always busy. I hope to hear from you very soon. Aff [Affectionately?], Emma McClintock. Mon. A.M. Have been phoning to Waughs and Richeys, but have not found the the right one yet; but I will perservere. I suppose you are interested in our nations affairs. Much has been done for the very poor. But the middle man sits in his nice home jobless and destitute and friends hardly know about it. Sad indeed. Word count: 357 |
