| Title: | Mary McKinley, Philadelphia, to Susanna Adamson, Co. Down. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3852 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | mckinley, mary/8 |
| Year | 1886 |
| Sender | McKinley, Mary Ellen |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Adamson, Susanna |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | D/3305/3/1: Deposited by Dr. K. A. Miller. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9805356 |
| Date | 05/04/1886 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 14:05:98. |
| Word Count | 419 |
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| Transcript | Phila [Philadelphia ?], April 5th, 1886 Dear Cousin Susie : We were surprised and pleased to hear from you, and I hope now as you have begun to correspond with us that you will continue to do so. I have but a faint recollection of you as being very small girl the time we were over there but I suppose you are quite a young lady now. I would like it very much if you would send over your likeness, and then I shall get mine taken and send it over. We were all very sorry to hear that Aunt Girven has been so ill, but we hope as the summer advances she will regain her health. We heard some time ago that your father had left Uncle William's, we were glad to hear that Uncle William is in good health. Please let one know in your next letter how Uncle William's wife Aunt Sarah is. She was very kind to us when we were over, and she gave me a nice prayer book when we left which I have yet. Tell her I would like to hear from her. Please let us know how Aunt Kennedy is, and if she lives in the same place. I suppose you and your brothers and sisters attend school I left school about six years ago. If you would see brother John now you would not know him for he is over six feet in heighth [height ?].After we came from Ireland in the year (1875) he started the manufacuring of carpet, and worked at it for a year, he succeeded very well but the close confinement of the business did not agree with him so he sold out ; and father bought him a horse off Uncle Henry for Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars and a cart and since then he has been making from three to four dollars per day. When he gets his likeness taken, I will send it over. Grandmother was very glad to hear that your father named his youngest son for grandfather. Please let us know how Robert Pennington and family are and Aunt Mary Dale are. Grandmother is no worse since we sent you the last letter. We all join in sending our love to you all. I remain Your loving Cousin Mary E. McKinlay D Dear Cousin 13 I received your kind letter and Father also the paper. The people in Ireland was greatly [___?] Write Soon. Miss Mary Ellen McKinley 2802 North 2nd S F Philadelphia America. Write Soon |
