| Title: | Reynolds, Mary Ann to Reynolds (n. Kavanagh), Mary Ann, 1891 |
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| ID | 4217 |
| Collection | The Reynolds Letters. An Irish Emigrant Family in Late Victorian Manchester [L.W. McBride] |
| File | reynolds/30 |
| Year | 1891 |
| Sender | Reynolds, Mary Ann |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | linen worker |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Manchester, England |
| Destination | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Recipient | Reynolds (n. Kavanagh), Mary Ann |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | sisters-in-law |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 348 |
| Genre | family, business, weather |
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| Transcript | 295 Stretford Road Manchester Dec 18th 91 Dear Mary Ann: It is a Long time since I have written to you but I hop you will Excuse Me on acount of my illness. I am Much better now, thank God. I hope that you and Laurence and all the family are in good health. Mother William and Myselfe are very well. Mother is wounderfull for her age. She goes about the house and Keeps up Very well. She has not been out for about 2 monthes. The weather is So bad that it would not be fit for her to Step out. I hope that She will be able to go out again in the Sommer if God will Spare her to us. Dear Mary ann, Youre family all groing up now they will be a great help to you. James is a fine young Man. We liked his Cabinet Very Much. John is looking out for one. John and his wife is doing very well and they are in good health. I think they will be giving up their buisness in the Spring. We are very busy at presant. We have a lot to do because the buisness is increasing every day & it leaves a lot of work for William and myselfe to do. It is so very hard to get men to work honest and be trustworthy. Dear Mary Ann, Mary will be getting a fine guirle now. She must send me her likeness as I would like to see it and Mother would like very much to see it before She dies. She always likes to hear from you all and I hop you will remember her in youre prayrs. It was Patricks aniversary of his death last Sunday. May the Lord have mercy on his Soule. We had 6 Masses offered up for the repose of his Soule. I hope that he is in heaven. The weather in England & this winter is all rain ans Strom [and storm].We had a Great Hurrican about a week ago, it was Something dreadful. [remainder missing] |
