| Title: | Greacen (n. Sinton), Margaret to O'Brien, William, 1834 |
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| ID | 6052 |
| Collection | The Transatlantic Letters of an Irish Quaker Family_1818-1877 [B. Jackson] |
| File | quaker/83(2) |
| Year | 1834 |
| Sender | Greacen (n. Sinton), Margaret |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Quaker |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Lake Erie, NY, USA |
| Recipient | O'Brien, William |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 262 |
| Genre | forwarding letter, savings |
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| Transcript | Dear Cousins We Reed thy last two letters. I thought best to send you this letter, as it will convey better to you than I am capable of doing the affliction our friends at home have met with. We are as well as usual. Cousin M Greeves is about leaving her situation, she thinks of going to board in Wilksbarre for a while, from which place she intends writing to you. I write one line round the pages of this letter for want of room elsewhere. I hope you will be able to make it all out. M Greason We would like to get an answer to this as soon as you receive it, and we want you to say how we would be likely to make out with about 300 dollars if we had it, beside you. We have by close industry been able to save this much, and we want you to say whether we could promise ourselves anything of an easy living: suppose 50 or 60 acres with one half or less cultivated; say what it could be had for, or whether any such is to be had near you. We wish your answer directly as prospects here are so bad we think of either going home or to the country early this fall. Say what it costs per acre to clear trees off land, for we would not like to commence in debt. Now do be particular and tell us everything, also your direction or the best way of getting to you from Buffaloe. Yours affectionately M. Greason |
