| Title: | O'Brien, Maria Wright to O'Brien, Thomas, 1841 |
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| ID | 6091 |
| Collection | The Transatlantic Letters of an Irish Quaker Family_1818-1877 [B. Jackson] |
| File | quaker/113(2) |
| Year | 1841 |
| Sender | O'Brien, Maria Wright |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | student |
| Sender Religion | Quaker |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Lake Erie, NY, USA |
| Recipient | O'Brien, Thomas |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | siblings |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 297 |
| Genre | going back home, bringing new things |
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| Transcript | Dear Brother Thomas, I was delighted to hear in thy letter chat thee was well enough to go to school, but by Joseph's last I am sorry to hear that thee is not so well, although I was afraid it was because of confining thee. I said a good deal to Father about the liverwort and I do hope that thee will cry it faithfully - thee knows it did thee so much good before; and try to take care of thyself. I am going to bring home plenty to take care of, so many kinds of seeds and some moth worms eggs from N.Y. and if 1 can procure them ... setting for thee. Aunt has a beautiful flower-garden and I am going to save all kinds of seeds. There is two kinds of honey suckle — the sweetcented and the coral — which will require frames, as also the everlasting pea and the wall flowers. Some of them will need boxes, so thee sees thee will have plenty of business when I come home, taking care of thy silkworms and attending to so many things; and, another thing, thee must take a few lessons in cheese making from Hiram Arnold so thee and I will be ready to go into the cheese making business with flying colors next spring. I have written some resipes for the making of Chess hire cheese and cream and Sapsero cheese and I think that with thy knowledge ... [and mine?] put together we will go a little ahead of Davy Crockett, even in the curds and whey literature, which will do more in Collins than almost any other and I think that we will make the Buffalo and travel to see Chesshire Cheese. Write again to thy affectionate sister Maria O'Brien |
