| Title: | O'Brien, Margaretta to O'Brien, Joseph Sinton, 1845 |
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| ID | 6161 |
| Collection | The Transatlantic Letters of an Irish Quaker Family_1818-1877 [B. Jackson] |
| File | quaker/164(2) |
| Year | 1845 |
| Sender | O'Brien, Margaretta |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Quaker |
| Origin | Buffalo, NY, USA |
| Destination | Collins, Lake Erie, NY, USA |
| Recipient | O'Brien, Joseph Sinton |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | siblings |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 326 |
| Genre | enquires about people at home, news |
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| Transcript | Dear Jo How does the flowers get along since I came from home and how does Jane Mc[Millen] get along. Has she got to weving yet. Tell Jane Me that I do not want her to help Lydia Ann much for I am not agoing to stay in Buffalo all Summer and I do not see any chance for catchin a b[e]aux here: she will k[n]ow what I mean by not helping Lydia Ann. Write to me soon. If thee does not write until after the circle meets again, tell me all about it and how many their are there and mention some of the names. Edward Kerr passed through this city a short time before I came here: he married a girl that Cortes was aquainted with in Pompy. Cortes and Maria went one evening whare they ware expect to come and spend the evening, but they did not come as his wife was not very well; and they went rite on to the bote so they did not see them at all. Tell Lydia Mc that the fasion for making dresses is tight sleeves and full wasts, eather plated or gayed, and for ... the jipsys as far I k[n]ow. I do not k[n]ow what to do ha ... about getting a bonnet: for a silk one we would hav to get ... yard of silk and if it was good we would ha[w to] pay as much as a dollar a yard, and for a fraim three shillings. Maria says that they have in the store tuscan ones for twelve shillings and I want to know what to do about it. Thee may ask Mother what I had best do about it and tell me when thee writes. I shall not have any mony to pay for it but Corns will trust me. I suppose I want to k[n]ow if thee wants me to do so or not. Write soon Thy sister Peggy |
