| Title: | O'Donnell, Annie to Phelan, James, 1901 |
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| ID | 6245 |
| Collection | Your Fondest Annie: Letters from Annie O'Donnel to James P.Phelan [A. O'Donnell] |
| File | fondestan/8 |
| Year | 1901 |
| Sender | O'Donnell, Annie |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | children's maid |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Pittsburgh, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
| Recipient | Phelan, James |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 539 |
| Genre | comments on picture, family, books |
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| Transcript | [Pittsburgh, Pa.] Thursday night Dec. 12th My dear Jim, That long looked for letter and picture arrived at last. How I thought you were never going to answer my note. Still, I maintained to the last that there was something beyond the ordinary which might have interfered with your writing. I am sorry you have not been well, but you try and keep warm, for you have not the warmest place on earth right now in weather below zero. I often think of you standing in those cars pretty near frozen. I can not proceed any further without making some comments on your picture. It almost took me a day to say whether you looked like the Jim I used to know or not. Finally I came to the conclusion that there were some points of resemblance. If you had it taken bust and without the hat, I could see more plainly, but as it is, I can see you in a sort of a hazy, indistinct way, of course allowing for Time to make some changes which it is bound to do. You have gotten very stout I should think, and you look so youthful. Those that have seen it say you look like a mere boy, but I know different. Anyhow, you look pretty nice. Well we got home, just two days before your letter came, from New York. Were glad to get back again to the Smoky City, as we did not have much of a time in N. York. I know you will think me queer for not seeing your cousins after your sister going to the trouble of writing, but I assure you I made every effort but in vain. The only time I could call my own was from 2 till 6 one afternoon. There is nothing which would have afforded me more pleasure whilst there than to see them if possible, but you know I am always rather unfortunate in matters of that kind. I have never known myself yet to try anything without having a certain amount of disappointment in connection with it. Of course that's nothing new. It has been my luck so far through life. Well, Jim, I am glad you read a good deal, for it is an elegant thing. I only wish I could devote more time to it than I do. If you ever come in contact with two books called the The Crisis and Granstark, or The Story of a Love Behind a Throne you read them, for they are fine. You have a good joke on me about those pieces of poetry. I didn't know that you saw them with me. Well, now it is almost too late to say any more, but I have to remind you once more that I am quite pleased with your picture and thank you very much for sending it. I only wish it were the original, and many a tale of the old Adria would be told and retold. However, let us hope that some day we will meet and then we can see which one Time has favoured most. Now Good Night and with love I remain same old Annie. x Excuse all those mispelled words. |
