| Title: | Smith, Mary Ann to , 1857 |
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| ID | 6369 |
| Collection | New Brunswick Letters |
| File | newbrunswick/4 |
| Year | 1857 |
| Sender | Smith, Mary Ann |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New Bandon, N.Brunswick, Canada |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | cousins |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 458 |
| Genre | correspondence, family, inquires about family |
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| Transcript | (Scribbles in different hand writing and pen appear on the title page) New Bandon April 18 1857 Dear Cousin I am responsive for the letter you wrote to my father William Sargent which he received on the sixth of April and he was very sorry for your trouble But Gods will be done father & mother are very old and Cannot write and neglected answering your kind letter they got your pictures and was very glad that you still remembered him Dear cousin father & mother are Enjoying Good health and are living with his youngest son he a man of nine in family four boys and five girls Thomas Sargent his oldest son lives next house and had a family of twelve Children and his Wife died five year ago and is married to a Woman of thirty years of age and have one child there is two of his boys and one Girl in Miramichi and two dead and the rest is stopping home and are all in good health my oldest Sister was married and was very rich she died leaving Five Children two Girls and three boys my youngest sister was married and doing well she died in Consumtion leaving three boys and one girl he married again and have four children Dear Cousin I am his only daughter living I enjoy very good health and living close to father I can see his house from my house I was married and my husband died ten year ago leaving four children two boys and two girls the youngest boy & Girl died since Eldest girl seventeen and the boy fifteen years old and are living comfortable I am living in a very pretty place there is a large stone quarry the next farm to me and the merchant lives there a Gentleman from boston he have a large store and dwelling house & barn built and had over three hundred men working for him I have three of my husband’s brothers living one at Each side of me they have hired men and boss of their own quarry So now Dear Cousin I want you to give me an account of all my Uncles & Aunts Children and Grandchildren and the names of them their married to and i will Answer them with the greatest of pleasure Father & Mother Joins with me in sending our love to you all and hopes you will forgive his neglect in not answering your kind and welcome letter and your pictures i prize very much as i have got them and must get one taken to send to you So now i remain your sincere friend Mary Ann Smith Address Mary A Smith New Bandon County Gloucester |
