| Title: | Mary Anderson, Chattanooga, USA to her Mother, Co. Wicklow, Ireland |
|---|---|
| ID | 74 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Anderson, Mary/31 |
| Year | 1886 |
| Sender | Anderson, Mary (Minnie) |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA |
| Destination | Co. Wicklow, Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | daughter-mother |
| Source | Photocopied by Courtesy of General Sir John Anderson |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9408287 |
| Date | 28/10/1886 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 10:08:1994. |
| Word Count | 626 |
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| Transcript | Chattanooga 28th October 1886 My darling Mother, Your last letter, about a week ago, was in answer to mine, moarning over the loss of letters - of course you know, long before this, that we are now receiving them regularly - but those to B'ham [Birmingham?], & one Good Words we never received, & never shall I fear - Papa's Express came yesterday, & interested us - I was d SO much grieved, & indeed so was H. [Henry?] to hear of poor Miss Charlotte Strange's [?] death - She was so vigorous & all when we last saw her, & the others so fragile - Life and Death are strange - I feel much for the poor sister, please when you see them, give them our true sympathy - Poor old W. Stead gone at last! as old Mr. Harnett of Listowel. Said in the greatest seriousness "People are dying now that never died before" - & Lily married! I wonder how she will like Australia - We have all been more or less ill - The children with bad malarious colds - & I with a sort of nasty feverish attack, I felt very wretched for a week; cold, hot, awful headache, pains in bones etc, etc, for two days I was in bed, Henry doing every single thing, & keeping the whole house in perfect working order - Violet very helpful, & indeed all of them good - Not a thing neglected, but all as right as any housekeeper could wish to see it on getting up - I am now quite better, but HE just beginning to be as I was - So much I wrote two days ago, & have been too poorly to do any more at it since - but today feel much better & am going out for a little walk with Henry who did not get such a bad attack as I expected & is now well again but for a cold - We have had wretched weather for some weeks - very cold, damp raw & foggy - today is nice and sunny - Children now well as possible again Yesterday this letter came from Mr Gamble in reply to mine - A very kind, friendly letter, I am so sorry I have this moment upset the ink bottle on it - if the children had done it I'd have been very angry - however you can make out the sense of it I think - They wd [would?] I am sure, be glad to have us go & stay at their house - & I do hope we may be able to do so - It says it must be done & that I must go - but Oh dear! in this country a woman can seldom leave home, if she has children - What would I have done but for H. [Henry?] this time when I was ill? I have not had a single other visitor & positively I am glad, it will be just as hard to go out visiting us here as in Wicklow, with everything to be done at home - When Mr Smittison [?] was here he & H. talked a good deal about us opening business in Charleston! on account of Real Estate etc being low after the Earthquakes!!_ I can imagine your consternation at the idea, but I should not mind it in the least tho' it has been quaking frightfully of late. Now Mother darling I must close, this is a stupid letter, but I feel stupid & can't help it - I am going to write again to Mr Gamble when we go shall bring all your photoes [photos?] Fondest of love to each & all Your own child Min |
