| Title: | Mary Patterson, New York, to her Uncle, Ireland |
|---|---|
| ID | 2086 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Patterson, Mary/29 |
| Year | 1890 |
| Sender | Patterson, Mary |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | niece-uncle |
| Source | Mr & Mrs S.V. Thompson, 4 Grove Park, Lenzie, Glasgow. |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh |
| Doc. No. | 9506107 |
| Date | 25/06/1890 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:06:1995. |
| Word Count | 286 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | New York June 25 Dear Unkle [uncle?] I am sorry to say I have not seen anything of Alexander but James Patterson was in to see us a few days ago and he said he met Fiona one day and he looked splendit [splendid?] better than he [we?] ever see him look before so I was glad to hear that [and?] I know you will - you spoke of Robert Patterson he is manager for Firm now has been for some time he put his money in real estate in Jersey and now he gets a salary of 35 dol [dollars?] a week and has rents coming in he has his younger sister keeping house for him his wife is in the innsane [insane?] Asylum he was not very kind to her now if the por [poor?] thuang [thing?] had her mind she would thank god that he delivered her from being with him as she often told me he would put her away and I canot [cannot?] think but he did I surpose [suppose?] if I had been German I could have been releived [relieved?] from this life but I thank God he has spared my reason for the childrens sake - [ofer?] forgive me again for trubling [troubling?] you I am going to send you a little remembrence [remembrance?] as I am going away and I might not have the chance to do so again I hope you wont think I said to [too?] much to you but I have no father or brother to speak to and I feel at times as I must burst so I have taken the liberty to talk to you I will stop with love to all am ever yours Mary Patterson |
