| Title: | Greeves, Mary to O'Brien (n. Kelley), Prudence, 1853 |
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| ID | 6189 |
| Collection | The Transatlantic Letters of an Irish Quaker Family_1818-1877 [B. Jackson] |
| File | quaker/190 |
| Year | 1853 |
| Sender | Greeves, Mary |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | housewife |
| Sender Religion | Quaker |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Collins, Lake Erie, NY, USA |
| Recipient | O'Brien (n. Kelley), Prudence |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | cousins once removed |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 128 |
| Genre | abstract of letter, family news |
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| Transcript | Phila 10th 4 mo 1853 I hope Cousin Ann & Joseph are better. It is not likely the mother can get over such a shock as the one she has met with in the death of three sons, all young men. ... Cousin Ann's cousin, James [B.] Sinton & wife, now residing in this city, buryed their last daughter about 5 weeks ago, in all 4. The three last were married and all left children ... Martha [nee Bettle] looks the woman of sorrow. Pheby Sinton that was .... has splintered her ankle .. .she had adopted her brother John's daughter Pheby ... John is a much improved man; he has buryed his good wife... Esther Morton Smith ... her husband D.B. Smith ... thy little Margaretta ... |
