Williamson letters (10, page 3: continued)
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and how many years more it will be i do not know
ther is plenty of damad valins goes to church I have sad
plenty a bout church
you must of Missunder stood my riting very much
It Apears from your letter that i told you that
Amay Smyth was in California but if i sad so i did not
Mene so instede of being in California she lives in the state of Ohio
(page 4)
with hir Ant in the same state wher william lives
If I remember right i told you that i had letters from
her and She told me the where A bouts of hir Brother John
and where i would find him in California, So you see
she is not in the State of California she is in the state of Ohio
living with hir ant, she lives A short distance from where
william does, I would like rigt well to have hir in California
Not for anything but Aquantince sake, Bacause I do not
intend Marring, for the reason I am beging to look so old
the girls would lugh at me to think of Marry, people taks
me to be thirty or thirty five years old so i must live A
Nold Batchilor plenty on Mar(r)y
You wish to know how far M r John C. Smyth
is living from me he is living in the city of Sacramanto
he is in the store buisness and I believe is douing well
the last i herd from him he was well and raquest to be
remembred to you all, Sacramanto is 45 Miles from
where i live, Mr John wondres very much at not having
e
a letter from Mrs (Wilcy?) or some of the family
when you rite to me i wish you would find out the reson
the did not Ansuer his letter, Ant May wishs to know if i
could give hir some information of hir daughter I have not
seen or herd of hir since i have been in California
a
Mr James H?)ill is making very good progress in the line of
family give my respects to him and sister Jane and family
a
you sad in your letter that Mr Samual (H?)ill rote to me
Will?(iamson?)
but if he did i have never received any from him if I had i would
been very gld to had the plesure of riting to him and Ansuering his letters
I wish you to give my love to him and El(s?)e and the family,
(end)
Elfe?
Unsigned letter, California, to his mother, (County Armagh?), 6 May 1855
Description
This is an excellent letter, but it's not written by one of the Williamson brothers; the writer's literacy level is too low and his expressions are too crude. Letter appears to be from a farmer who has lost several $1,000 through sickness and bank failures, about which he's surprisingly philosophical. Expresses very negative attitudes towards churches in California and about religion in general. He writes of relatives, who have names similar to those of the Williamsons, but who live in Ohio. [author writes that he lives forty-five miles from Sacramento].
Date
06/05/1855
Date Issued
27/03/2023
Resource Type
Text
Archival Record Id
p155/4/1/1
Publisher
University of Galway
Extent
7pp
Topic
Williamson Letters
Geographic
California,United States,Armagh (county),Ireland
Temporal
Nineteenth century,Eighteen fifties
Genre
Letter,Transcription,Reproduction
Note
Title and description by Professor Kerby Miller. Transcript text by PRONI.
