with her Ant in thi same state when william lines
If Iremember night i told your that i had letter from
her and the told me the where of bouts of his Brother John as
she is not in the state of California she is in the state of Ohio
and where i would find him in California, da your see
with her ant. she lines of short distance fram where
william does g I would like rigt well to have her in balion
Not for anything but ebquantince sake, Bacause gdo not
intend Marring 9 for the reason Jain beging to look so old
the girls would Eigh at rise to think of Marry people taks
Nold Batchilor filenty an Mary
me to be thirty or Thirt fine years old so i must line ct
P.'.
you wish to know hour fan other John C Smith
he is in the store business wind I believe is dowing well
from hi in clusing in the ing the
the last him he was well and require it to be
remem beed to your all I Sacramanto is 45 Milev from
where i live, Mr John wonders very much at not having
a letter from Mrs wiley or some of the family
when your rite to me i/i lulsh your would find out the risin
the did not Answer his letter 9 Ant May wish's knowing
could give her some information L her daughter gharcomit
seen or had of her since i' have been in California
Mr James Hill is making very good progress in the line of
family give my respects to herric and sister for ame and family
you sad in your letter that All Samual (fill note to me
but if he did l have never received aug from him if what his i would cittle
been Yesish very your gld i.w my love to hims with lifes and the family
had the plesive of lifting to hink and Annualing
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.
