( 4 LETTER 3. From Mrs. Mary Nolan, of Avoca, Pleasant Valley, Pennsy lvania to her sister Mrs. Katherine (or Kate) Sheehan in Ireland It is now 1899. We learn that both John Creedon who probably wrote letter I and his mother, who wrote letter 2 in I886, are dead. John's brother Denis and his sister Johanna are still alive. Avoca, Jan. 27 I899. My dear sister Kate, I now sit down with pleasure to write those few lines to you to see are you dead or alive. My dear sister, we wrote two letters to you and got no answer to them. You wrote a letter to brother John and they never answered it so they gave the letter to me not long ago and I don't know wheather it is the right address or not. John is dead and buried for the last five years and my mother is dead also. Katie is married and she has four children. The boys is home with the stepmother. Johnnie is keeping a aloon. Dear sister, brother Denis is alive well and also sister Johanna is well and all there families is well as we are at preasant thank God. Dear sister, how is your sons? Or is the two of them married or have they any family? How is all the friends and relations? Dear sister, if you get this letter all right we will send you a present in the next one. This is a short letter but if ye get it the next will be longer. If you get this letter write soon and d ont delay. We will now come to a close hoping it will not be hong until we hear from you. Goodbye from Your loving sister, Mary Nolan. Direct your letter to :- Mr. Thomas Nolan, West Avoca, Luzerne County, Penna.