$$H4 Part of the Margaret Graham Browne Catalogue$$H
[Harvey?] September
1874
dear Brother
I write you a
few lines to let you
know I am well hoping
to find you in the same
I am with Mary Jane as yet
I dont [don't?] know whither
[whether?] I will
be here till winter or not
[stain] very dull here at
present I [want?] you to
send me tom [Brown's?]
[address?] and let me know
if you are goine [going?] Home
this fall write as soon
as you receive [this?]
Mary Jane and [Wm?] join me in [love?]
to you
from your dear Brother
Robert Brown
fare well
Adress [Address?] in care
William R. Johnston
Lake Hurst [Hearst?] P.O.
Harvey
Ontario
(* The owner of these documents has informed us that this
townland is spelt "Rathneeny" and that the older spellings of it
are "Roniney" or "Raneny". In the "Index To The Townlands and
Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland" the spelling is
"Raneany")