Matilda Ferguson to daughter Eliza,

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Document ID 201001003
Date
Document Type Letters (Emigrants)
Archive Mellon Centre for Migration Studies
Citation Matilda Ferguson to daughter Eliza, ;Dermot Lyttle; CMSIED 201001003
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Elisa My cousin Elisa
Melon [Mellon?] got a leter [letter?] from my
Cousin William Colhoon [Colhoun?] out
of Kenadey [Canada?] he says the [they?] are
all well and that my aunt
Katey that is his mother
she is as young looking as 
when she left that country
He wants us all to go to
Kenadey [Canada?] he wants Cousin
Jourge [George?] Hutchesn [Hutchinson?] daughter
to go and live with him
for girl he will pay her
three and a half Dolers [dollars?] per week
He is very rich tell my Aunt
Janey Colhoun that my aunt
Bety [Betty?] and cousin Elisa is well
When you right [write?] tell me all the
news about the neighbours
how the [they?] are

(Written sideways on back of page) 
I send my best respects to 
yous [you?] all and also to my old neighbours