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234 East 63 street
New York City
15 May 1921
Dear Unkle [uncle?]
I drope [drop?] you a few Lines to Let you
no [know?]
we are well hopping [hoping?] to Find you the same
and that we have Landed safe we had
a very plesent [pleasant?] voage [voyage?] the weather was
Fine all the way we were 12 days
Comming [coming?] the Algeria is a very slow
boat it Takes her so Long coming [coming?]
We had a good time on the [deleted] her we were
only sick a few hours so that was
not so bad there was some people
sick all the way it is a terrible
sickness there were 2 men went over
board it was terrible to see them
dround [drowned?] that keept [kept?] us Longer Looking
For them did not get them
Rose come [came?] to meet us she is well
alice is well to [too?] also Johnnie. he is Fine
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and was asking For you all he is very
tall if you seen [saw?] him you would
not no [know?] him he is worken [working] every day
he and Roses [Rose’s?] man work at the Ice
Johnnie is earing [earning?] about £7 a week
Alice is no change on her she never
got a bit bigger I am out in her place
in Loust [Locust?] Valley it is a very nice
place she has a very nice house
her man is a Carrptenener [carpenter?] he
Has a bout [about] [£ deleted] £8 a week so there is
good money to be erned [earned?] here I have
not seen Mrs Carroll yet Rose and
us are going to see Unkle [uncle?] Johnnie
next week so we will be fit to tell
you more next Letter so I have not
mutch [much?] more to say at present hopping [hoping?]
Children and Mrs is well tell them
I was asking For Them so I must
drow [draw?] to a close with sending my
best to you all
I am yours trlye [truly?]
hopping [hoping?] to here [hear?]. from A Carroll
you soon Write soon