Name/Title
LetterEntry/Object ID
2018.012.0074Scope and Content
This letter comes from a folder titled "O J Calhoun
Sept 18 - 64
Mother's old letters"
Letter from a sister, Jenny Gould, in Ireland to her sister in America dated August 27, 1871. The letter comes from Kilrea, Ireland. This is in Northern Ireland.
The letter shares some family information. The writter is taking care of a small baby (18 months old) . She relays that her brothers are all dead, her sister Peggy is dead, Gancy and Mary are alive, Nanvy has breast cancer, and her own family is all dead except for two sons. She intends to get a "likeness" (photograph) done and will send it so her sister knows what she looks like. She gives her address and asks her sister to write.Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection
