Letters of Humphreys County Resident

Bridget Brennan to Mike Brennan

submitted by Peter J. Thompson Mr. Thompson tells me that the spelling and grammar are left as found in the original letter.

Transcript of Letter from Bridget Brennan to Mike Brennan

McEwen Station

Sept 20th 1880

My Dear Cousin,

I thought I would write you a few lines to let you know we received your kind and welcome letter and was glad to hear from you. We are all well at present and hope to find you enjoying the same blessing thanks be to God for it. Well Dear Cousin I suppos e you will be surprised to hear from me but my father was buisy and I wanted to write to you and he let me.

Well Dear Cousin we had a very dry season this year all the corn or nearly all was burnt up it is very hard on the poor farmers. Well Dear Cousin we are going to school every day so you must excuse all my mistakes as I have not written many letters but I hope you will answer this letter and I will write to you again. I would like to hear from some more of my cousins pleas give them my love I would to see you all but I suppose that is nearly impossible but still I suppose we can see one anothers pictures D

Bridget Brennan

To Mike Brennan

Give our love to all yourself included.

Postscript to same letter written in pencil

I have nothing in particular to say at present we are all well thank god for it wishing you all the same blessing Maggie our youngest girl is in Kentucky with Ellen our oldest Girl she married a Mr Wilkie a good man he has control over a R.R. line there I never seen it he makes $125.00 one hundred & twenty five dollars a month the ??? wages her gets he superintends the track & Tristles (?) both he is a very good man.

I can say nothing for myself more than that I am safe not beholding to anybody I have plenty land but it is a drought (?) at Present yet the time is coming When there will be demand for every acre there is seven or eight hundred acres that is mine for eve r some as good as ever a crow flew over so no more at present from your Uncle until death. M Brennan

You will please let me know how my brother Martin is & how many in family they have I do wish he would leave that place & come out here at once I would attend to him. M Brennan

Direct M Brenan

McEwen Station Humphreys

County Tennessee

U.S.A.