Francis MacDonald Journal * Facsimile and Transcription
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birds today. Crowe says he is sure 1 you will like New York. Every one who goes to it likes it. The woman that was ill with pox is getting 5 better, the Capt[ain] thinks it was chicken pox47 None of the rest have taken them. We have some queer characters among th[e] steerage passengers.48 We have 10 one woman who was a keep miss to a Mr. Cunningham, a Bleacher at Arthurlee, near Glasgow.49 She has a son [and] daughter with her [and] Cunningham paid her 15 passage [and] gave her a sum of money to get clear of her. Well Dear Eliza many a time I wonders how you are getting on and what you are thinking 20 about now that we are separ- ated. I fear your phlegmatic temperament will be working mischief, and making you [End of Page 22]
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