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
   
   
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