Ok, so they look more or less the same, but now my site is more dial-up friendly. Instead of going to the archive page for the post, the comments just show up on the main page. Ok, so it looks like I know what I'm doing, and I guess I do, but I didn't do any work on it. I just copy-pasted it all. But hey.
Also, I finished another letter. This one's from Will, because apparently Annie Florence was too seasick to write. It was written at sea, obviously, and Will's handwriting is even worse than his wife's is. But I figured it out. It's not nearly as long as the first two, but the next one should make up for that... I'm scared to start it. So here you are.
Anchor Line
S.S. Furnessid (?)
Aug 31, 1896
Dear Folks at Home,
Today at twelve we sighted the west coast of Ireland and we were the happiest lot of people you ever saw.
We have had quite a rough passage and nearly everybody has been sick including Florence and Mother. I have eaten each day breakfast at 8 a.m. Lunch at 1 P.M. Dinner at 6 P.M. Supper at 930 P.M. and besides all the fruit, nuts, beef tea, etc, that was taken to my two patients that they couldn’t eat.
I said I was going to laugh at them but they were so sick and such pitiable looking objects that I couldn’t laugh but took good care of them and will tell them how they looked after they get real well again.
We are now along the north west coast of Ireland and I want to go up and see it so we will write you again from Glasgow. Florence and Mother are still too sick to come down into the saloon long enough to write.
With love from us all
Will
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