An Old Letter

Mommy and I have been looking through the boxes of things from her attic, and this letter was in with things that came from Elizabeth Bramhall's house.  I thought you all might find it as interesting as I did, and I thought it might be nice if we could find the descendants of the girl who was fainting, and redeliver this letter a hundred plus years after its first delivery.

My attempted transcription:

Washington

June 19th 93

Dear Mrs. Bramhall,

I suppose

you will be quite surprised

to receive a letter from

me I often intended

 writing you but put it off

from day to day I heard

from Mr. Donohue that

you had met with a sad

accident having broken you

arm it certainly must

have been painful to

you and I sincerely hope

that by this time you

are able to around

Your letter to me after

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your return home was

not answered because

I was (not?) interested in

hearing from you for your

letter was very welcome

but I would think of

answering your letter every

day and so time went by

until now and perhaps

you will be surprised to

hear I am going to let

my oldest daughter go up

your way with Mr. Donohue

he leaves here about

the 9th July and she

will go with him she

studied to (sic) hard at school

that she got nervous and

feinted (sic) several times

so I had to take her

to Baltimore for a week

but it done her no good

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so Mr. Donohue was

so kind as to invite her

to spend a while with

his wife I would like

her to go and see you

and all the folks who

was so kind to me

while here in Washington

and if you will let

her stay a week or two

in your nice country

home (??) your debt

and shall certainly not

forget you but I should

not talk of this as I know

you know what a trip

to the country means to

one who lives in the hot

city and has every little

thing to buy - I hope you

will not inconvenience

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yourself in any way

as all I want her to have

is your nice milk & butter

and go out in the fields

and get pleny of fresh

air we are the same as

you saw us (???) (???)

to live and take every

ones sass as you (???)

the Washington Cranks

are famous - and its

move (???)  (???) all the

time Sometime at your

leisure drop me a line

and I will be glad to

know your arm is quite

well Sincerely Your Friend

Rose A McDonald

No 223 - 1st ct N.E.