Emigrants to their grandfather and relatives
Swedish · America letter · 26 Sep 1864 · Sterling, Illinois
As written
Sterling d 26/9 1864 [?]
älskade morfar
och Slägtingar.
Herren ware med eder
Wi får med några Rader
Låta eder weta att. wi gudilof
eger den dyrbara gåfvan helsan
uttil Skrifvande Stund och önskar
eder detsamma. wi Will nemna lite
om wår Långa resa den war dryg
men gick Lyckligt och wäl. wi
Gick från Götteborg den 6 Juni
och ankommen till Quebeck den
3d [?] auguste sedan gick wi på Jern
wäg och ångbåt till Chicago omkr [?]
2000 mill sedan gick wi till Andover [?]
med selskapet der war wi hos Sven
Nils [?] i 8 [?] dagar sedan fortsatt wi
resan först på hest Skjuts till Rock
islan, på jernweg til fort Härd [?]
Translation · English
Sterling, the 26th of September 1864 [?]
Beloved grandfather (mother's father)
and Relatives.
The Lord be with you
We will with a few Lines
Let you know that we, God be praised,
possess the precious gift of health
up to this Writing Moment, and wish
you the same. We Want to mention a little
about our Long journey; it was arduous
but went Happily and well. We
Left from Gothenburg on the 6th of June
and arrived at Quebec on the
3rd [?] of August; then we went by rail-
way and steamboat to Chicago, about [?]
2000 miles; then we went to Andover [?]
with the company (our travelling party); there we stayed with Sven
Nils [?] for 8 [?] days; then we continued
the journey, first by horse conveyance to Rock
Island, by railway to Fort Härd [?]