Mail rules signatures lost

recently i changed my macbook pro (2008 late with lion) to the new MBP with ML. after that, at everytime i restart, l lost all rules and signatures. after i lost, even though i remade new rules and signatures, but i restarted again, i lost both. do you know how to fix this? thanks!

Thank you Eric,
I wasn't clear at all in my OP, please forgive...
I do indeed see/know where my root user Library folder is.  And within that folder the Mail folder, I see the V2 folder, and within that, the MailData folder, which contains all sorts of files.  Several of these files indicate they have something to do with Rules, VIP lists, and Signatures.  (Opening to preview these files in Time Machine even shows the data, albeit in code — of these assets as they existed when working.)
Upon attempting to restore these specific assets, the backups from Time Machine are NOT restoring the lost rules, signatures, nor VIP lists.
What's making this situation unique is this:
These sorting features WERE there when I had mail syncing under two iCloud IDs. In an attempt to "unify" my iCloud experience (across my MacPro, iPhone, and iPad) — I thought my rules, siggys, VIPs were under the "master" iCloud account.  Evidently,  they were not, and I deleted the account which contained these Mail function assets.
Currently I'm at a loss, as to where I can find the backup of those original assets — and where they go once I locate them in Time Machine.  OY!!

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