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Cossey February the 6th 1785

Mr Dear Dear Sister

I hope you will not think that I love you no more
because I have not wrote to you, for if you did, you
would be very much mistaken. For I love {^^you} monstersly
I was very sorry to hear by Mama that you wrote me
a letter of 4 sides when I was at School, and I xxx
did not receive it, for you don’t know what pleasure it
is to hear from you. So I beg you will write to me very
oftxxx^en when Mama arived at London she sent for me up
I slept at my Grand Mamas, so walk’d to my Mamas every
Morning to eat my Breakfast. I wxent to Ditchley with
Mr Dillon and Mama and Papa and Molly. Master
Dillon is very pretty, and very tall. he was 7 years old in
October, and the little Girl Fanny is very pretty also
she will be {^⁵} this month. it is a very fine place and the
house also is very handsome. the Hall is all over
Gillding, and all the rooms are very large, there are a
great number of xxx Deer in the park in coming
back back from Ditchley, we went through Blenam
park, and I saw the out side of the house witch looks
very large, and we stopt also at Oxford, to see the
window, in new collidge Collage, it is very fine, and is

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lately done up by Sir Joshua Reynold, and in co[damaged]
from London to Cossey, we slept at new market, and [damaged]
went to pxxx prayers at Bury, because it was the day of the
Epiphany, I go to School next Monday, therefore I am
in a great Hurry mama will write in this letter.
Adeu my Dear Sister and beleive me to be yo[r]
ever afectionate Brother,

Edward Jerningham

Papa and mama and Molly send there love to
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[change of hand – Edward’s mother, Frances Jerningham]

This is Neds entire Composition which the Spelling w[damaged]
I think prove but I thought you would be glad to
receive it so. I begun my dear Charlotte to be [damaged]
uneasy & a Little angry at not hearing from you
I have the moment the pleasure of Receiving your Letter
the 27th of January which I am very well satisfied with.
I Shall allways write Long Letters because I have a great Pleasure
in conversing with my Little Girl. I beg you will tell me as you [damaged]

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Cossey February the 6th 1785

Mr Dear Dear Sister

I hope you will not think that I love you no more
because I have not wrote to you, for if you did, you
would be very much mistaken. For I love {^^you} monsterously
I was very sorry to hear by Mama that you wrote me
a letter of 4 sides when I was at School, and I xxx
did not receive it, for you don’t know what pleasure it
is to hear from you. So I beg you will write to me very
oftxxx^en when Mama arrived at London she sent for me up
I slept at my Grand Mamas, so walked to my Mamas every
Morning to eat my Breakfast. I wxent to Ditchley with
Mr Dillon and Mama and Papa and Molly. Master
Dillon is very pretty, and very tall. he was 7 years old in
October, and the little Girl Fanny is very pretty also
she will be ^{^5} this month. it is a very fine place and the
house also is very handsome. the Hall is all over
Gillding, and all the rooms are very large, there are a
great number of xxx Deer in the park in coming
back back from Ditchley, we went through Blenheim
park, and I saw the out side of the house witch looks
very large, and we stopped also at Oxford, to see the
window, in new collidge Collage, it is very fine, and is

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lately done up by Sir Joshua Reynold, and in co[damaged]
from London to Cossey, we slept at new market, and [damaged]
went to pxxx prayers at Bury, because it was the day of the
Epiphany, I go to School next Monday, therefore I am
in a great Hurry mama will write in this letter.
Adieu my Dear Sister and believe me to be yo[r]
ever affectionate Brother,

Edward Jerningham

Papa and mama and Molly send their love to
___

[change of hand – Edward’s mother, Frances Jerningham]

This is Neds entire Composition which the Spelling w[damaged]
I think prove but I thought you would be glad to
receive it so. I begun my dear Charlotte to be
uneasy & a Little angry at not hearing from you
I have the moment the pleasure of Receiving your Letter
the 27th of January which I am very well satisfied with.
I Shall always write Long Letters because I have a great Pleasure
in conversing with my Little Girl. I beg you will tell me as you [damaged]