1291 - Jane Johnson to George Johnson, 9 May 1750
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My dear George
Having an opportunity of
writing to you again, am willing
to make use of it, to thank
you for your very pretty Letter,
which pleas’d us all vastly, but
I don’t doubt your improving
in every thing at such a charming
[f.2v]
School as Rugby. I am sorry
Master Cromy is engaged,
but hope he will be at your
House next Christmas. The
Horses will certainly come
to fetch you all, at the end
of next week, I wish you a
[f.3]
very good journey home & to see
you here, always gives the
greatest pleasure in Life to
Jane Johnson
Your Father’s Compliments
mine wait on Mr
Knail, Mr Richmond,
Mrs Crossfield, with
many thanks to them.
[f.3v]
for being so vastly fond of you.
Pray don’t trouble your self
to write to me. May 9. 1750
Master Cromy, Master Nicoll, & Master
Johnson coming from Rugby School
Having an opportunity of
writing to you again, am willing
to make use of it, to thank
you for your very pretty Letter,
which pleas’d us all vastly, but
I don’t doubt your improving
in every thing at such a charming
[f.2v]
School as Rugby. I am sorry
Master Cromy is engaged,
but hope he will be at your
House next Christmas. The
Horses will certainly come
to fetch you all, at the end
of next week, I wish you a
[f.3]
very good journey home & to see
you here, always gives the
greatest pleasure in Life to
Jane Johnson
Your Father’s Compliments
mine wait on Mr
Knail, Mr Richmond,
Mrs Crossfield, with
many thanks to them.
[f.3v]
for being so vastly fond of you.
Pray don’t trouble your self
to write to me. May 9. 1750
Master Cromy, Master Nicoll, & Master
Johnson coming from Rugby School
My dear George
Having an opportunity of
writing to you again, am willing
to make use of it, to thank
you for your very pretty Letter,
which pleased us all vastly, but
I don’t doubt your improving
in every thing at such a charming
[f.2v]
School as Rugby. I am sorry
Master Cromy is engaged,
but hope he will be at your
House next Christmas. The
Horses will certainly come
to fetch you all, at the end
of next week, I wish you a
[f.3]
very good journey home & to see
you here, always gives the
greatest pleasure in Life to
Jane Johnson
Your Father’s Compliments
mine wait on Mr
Knail, Mr Richmond,
Mrs Crossfield, with
many thanks to them.
[f.3v]
for being so vastly fond of you.
Pray don’t trouble your self
to write to me. May 9. 1750
Master Cromy, Master Nicoll, & Master
Johnson coming from Rugby School
Having an opportunity of
writing to you again, am willing
to make use of it, to thank
you for your very pretty Letter,
which pleased us all vastly, but
I don’t doubt your improving
in every thing at such a charming
[f.2v]
School as Rugby. I am sorry
Master Cromy is engaged,
but hope he will be at your
House next Christmas. The
Horses will certainly come
to fetch you all, at the end
of next week, I wish you a
[f.3]
very good journey home & to see
you here, always gives the
greatest pleasure in Life to
Jane Johnson
Your Father’s Compliments
mine wait on Mr
Knail, Mr Richmond,
Mrs Crossfield, with
many thanks to them.
[f.3v]
for being so vastly fond of you.
Pray don’t trouble your self
to write to me. May 9. 1750
Master Cromy, Master Nicoll, & Master
Johnson coming from Rugby School
Details
Jane Johnson to George Johnson, 9 May 1750
Letter to her son George (aged ten) who was at Rugby school – written in a clear, deliberate hand on pre-lined paper, perhaps to model good handwriting practice. She thanks him for his ‘pretty’ letter to them, they don’t doubt that he is improving greatly at school. She wishes him a good journey home, and is looking forward to seeing him. At the bottom of the letter she includes a sketch of several people on horseback, ostensibly depicting George’s journey home from school.
Johnson Family
MS. Don. c. 190 f.2
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
1750
5
9
Olney, Buckinghamshire [England]
Rugby, Warwickshire [England]
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- happy
- positive
- closing
- main body
- opening
41-60%
People
Person: Jane Johnson
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writing
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- happy
- love (parental)
parenthood
Person: George William Johnson
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- travel
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childhood
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- education
school
mind - improving