1382 - Thomas Hollinshead to his brother-in-law Mr Stanley, 8 January 1704
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Dear Brother
I recieved yEs with ye greatest joy & satisfaction to hear of my Sisters
safe Delivery {^& yt she is well after it}; I pray God continue her Health; was troubled I could
not write you an answer to yEs of ye 28th of 10bE {^on Teusday last} but was unavoidably
hindred; I acquainted my Father with what you wrote, he told me
& bid me write to you yt his Resolution was yt I should not enter into
determined with himself, & not having heretofore broken over it was
altogether unwilling to do it now, not knowing where it might have an
End; will use my utmost indeavours in ye best manner I can to promote it to
yE Satisfaction, but am afraid I cannot do it as I hoped; + Will give ye Shilling
you Sent to W. Bennison, am sorry you put yeself to so much trouble for him.
+ am much concerned for yE being troubled with a sore Eye, should be
glad to heare of yE recovery from it; Pray present our Services to my
Aunt Birtles & Cousins if with you {^& Tomy & Will & Nancy} I am Sr
YE affectionate BrotE
& humble Servt.
Dear Brother
I recieved yours with ye greatest joy & satisfaction to hear of my Sisters
safe Delivery {^& yt she is well after it}; I pray God continue her Health; was troubled I could
not write you an answer to yours of ye 28th of 10bE {^on Tuesday last} but was unavoidably
hindered; I acquainted my Father with what you wrote, he told me
& bid me write to you that his Resolution was that I should not enter into
determined with himself, & not having heretofore broken over it was
altogether unwilling to do it now, not knowing where it might have an
End; will use my utmost indeavours in ye best manner I can to promote it to
your Satisfaction, but am afraid I cannot do it as I hoped; + Will give ye Shilling
you Sent to W. Bennison, am sorry you put yourself to so much trouble for him.
+ am much concerned for your being troubled with a sore Eye, should be
glad to heare of your recovery from it; Pray present our Services to my
Aunt Birtles & Cousins if with you {^& Tomy & Will & Nancy} I am Sr
YE affectionate BrotE
& humble Servt.
Thomas Hollinshead to his brother-in-law Mr Stanley, 8 January 1704
Thomas is happy to hear that his sister Stanley has given birth and is well; he hopes God will preserve her good health. He reports to his brother-in-law on his father’s reticence about settling some financial matters concerning his brother-in-law. He is sorry to hear his brother-in-law suffers from a sore eye and wants to hear that he is recovered soon.
Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
D231 M/B/8 [41]
Derbyshire Record Office
1704
1
8
January 8 1703/4
Ashenhurst [Bradnop, Staffordshire, England]
[Alderley Park, Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England]
primary author
- devotional practice
- reading
- talking
- writing
- happy
- hopeful
- love (familial)
- regret
distraction
- filial
- siblings
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Thomas Hollinshead to his brother-in-law Mr Stanley, 8 January 1704, 811704: Derbyshire Record Office, Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family), D231 M/B/8 [41]
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Material Identities, Social Bodies: Embodiment in British Letters c.1680-1820. Compiled by: Karen Harvey, Helen Esfandiary, Sarah Fox, Emily Vine, University of Birmingham. Project funded by the Leverhulme Trust (2021-2025, Ref. RPG-2020-163), https://socialbodies.bham.ac.uk.