1466 - Thomas Hollinshead to his Sister Stanley, 1 April 1704

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Ashenhurst Saturday MarchAprill ye 1st 1704.
Deare Sister
I hope this will find all well at ye Park I intended to have written last Weeke, but ye disappointmt.
My Father {^of my Fathers returning home caused me to defer it he} came from London ye beginning of this Weeke, he had a
very wet journy, & a very dangerous one by reason of ye Waters being out wch.
were out beyond what he had ever seen ym. but is now pretty well againe
must desire you would let Nurse come as Soone as possible, My BrotE. &
Sisters joine with me in Service to yEself my BrotE & ye children,
I am &c.
Ashenhurst Saturday MarchAprill ye 1st 1704.
Deare Sister
I hope this will find all well at ye Park I intended to have written last Week, but ye disappointmt.
My Father {^of my Fathers returning home caused me to defer it he} came from London ye beginning of this Week, he had a
very wet journey, & a very dangerous one by reason of ye Waters being out wch.
were out beyond what he had ever seen ym. but is now pretty well again
must desire you would let Nurse come as Soon as possible, My BrotE. &
Sisters join with me in Service to yEself my BrotE & ye children,
I am &c.
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Thomas Hollinshead to his Sister Stanley, 1 April 1704

Thomas has delayed writing to his sister because his father came home, having had a wet and dangerous journey. He urges his sister to send the nurse home as soon as possible (though deletes this line from the draft letter).

Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)

D231 M/B/8 [56]

Derbyshire Record Office

1704

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April 1 1704

Ashenhurst [Bradnop, Staffordshire, England]

[Alderley Park, Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England]

People
Person: Thomas Hollinshead
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Person: Francis Hollinshead (snr)
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  • environment
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  • weather

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Thomas Hollinshead to his Sister Stanley, 1 April 1704, 141704: Derbyshire Record Office, Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family), D231 M/B/8 [56]

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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.

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