1506 - Margaret Watt (jnr) to James Watt (II), 18 December 1779
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Dear Papa
According to your desire I do my
self the pleasure of writing to you I should
Be happy to hear from you; we have
Had an aggreeable addition {^to our Family} by Miss Sidney
And three Daughters of Doctor Wilsons
My Governess and Miss Henrysons
sends their respectful Compliments to you
I am your Dutiful Daughter
M: Watt
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Peggy Watt
Decr 18th 1779
Dear Papa
According to your desire I do my
self the pleasure of writing to you I should
Be happy to hear from you; we have
Had an agreeable addition {^to our Family} by Miss Sidney
And three Daughters of Doctor Wilsons
My Governess and Miss Henrysons
sends their respectful Compliments to you
I am your Dutiful Daughter
M: Watt
[new page]
[change hand]
Peggy Watt
Decr 18th 1779
Margaret Watt (jnr) to James Watt (II), 18 December 1779
Margaret writes at her father's request, hopes she will hear from him, and reports on visits from four women.
Watt, James and Family Papers
MS 3219/4/1/1/8/6
Library of Birmingham
1779
12
18
Decr 18 1779
Mosley [Birmingham, Worcester, England]
[?Truro, Cornwall, England]
primary author
- recreation
- visiting
- writing
- childhood
- youth
happy
- duty
- education
hearing
school
- filial
- friendship
To Cite this Letter
Margaret Watt (jnr) to James Watt (II), 18 December 1779, 18121779: Library of Birmingham, Watt, James and Family Papers, MS 3219/4/1/1/8/6
To Cite this Edition
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.