1653 - Thomas Hollinshead to his brother-in-law Mr Stanley, 30 March 1706
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Deare BrotE.
I recd yEs of ye 25th. for wch. I thank you, should have been glad
you would do wth. yE first convenience;
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Sister Hampton was well, but ME Allen’s consumption seems to
be very severe upon him, & I believe has made him very
weake; I am afraid affairs abroad are not in so good a posture
as might be wished {^of wch} I should have given my Sister an acct.
but
time, my FatES. distemper seems to increase upon him he gives
his service to you & Blessing to my Sister & ye children, BrotE.
Franc & Nancy joine with me in service to yEself my sister
& them; ye time of my going to London is yet uncertain, I am
Deare BrotE &c.
I have sent you
Dear BrotE.
I received yours of ye 25th. for wch. I thank you, should have been glad
you would do wth. your first convenience;
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Sister Hampton was well, but ME Allen’s consumption seems to
be very severe upon him, & I believe has made him very
weak; I am afraid affairs abroad are not in so good a posture
as might be wished {^of wch} I should have given my Sister an acct.
but
time, my FatES. distemper seems to increase upon him he gives
his service to you & Blessing to my Sister & ye children, BrotE.
Franc & Nancy joine with me in service to yourself my sister
& them; ye time of my going to London is yet uncertain, I am
Deare BrotE &c.
I have sent you
Thomas Hollinshead to his brother-in-law Mr Stanley, 30 March 1706
Thomas has visited Brookehouse and reports that Mr Allen’s consumption is worsening, though Hampton is well. His father is suffering from a distempter which is also increasing. He sends some peas. The draft shows him moving the information about his father from near the start to the end of the letter.
Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
D231 M/B/8 [106]
Derbyshire Record Office
1706
3
30
Saturday March 30 1706
Ashenhurst [Bradnop, Staffordshire, England]
[Alderley Park, Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England]
other
whole-body
old age
disorder
self
health - worsening
primary author
- gifting
- travel
- work
- love (familial)
- regret
- worried
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Thomas Hollinshead to his brother-in-law Mr Stanley, 30 March 1706, 3031706: Derbyshire Record Office, Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family), D231 M/B/8 [106]
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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.