1740 - Thomas Hollinshead to his Sister Stanley, 18 August 1707
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Dear Sister
I wish I could {^instead of this} have come to see you, I have had little time to my self
since I came home, & have a {^pain} in my right side now wch. seised me yesterday
& makes me unable to ride at pEsent; when that shall leave me I hope to
have so much time to come to ye Park. I have sent yE solver by
Edwd Brassington & will bring ye other things when I come with
my service to my BrotE & ye children I conclude &c.
To MES Stanley at ye Parke
Dear Sister
I wish I could {^instead of this} have come to see you, I have had little time to my self
since I came home, & have a {^pain} in my right side now wch. seized me yesterday
& makes me unable to ride at pEsent; when that shall leave me I hope to
have so much time to come to ye Park. I have sent the solver by
Edwd Brassington & will bring ye other things when I come with
my service to my BrotE & ye children I conclude &c.
To MES Stanley at ye Parke
Thomas Hollinshead to his Sister Stanley, 18 August 1707
Thomas has been unable to write as he has not enough time. He also has a pain in his side which means he cannot travel. The letter is sent with another to his other sister on the same day.
Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
D231 M/B/8 [122]
Derbyshire Record Office
1707
8
18
Saturday August 18 1707
Ashenhurst [Bradnop, Staffordshire, England]
The Park [Alderley Park, Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England]
primary author
- body
- whole-body
- confinement
- horse-riding
- incapacitated
- travel
- work
hurried
- affection
- hopeful
- regret
self
- pain
- sight
siblings
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Thomas Hollinshead to his Sister Stanley, 18 August 1707, 1881707: Derbyshire Record Office, Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family), D231 M/B/8 [122]
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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.