1741 - Thomas Hollinshead to his Sister Hampton [Allen], 18 August 1707
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Dear Sister
I am sorry you have so much reason to complain of me
for not writing to you, I must beg yE pardon, but I have
put it of since I came {^home} hoping to have seen you long ago I have
now a pain in my side wch. makes me unable to ride but I will
see you as soon as I can, & desire you would excuse me from
inlarging further at this time who am &c.
To MES. Allen at ye Parke pEsent
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Dear Sister
I am sorry you have so much reason to complain of me
for not writing to you, I must beg yE pardon, but I have
put it of since I came {^home} hoping to have seen you long ago I have
now a pain in my side wch. makes me unable to ride but I will
see you as soon as I can, & desire you would excuse me from
enlarging further at this time who am &c.
To MES. Allen at ye Parke pEsent
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Thomas Hollinshead to his Sister Hampton [Allen], 18 August 1707
Thomas is sorry his sister has complained about him and is sorry he has not written as he was hoping to see his sister sooner. 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 [123]
Derbyshire Record Office
1707
8
18
Ashenhurst [Bradnop, Staffordshire, England]
The Park [England]
primary author
- body
- whole-body
- confinement
- horse-riding
- incapacitated
- travel
regret
- pain
- sight
at home
siblings
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Thomas Hollinshead to his Sister Hampton [Allen], 18 August 1707, 1881707: Derbyshire Record Office, Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family), D231 M/B/8 [123]
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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.