1771 - Thomas Hollinshead to his Sister Stanley, 3 January 1708

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Ashenhurst Saturday January ye 3d. 17078
Dear Sister
We are just come to Ashenhurst from Coleshill & have
had a {^good} journy my Str. gives her Serv I was afraid my
Sister would not have held out w thither nor Joseph
home again but [illeg shorthand] hitherto; if you have occasion
to write to my Str. you, direct for her to [illeg shorthand] left [shorthand: {?at the}] angell
in Coleshill Warwickshire, she is at ye house of One
Mason in that Town, I have {^this [illeg shorthand]} had a [?Letter: shorthand] from [illeg shorthand: {?father}] wherein
he sais he [illeg shorthand] troubled wth [illeg shorthand] aking [illeg shorthand] Eye & a pain [illeg shorthand]
hips; Pray give Service to my BrotE & ye children & give
my BrotE many thanks for his horse I was neverhave not been so easily
carried [illeg shorthand] Journy. I wish you a happy – year & many &
.. & am &c.
To MEs Stanley √ 6 [shorthand: {?at the}] Park.
Ashenhurst Saturday January ye 3d. 17078
Dear Sister
We are just come to Ashenhurst from Coleshill & have
had a {^good} journey my Str. gives her Serv I was afraid my
Sister would not have held out w thither nor Joseph
home again but [illeg shorthand] hitherto; if you have occasion
to write to my Str. you, direct for her to [illeg shorthand] left [shorthand: {?at the}] angell
in Coleshill Warwickshire, she is at ye house of One
Mason in that Town, I have {^this [illeg shorthand]} had a [?Letter: shorthand] from [illeg shorthand: {?father}] wherein
he sais he [illeg shorthand] troubled wth [illeg shorthand] aching [illeg shorthand] Eye & a pain [illeg shorthand]
hips; Pray give Service to my BrotE & ye children & give
my BrotE many thanks for his horse I was neverhave not been so easily
carried [illeg shorthand] Journy. I wish you a happy – year & many &
.. & am &c.
To MEs Stanley √ 6 [shorthand: {?at the}] Park.
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Thomas Hollinshead to his Sister Stanley, 3 January 1708

Thomas did accompany their Sister Allen to Coleshill, though he was not sure she would make the journey. He has received a letter from their father reporting aching eyes and pain in the hips.

Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)

D231 M/B/8 [133]

Derbyshire Record Office

1708

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January 3 1707/8

Ashenhurst [Bradnop, Staffordshire, England]

The Park [Alderley Park, Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England]

People
Person: Francis Hollinshead (snr)
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other

  • body
  • eyes
  • leg

old age

pain

Person: Thomas Hollinshead
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primary author

  • horse-riding
  • travel

  • fear
  • grateful

siblings

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Thomas Hollinshead to his Sister Stanley, 3 January 1708, 311708: Derbyshire Record Office, Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family), D231 M/B/8 [133]

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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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