1773 - Thomas Hollinshead to his father, Francis Hollinshead, 14 January 1708
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I recd yEs of ye 10th. ye pain you suffer is ye greatest affliccon here,
ye things you wrote for will be in Town on Saturday next. I desire to
know if you think there can be any further proceedings [illeg shorthand]
R. if there must [illeg shorthand] a stop put to ye getting [illeg shorthand] be reason One of ye
{?Pell.} is a member of Parliamt. will speak to ME Bulkley & give you a
further acct of goodfellows Settlemt {^& make Darkins bill ready} wch ye first opportunity; We o [shorthand: {?have}] now
a frost wth. great wind [illeg shorthand] lead muche z . . ordered wch our recomendacons
in [illeg shorthand] &c.
To ME Harvey at ME Vardens ye signe of ye black Lamb in Katherine
Street by ye Strand London.
I recd yEs of ye 10th. ye pain you suffer is ye greatest affliction here,
ye things you wrote for will be in Town on Saturday next. I desire to
know if you think there can be any further proceedings [illeg shorthand]
R. if there must [illeg shorthand] a stop put to ye getting [illeg shorthand] be reason One of ye
{?Pell.} is a member of Parliamt. will speak to ME Bulkley & give you a
further acct of goodfellows Settlemt {^& make Darkins bill ready} wch ye first opportunity; We o [shorthand: {?have}] now
a frost wth. great wind [illeg shorthand] lead muche z . . ordered wch our recommendations
in [illeg shorthand] &c.
To ME Harvey at ME Vardens ye signe of ye black Lamb in Katherine
Street by ye Strand London.
Thomas Hollinshead to his father, Francis Hollinshead, 14 January 1708
Thomas is afflicted by the news that his father’s pain (in his leg, a later letter suggests) continues.
Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
D231 M/B/8 [137]
Derbyshire Record Office
1708
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Wednesday January 14 1707/8
Ashenhurst [Bradnop, Staffordshire, England]
Mr Harvey at Mr Vardens at the sign of the black Lamb in Katherine Street by the Strand, London.
primary author
- distress
- worried
- environment
- weather
filial
primary addressee
- body
- leg
- whole-body
old age
pain
body - unchanged
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Thomas Hollinshead to his father, Francis Hollinshead, 14 January 1708, 1411708: Derbyshire Record Office, Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family), D231 M/B/8 [137]
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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.