1773 - Thomas Hollinshead to his father, Francis Hollinshead, 14 January 1708

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Sr Ashenhurst Wednesday January ye 14th. 1707.8
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.
Sr Ashenhurst Wednesday January ye 14th. 1707.8
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.
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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.

People
Person: Thomas Hollinshead
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primary author

  • distress
  • worried

  • environment
  • weather

filial

Person: Francis Hollinshead (snr)
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primary addressee

  • body
  • leg
  • whole-body

old age

pain

body - unchanged

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To Cite this Letter

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.

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