1969 - Elizabeth Sancho to William Stevenson, 9 May 1819
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Worthy Sir
I am requested by my cousin Elizabeth
Sancho to return her most gratefull thanks for
your Kind annual present of Five Guineas, which,
Mr Arnyst did her the favour to advance before
the time: when she likewise had the honour of seeing
his Lady & fine family. My Cousin Sir thinking it
will be more comfortable to her, is about to leave
Tothill Street Westminster to reside with my Brother
William Priddie Lyon at a small house the direction
of which is Little Hatcham Kent Road near the
five Bells; hoping this Kind Sir will reach You and
your Family in good health she remains
Worthy Sir
with all due respect
your highly obliged
Elizabeth Sancho
[new page; change of hand]
Elizh Sancho
To my [?friend] father
{?thanks} for leaving
Written by a
Cousin of
E. Sanchos
Worthy Sir
I am requested by my cousin Elizabeth
Sancho to return her most grateful thanks for
your Kind annual present of Five Guineas, which,
Mr Arnyst did her the favour to advance before
the time: when she likewise had the honour of seeing
his Lady & fine family. My Cousin Sir thinking it
will be more comfortable to her, is about to leave
Tothill Street Westminster to reside with my Brother
William Priddie Lyon at a small house the direction
of which is Little Hatcham Kent Road near the
five Bells; hoping this Kind Sir will reach You and
your Family in good health she remains
Worthy Sir
with all due respect
your highly obliged
Elizabeth Sancho
[new page; change of hand]
Elizh Sancho
To my [?friend] father
{?thanks} for leaving
Written by a
Cousin of
E. Sanchos
Elizabeth Sancho to William Stevenson, 9 May 1819
The letter is written by a cousin of Elizabeth Sancho, a sibling of William Priddie Lyon, informing the recipient that Elizabeth is moving from London to a small house in Hatcham.
Images at https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-only-surviving-manuscript-letters-of-ignatius-sancho ; images 53-4.
Stevenson Papers: Sancho family
Add MS 89077/27
British Library
1819
5
9
9 May 1819
Tothill Street [London, Westminster, England]
primary author
whole-body
travel
- grateful
- hopeful
- duty
- thought
sight
at home
To Cite this Letter
Elizabeth Sancho to William Stevenson, 9 May 1819, 951819: British Library, Stevenson Papers: Sancho family, Add MS 89077/27
To Cite this Edition
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.