2137 - Elizabeth Longsdon (sen) to John Longsdon, 11 February 1810

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Elizabeth Longsdon (sen) to John Longsdon, 11 February 1810

Elizabeth Longsdon has missed her son but is relieved he is now safe. She writes with news of family (including his sister's health) and giving him a list of people to call on. He is to ask Miss Morewood to accompany him to choose a visiting gown for his mother in plain sarcenet silk or handsome printed muslin, or even cotton.

Longsdon family

D3580/C/94

Derbyshire Record Office

1810

2

11

Longsdon [Derbyshire, England]

Messrs John & G Morewood, Merchants, London [England]

People
Person: Elizabeth (snr) Longsdon
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primary author

writing

clothing

separation

  • grateful
  • happy
  • hopeful
  • love (familial)
  • love (parental)
  • pleasure

duty

sight

motherhood

Person: John Longsdon
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primary addressee

  • consumption
  • gifting
  • travel
  • visiting
  • work

  • business
  • friendship

Person: James Longsdon
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Your Father

other

whole-body

  • health
  • well

fatherhood

Person: Elizabeth (jun) Longsdon
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other

whole-body

unwell

disposition

siblings

body - unchanged

Person: James (jun) Longsdon
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other

unwell

siblings

Person: Katharine Longsdon
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other

well

pleasure

sight

siblings

health - improving

Person: William Longsdon
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other

visiting

recovery

happy

health - improving

How to Cite

To Cite this Letter

Elizabeth Longsdon (sen) to John Longsdon, 11 February 1810, 1121810: Derbyshire Record Office, Longsdon family, D3580/C/94

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.

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