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Liverpool 12 Jany 98
My Dear Nephew,
You will doubtless hear by this
same conveyance or from Mr or Mrs She:
:pherd the very grievous account we have
had from Manchester. I believe you were
led to expect ^think that your good Mother was too
ill ever to recover – indeed all the good friends
about her have wonder’d how she could so
long xxxx continue with so little strength, It
depended on her composed temper & her pious
resignations to the will of God. It has
pleased this greatest & best of Beings who
created & constantly preserves us to re:
:lease her from her sufferings ^{yesterday morning abt. 9 o’clock} by remov=
-ing her to a higher state of existence
for which she has consistently qualified
herself by a very active & virtuous life
in this world. The Event will undoubted:
ly cause you xxxx ^much grief Her memo=
=ry will be venerated by you I hope as
long as you live. Your loss will be very

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great. It will require double diligence on
your part. But you have a good father still
left & I trust you will always feel xxxx the great
xxx pleasure in obliging him & doing as he
wishes. If you do you will always have friends
in y^r Uncles & Aunts & indeed all your acquaint
:tance ^{as will yr Father & GrandFather} Never forget that it was your
dear Mother’s anxious xxxx ^desire that you should
be as good & as wise as possible. I love you
dearly for her sake & for your own I hope
to love you better & better as long as I live
with the sincerest affection of your Uncle
Mr Nicholson.

[f.29]
Liverpool 12 January 98
My Dear Nephew,
You will doubtless hear by this
same conveyance or from Mr or Mrs She:
:pherd the very grievous account we have
had from Manchester. I believe you were
led to expect ^think that your good Mother was too
ill ever to recover – indeed all the good friends
about her have wondered how she could so
long xxxx continue with so little strength, It
depended on her composed temper & her pious
resignations to the will of God. It has
pleased this greatest & best of Beings who
created & constantly preserves us to re:
:lease her from her sufferings ^{yesterday morning abt. 9 o’clock} by remov=
-ing her to a higher state of existence
for which she has consistently qualified
herself by a very active & virtuous life
in this world. The Event will undoubted:
ly cause you xxxx ^much grief Her memo=
=ry will be venerated by you I hope as
long as you live. Your loss will be very

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great. It will require double diligence on
your part. But you have a good father still
left & I trust you will always feel xxxx the great
xxx pleasure in obliging him & doing as he
wishes. If you do you will always have friends
in y^r Uncles & Aunts & indeed all your acquaint
:tance ^{as will yr Father & GrandFather} Never forget that it was your
dear Mother’s anxious xxxx ^desire that you should
be as good & as wise as possible. I love you
dearly for her sake & for your own I hope
to love you better & better as long as I live
with the sincerest affection of your Uncle
Mr Nicholson.