294 - Mary Nicholson to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 26 July 1798
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Swinton
26 July 1798
Mary Nicholson
to M A N
give my Love to
our Travis Mill Friends
if you have opportunity
Miss M A Nicholson
[f.39]
Swinton 26 July
My Dr Mary Ann
I was Obliged
by your Letter. I shall
be very glad to come
and find you all
well.
Doo {^you} think
Sally and Alice ever
had the Hooping
Cough as your
Father tells me
they both Cough. I
think that was a very
[f.39v]
kind letters of Thos
Holland’s to you you
observe my Dr he
did not think you could
love him if he was not
good. Give my Love
to James. Betsy is gone
to Bed. She is often
talking of you and him I hear
to the servants
excuse this bit of paper
I thought you would
like it better than
having no letter. Be
my good girl and you
will give joy to
Your Affectionate
Mother
Mary Nicholson
[change of orientation]
Mrs Nicholson
at Mr Boardmans
Swinton
Swinton
26 July 1798
Mary Nicholson
to M A N
give my Love to
our Travis Mill Friends
if you have opportunity
Miss M A Nicholson
[f.39]
Swinton 26 July
My Dr Mary Ann
I was Obliged
by your Letter. I shall
be very glad to come
and find you all
well.
Doo {^you} think
Sally and Alice ever
had the Whooping
Cough as your
Father tells me
they both Cough. I
think that was a very
[f.39v]
kind letters of Thos
Holland’s to you you
observe my Dr he
did not think you could
love him if he was not
good. Give my Love
to James. Betsy is gone
to Bed. She is often
talking of you and him I hear
to the servants
excuse this bit of paper
I thought you would
like it better than
having no letter. Be
my good girl and you
will give joy to
Your Affectionate
Mother
Mary Nicholson
[change of orientation]
Mrs Nicholson
at Mr Boardmans
Swinton
Mary Nicholson to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 26 July 1798
Mother to daughter – hopes to find her well when she visits. Asks whether she thinks Sally and Alice may have had the whooping cough. Betsy talks often of her, and has now gone to bed.
Nicholson Family Papers
ENG 1041 f39
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
1798
7
26
26 July 1798
Swinton [Manchester, Lancashire, England]
[England]
primary author
- travel
- visiting
- writing
- affection
- happy
- hopeful
- love (parental)
primary addressee
well
hopeful
- disposition
- duty
To Cite this Letter
Mary Nicholson to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 26 July 1798, 2671798: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Nicholson Family Papers, ENG 1041 f39
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.