3297 - Dorothea Blore to Mrs Longsdon, 7 September 1801

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1801

My Dear Madam -

I am truly grateful for the kind attention you, & your Dear
Gentleman, bestow upon me - Happy shall I be to see you -
I am grieved to hear you complain of indisposition -
God grant you may soon be restored to that perfect health
which is of so much consequence to your Friends! -
I am very well, thank you, my Dear Madam, for your kind
enquiries - my constitution seems to brave everything. I
almost think it is a shame I bear so much, so well.
My best compliments, & best regards, ever attend on you
& Mr. Longsdon. I hope his wet ride will not bring on his
hoarseness again - for we know he does not love caudle

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and gruel, to remove it. -

If you have not, my Dear Madam, read the melancholy
history of an emigrant family, wrought up, with very little
addition, by Fontaine, I have the pleasure to send
it - Mr the Count [?Deshanelle], says it is not the
history of one family, but of almost all the
noble emigrants -

I am, my Dear Madam, your most obliged,
& sincerely faithful Friend, & Servt.
D. B -

Burre House - Sepr 7 1801

My kindest love awaits the fair young ladies -

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Mrs Longsdon
Little Longsdon

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My Dear Madam -
I am truly grateful for the kind attention you, & your dear
Gentleman, bestow upon me - Happy shall I be to see you.
I am [?grieved] to hear you complain of indisposition -
God grant you may soon be restored to that perfect health
which is of so much consequence to your friends! -
I am vert well, thank you, my Dear Madam, for your kind
enquiries - my constitution seems to brave everything. I
almost think it is a shame I hear so much, so well.
My best compliments, & best regards, ever attend on you
& Mr Longsdon. I hope his wet ride will not bring on his
[?hoarseness] again - for we know he does not love caudle

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and gruel, to remove it. -
If you have not, my Dear Madam, read the melancholy
history of an emigrant family, wrought up, with very little
addition, by Fontaine, I have the pleasure to send
it - Mr the Count [illeg], says it is not the
history of one family, but of almost all the
[illeg] emigrant -
I am, my Dear Madam, your most obliged,
& Sincerely faithful friend, & [illeg]
D.B _
[?Barre] House - Sept. 7. 1801.
My kindest love await the fair young Ladies _

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Mrs Longsdon
Little Longsdon

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My Dear Madam -
I am truly grateful for the kind attention you, & your Dear
Gentleman, bestow upon me. Happy shall I be to see you.
I am grieved to hear you complain of indisposition -
God grant you may soon be restored to that perfect health
which is of so much consequence to your Friends! -
I am very well, thank you, my Dear Madam, for your kind
enquiries - my constitution seems to brave everything. I
almost think it is a shame I bear so much, so well.
My best compliments, & best regards, ever attend on you
& Mr Longsdon. I hope his wet ride will not bring on his
hoarseness again, for we know he does not love candle

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and gruel, to remove it. -
If you have not, my Dear Madam, read the melancholy
history of an emigrant family, wrought up, with very little
addition, by Fontaine, I have the pleasure to send
it - Mr the Count Dechanelle, says it is not the
history of one family, but of almost all the
[illeg] Emigrant
I am, my Dear Madam, your most obliged,
& sincerely faithful Friend & [illeg]
D. B -
Barre House. Sept 7 1801
My kindest love awaits the fair young Ladies -

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Mrs Longsdon
Little Longsdon

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Dorothea Blore to Mrs Longsdon, 7 September 1801

She is grieved to hear Mrs Longsdon complain of an indisposition; her own health is strong. She gives her compliments and regards to Mr Longsdon, and mentions the treatment needed if his hoarseness returns. Sends the history of a noble French émigré family in case Mrs Longsdon hasn't read it.

Longsdon family

D3580/C/25

Derbyshire Record Office

1801

9

7

Sepr. 7. 1801

Burre House [Bakewell, Derbyshire, England]

Little Longstone [Derbyshire, England]

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To Cite this Letter

Dorothea Blore to Mrs Longsdon, 7 September 1801, 791801: Derbyshire Record Office, Longsdon family, D3580/C/25

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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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