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Image #1 of letter: John Longsdon to Elizabeth Longsdon (snr), 25 January 1809

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Manchester 25th Jan 1809
Dear Mother
I hope this will find you perfectly
recovered from the indisposition you suffered
when my Brother left you — I am obliged by
your letter [illeg] by him — tho the subject I
must {?confess} neither afforded me pleasure nor
any gratification but as you say, Pity, if anything
I cannot say I had much pleasure either
in the [illeg] sent by my father which was that
he could not write — since he must be compelled
to write in a {?very} disagreeable manner to me
which arises I {?conclude} and from an [?intimation]
from James that the {?Macehouse} is neglected +
that I never [illeg] it on [?decoding] [?affection]
I shall not trouble you with a long [?Dipalation]
on the [?Road] [?that] I must [?obide] that if
my [illeg] must be [illeg] by very idle
spectator I suspect to {?denounce} from the [illeg]

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