Manches^r Sep^r 21^st 1780
My Dear Daughter
We are favoured with Mr Smiths company
to Dine with us to Day was very Glad to see him &
much Pleased to hear you are so well in health & in
such good Spirits through Mercy we & all the Family,
at present enjoy the same excepting poor Jane Clegg
whose Arm is begun to be very bad again which renders
her incapable to doing any thing for her support –
how thankfull we should be even for our health &
the ues of our limbs but much more for the Precious
Gosple & the priviliges you & we are favoured with
O my Dear Bec: I pray & desire you would be very earnest
in Prayer that the Lord would give you Grace to make A
proper improvement of the means of Greace you are
favoured with, we enjoy many Distinguishing favours
which multituds are deprived off more deserving than [damaged]
O that we may from Heart felt gratitude be [damaged]
out what shall we Render to the Lord for all his benign [damaged]
your Father has sent you half A Guinea by Mr Smith
to Buy Cotton & little Necessarys would have you keep an
account of what you lay out, & now my Dear be shure you
behave well & be very Submissive & Teachable, & believe to be your
Affectionate Mother S: Clegg
[vertical left side] Give our Respectfull Complyments to Mr & Mrs Trinder
Mr Roylands, Mr & Mrs Wykes my Love to Miss Bolpby
Miss Hudson & Com^ts to Miss Puctriss &c

Manches^r Sep^r 21^st 1780
My Dear Daughter
We are favoured with Mr Smiths company
to Dine with us to Day was very Glad to see him &
much Pleased to hear you are so well in health & in
such good Spirits through Mercy we & all the Family,
at present enjoy the same excepting poor Jane Clegg
whose Arm is begun to be very bad again which renders
her incapable to doing any thing for her support –
how thankful we should be even for our health &
the use of our limbs but much more for the Precious
Gospel & the privileges you & we are favoured with
O my Dear Bec: I pray & desire you would be very earnest
in Prayer that the Lord would give you Grace to make A
proper improvement of the means of Grace you are
favoured with, we enjoy many Distinguishing favours
which multitudes are deprived off more deserving than [damaged]
O that we may from Heart felt gratitude be [damaged]
out what shall we Render to the Lord for all his benign [damaged]
your Father has sent you half A Guinea by Mr Smith
to Buy Cotton & little Necessaries would have you keep an
account of what you lay out, & now my Dear be sure you
behave well & be very Submissive & Teachable, & believe to be your
Affectionate Mother S: Clegg
[vertical left side] Give our Respectful Complements to Mr & Mrs Trinder
Mr Roylands, Mr & Mrs Wykes my Love to Miss Bolpby
Miss Hudson & Com^ts to Miss Puctriss &c