566 - Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 3 February 1799
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Dear Cousin, Mariann Nicholson
I was very glad to receive a letter form you I shall
be glad to see James when I come to your house
I think you often write your letters after tea,
Jonathan is reaching the chairs to the table he has
been to chapel in a coach this morning I went to
sit with my Aunt Mary because I have got a
cold, -- I suppose my Uncle Tom will
tomorrow and I shall {^send} this letter by him – I think
papa will take me with him to {?Gatoache} when
he fetches Tom home – Joseph Turner is
gone to school again, - I saw Richard Roberts
the other day he was very well – how does
your Mother, - we are all very well here –
give my love to Miss Hannah Roberts –
and to your Mother, - farewell I am
your affectionate Cousin
Betsy Hatfield
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Miss M Nicholson
Gateacre
Dear Cousin, Mariann Nicholson
I was very glad to receive a letter form you I shall
be glad to see James when I come to your house
I think you often write your letters after tea,
Jonathan is reaching the chairs to the table he has
been to chapel in a coach this morning I went to
sit with my Aunt Mary because I have got a
cold, -- I suppose my Uncle Tom will
tomorrow and I shall {^send} this letter by him – I think
papa will take me with him to {?Gatoache} when
he fetches Tom home – Joseph Turner is
gone to school again, - I saw Richard Roberts
the other day he was very well – how does
your Mother, - we are all very well here –
give my love to Miss Hannah Roberts –
and to your Mother, - farewell I am
your affectionate Cousin
Betsy Hatfield
[new page]
Miss M Nicholson
Gateacre
Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 3 February 1799
Thanking her for her letter, providing an update on Jonathan's progress, she is unable to go to Church because she has a cold, so she went to sit with her Aunt Mary [Boardman 145] instead, providing a very brief update of mutual friends and acquaintances.
Nicholson Family Papers
MSS 1041 1799 (44)
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
1799
2
3
Feby 3 1799
Travis Isle [Manchester, Lancashire, England]
Miss M Nicholson, Gateacre Liverpool [England]
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Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 3 February 1799, 321799: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Nicholson Family Papers, MSS 1041 1799 (44)
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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.