566 - Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 3 February 1799
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[damaged] {?}ravis Isles Feby 3 1799
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 willcome go
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
[damaged] {?}ravis Isles Feby 3 1799
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 willcome go
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
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
Details
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
1799
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Feby 3 1799
Travis Isle [Manchester, Lancashire, England]
Miss M Nicholson, Gateacre Liverpool [England]
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Person: Elizabeth Hatfield
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- sitting
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- a cold
- illness
unwell
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- grateful
- love
Person: Jonathan Hatfield
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other
travel
build
childhood
religious meeting