574 - Bessy Hatfield to Mary-Ann and Bessy Nicholson, 28 February 1800
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1800
My Dear Cousins
I am very much
obliged to you for the House
wife and Pincushion that
you sent me by my Father
they were both very
pretty. I am glad you
liked the Threadcases
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I believe my Father in
Tends all of us to come
And see you at Midsum-
-mer I shall like it very
much for I do not know
what kind of a house
you live in you
will think there are
great alterations here
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when you come again
Miss Roberts sends
Her love to you and
James, I expect James
will look very droll
in trousers what
Books are you read
-ing now – give my
love to all at home
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and believe me Dear
Maryann & Bessy
[change hand] Miss M A & E Nicholson
Gateacre
Favoured by Mrs Meably
[original hand] your Affectionate Cousin
Bessey Hatfield
1800
My Dear Cousins
I am very much
obliged to you for the House
wife and Pincushion that
you sent me by my Father
they were both very
pretty. I am glad you
liked the Threadcases
[new page]
I believe my Father in
Tends all of us to come
And see you at Midsum-
-mer I shall like it very
much for I do not know
what kind of a house
you live in you
will think there are
great alterations here
[new page]
when you come again
Miss Roberts sends
Her love to you and
James, I expect James
will look very droll
in trousers what
Books are you read
-ing now – give my
love to all at home
[new page]
and believe me Dear
Maryann & Bessy
[change hand] Miss M A & E Nicholson
Gateacre
Favoured by Mrs Meably
[original hand] your Affectionate Cousin
Bessey Hatfield
Bessy Hatfield to Mary-Ann and Bessy Nicholson, 28 February 1800
Thanking them for the gifts that they have made and sent, and hoping their like her reciprocal gift of a threadcase, looking forward to her visit to see them as she doesn't know what kind of house they live in, speculating on how droll James will look in long trousers.
Nicholson Family Papers
MSS 1041 1799 (52)
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
1800
2
28
Feby 28 1800
Travis Isle [Manchester, Lancashire, England]
Miss M A & E Nicholson, Gateacre, Favoured by Mrs Meably [Liverpool, Lancashire, England]
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Bessy Hatfield to Mary-Ann and Bessy Nicholson, 28 February 1800, 2821800: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Nicholson Family Papers, MSS 1041 1799 (52)
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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.