589 - Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 21 October 1800
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1800
Dear Maryann
As my Father is
going to Liverpool I
thought I would write to
you by him. Miss Rob
erts has been to Kidder
minster give my love
to Tom and tell him
that he did not keep
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his promise of not writ
ing to me as I had a
letter from him the o
ther day and will an
swer it soon. Jonathan
sends his love to you
and I send more to
Bessey and James,
the weather is very
wet this morning
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so that we cannot
go out to bowl our
hoops my Grand
father is nearly well
he went to Chapel
last Sunday for
the first time since
his illness – we all
send our love to you
and believe me yr Affecte Cousin
Bessey Hatfield
[change hand] Miss M A Hicholson
Gateacre
[Note that this wrapper has pencil drawings of houses on it]
1800
Dear Maryann
As my Father is
going to Liverpool I
thought I would write to
you by him. Miss Rob
erts has been to Kidder
minster give my love
to Tom and tell him
that he did not keep
[new page]
his promise of not writ
ing to me as I had a
letter from him the o
ther day and will an
swer it soon. Jonathan
sends his love to you
and I send more to
Bessey and James,
the weather is very
wet this morning
[new page]
so that we cannot
go out to bowl our
hoops my Grand
father is nearly well
he went to Chapel
last Sunday for
the first time since
his illness – we all
send our love to you
and believe me yr Affecte Cousin
Bessey Hatfield
[change hand] Miss M A Hicholson
Gateacre
[Note that this wrapper has pencil drawings of houses on it]
Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 21 October 1800
Her father is coming to Liverpool so he will bring her letter to Mary-Ann, describing the wet weather, Grandfather is getting better and has been well enough to go to Chapel for the first time since his illness.
Nicholson Family Papers
MSS 1041 1800 (62)
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
1800
10
21
21 Oct 1800
Travis Isle [Manchester, Lancashire, England]
Miss M A Nicholson, Gateacre [Liverpool, Lancashire, England]
To Cite this Letter
Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 21 October 1800, 21101800: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Nicholson Family Papers, MSS 1041 1800 (62)
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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.