595 - Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 24 October 1801
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1801
Dear Mary Ann
We had a very
pleasant time at Har
rogate, Tom is got
very well again he
rides out every day
we are going to have
an hot house built
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I dare say you were
glad to see James
at home again. I
wish your Father
had brought you
with him here, how
do you like dancing
we have left off at
present I suppose
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My Father will have
left Gateacre before
you get this letter.
What work are you
doing now I am
just finishing a
set of shirts for my
Father and when I
have done {^them} I shall
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begin to knit a pair
of stockings for my
[change hand] Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
[original hand] self Adieu from yr
Affectinte Cousin E Hatfield
1801
Dear Mary Ann
We had a very
pleasant time at Har
rogate, Tom is got
very well again he
rides out every day
we are going to have
an hot house built
[new page]
I dare say you were
glad to see James
at home again. I
wish your Father
had brought you
with him here, how
do you like dancing
we have left off at
present I suppose
[new page]
My Father will have
left Gateacre before
you get this letter.
What work are you
doing now I am
just finishing a
set of shirts for my
Father and when I
have done {^them} I shall
[new page]
begin to knit a pair
of stockings for my
[change hand] Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
[original hand] self Adieu from yr
Affectinte Cousin E Hatfield
Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 24 October 1801
They have had a pleasant time at Harrogate, Tom's health is improved, they are building a hot house, enquiring after their dancing lessons, and providing an update on her sewing as she is just finishing a set of shirts for her father.
Nicholson Family Papers
MSS 1041 1801 (69)
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
1801
10
24
24 Octbe 1801
Travis Isle [Manchester, Lancashire, England]
Miss M A Nicholson, Gateacre [Liverpool, Lancashire, England]
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Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 24 October 1801, 24101801: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Nicholson Family Papers, MSS 1041 1801 (69)
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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.