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Travis Isle 25 Dec^br
1801
Dear Mary Ann
It wants so
long a time to Mid
summer that I do not
know whether we
shall come to fetch
[new page]
Tom home or not
our Hot house is not
finished yet it is such
wet weather that
the men cannot go
on with it I am
reading the History
[new page]
of Columbus I think
it is a very nice book
I shall send this letter
by my Father who
is going to Liverpool
today – please to
write to me soon
Tom and Jonathan
[new page]
send their love to you
Adieu and believe
[change hand] Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre, near
Liverpool
Favoured by M^rs Jonⁿ Hatfield
[original hand] me y^r Affec^ti Cousin
Elizabeth Hatfield

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Title

Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 25 December 1801

Summary

Providing an update on the slow progress of the hot house, she has been reading a History of Columbus, asking Mary-Ann to write to her soon.

Collection

Nicholson Family Papers

Item Number

MSS 1041 1801 (70)

Repository

John Rylands Library, University of Manchester

Sent Date (year)

1801

Sent Date (month)

12

Sent Date (day)

25

Sent Date as Given

25 Decbr 1801

Location: Sent from

Travis Isle [Manchester, Lancashire, England]

Location: Sent to

Miss M A Nicholson, Gateacre, near Liverpool
Favoured by Mrs Jon Hatfield
[Liverpool, Lancashire, England]

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Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 25 December 1801, 25121801: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Nicholson Family Papers, MSS 1041 1801 (70)

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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.

596 - Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 25 December 1801

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