596 - Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 25 December 1801
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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 Mrs Jonn Hatfield
[original hand] me yr Affecti Cousin
Elizabeth Hatfield
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 Mrs Jonn Hatfield
[original hand] me yr Affecti Cousin
Elizabeth Hatfield
Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 25 December 1801
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.
Nicholson Family Papers
MSS 1041 1801 (70)
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
1801
12
25
25 Decbr 1801
Travis Isle [Manchester, Lancashire, England]
Miss M A Nicholson, Gateacre, near Liverpool
Favoured by Mrs Jon Hatfield
[Liverpool, Lancashire, England]
To Cite this Letter
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.