608 - Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 14 February 1802
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Travis Isle Feby 14th 1802
Dear Mary Ann
I wish your Father had
brought you with him when
he came to Manchester have you
finished reading the Spectator
yet, I think you write very short
letters, I wish you would make
them a little longer, have you
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been to Liverpool lately – I
have been covering a pincu
shion for my Cousin
Holmes she is on a visit at
Travis Mill – Mr and Mrs
Griffiths are very well
we have had very frosty
weather here have you learned
to slide on the ice, I think it
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is a very pleasant amusem{^ent}
I am learning to net and
I like it very well – the crocuses
are pushing out of the ground
but are not in flower yet,
Miss Roberts sends her love
to you – does Thomas grow
much, please to write to me
again soon from yr Affecte Cousin
E Hatfield
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[change hand] Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
Dear Mary Ann
I wish your Father had
brought you with him when
he came to Manchester have you
finished reading the Spectator
yet, I think you write very short
letters, I wish you would make
them a little longer, have you
[new page]
been to Liverpool lately – I
have been covering a pincu
shion for my Cousin
Holmes she is on a visit at
Travis Mill – Mr and Mrs
Griffiths are very well
we have had very frosty
weather here have you learned
to slide on the ice, I think it
[new page]
is a very pleasant amusem{^ent}
I am learning to net and
I like it very well – the crocuses
are pushing out of the ground
but are not in flower yet,
Miss Roberts sends her love
to you – does Thomas grow
much, please to write to me
again soon from yr Affecte Cousin
E Hatfield
[new page]
[change hand] Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
Travis Isle Feby 14th 1802
Dear Mary Ann
I wish your Father had
brought you with him when
he came to Manchester have you
finished reading the Spectator
yet, I think you write very short
letters, I wish you would make
them a little longer, have you
[new page]
been to Liverpool lately – I
have been covering a pincu
shion for my Cousin
Holmes she is on a visit at
Travis Mill – Mr and Mrs
Griffiths are very well
we have had very frosty
weather here have you learned
to slide on the ice, I think it
[new page]
is a very pleasant amusem{^ent}
I am learning to net and
I like it very well – the crocuses
are pushing out of the ground
but are not in flower yet,
Miss Roberts sends her love
to you – does Thomas grow
much, please to write to me
again soon from yr Affecte Cousin
E Hatfield
[new page]
[change hand] Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
Dear Mary Ann
I wish your Father had
brought you with him when
he came to Manchester have you
finished reading the Spectator
yet, I think you write very short
letters, I wish you would make
them a little longer, have you
[new page]
been to Liverpool lately – I
have been covering a pincu
shion for my Cousin
Holmes she is on a visit at
Travis Mill – Mr and Mrs
Griffiths are very well
we have had very frosty
weather here have you learned
to slide on the ice, I think it
[new page]
is a very pleasant amusem{^ent}
I am learning to net and
I like it very well – the crocuses
are pushing out of the ground
but are not in flower yet,
Miss Roberts sends her love
to you – does Thomas grow
much, please to write to me
again soon from yr Affecte Cousin
E Hatfield
[new page]
[change hand] Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
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Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 14 February 1802
Complaining that she writes very short letters, and asking if Mary-Ann has been to Liverpool lately, they have had frosty weather and have been sliding on the ice, describing the garden to her.
Nicholson Family Papers
MSS 1041 1802 (72)
John Rylands Library
1802
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Feby 14th 1802
Travis Isle
[Manchester, Lancashire, England]
Miss M A Nicholson, Gateacre
[Liverpool, Lancashire, England]
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- happy
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- positive
throughout (inconsistent)
21-40%
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Person: Elizabeth Hatfield
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- gifting
- making
- recreation
separation
childhood
- affection
- amused
- hopeful
- regret
cold
- environment
- weather
- winter
Person: Mary-Ann Nicholson
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Dear Mary Ann
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- reading
- writing