609 - Jonathan Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson 5 May 1802
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Travis Isle 5th May 1802
Dear Mary Ann
I wish you would
write to me sometimes I shall send this
letter by Mrs Gore who is so good as to say
she will carry it for you. Mr Bolton
our dancing Master is going to have
a Ball the 27th of this month Bessey
and I are to dance at it – most of our
trees are out in blossom – Miss
Roberts Cousins are coming to
live in Manchester at a house
[new page]
near Salford. I wish your Father
would give you leave to come here
this summer we should be very
glad to see you. My Father has
brought a new whiskey horse it is
not so large as Dun but it draws
very well – have you seen my
Cousin Holmes lately – I hope
she is very well we expect her here
this summer – we take a walk in
a morning before breakfast
I have been writing a letter
[new page]
to James so that I have not
much to say to you – Miss Ro
berts sends her love to all of you
we go to see Mr Griffiths sometimes
his garden is kept very neat
Little Robert Nicholson is gown
a very fat boy Cousin Matt had
tea here on Monday he thinks
my Aunt Nicholson from the
Park will soon come to Manchstr
Farewell from yr Affectnte Cousin
Jonathan Hatfield Junr
[new page]
[change hand] Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
Dear Mary Ann
I wish you would
write to me sometimes I shall send this
letter by Mrs Gore who is so good as to say
she will carry it for you. Mr Bolton
our dancing Master is going to have
a Ball the 27th of this month Bessey
and I are to dance at it – most of our
trees are out in blossom – Miss
Roberts Cousins are coming to
live in Manchester at a house
[new page]
near Salford. I wish your Father
would give you leave to come here
this summer we should be very
glad to see you. My Father has
brought a new whiskey horse it is
not so large as Dun but it draws
very well – have you seen my
Cousin Holmes lately – I hope
she is very well we expect her here
this summer – we take a walk in
a morning before breakfast
I have been writing a letter
[new page]
to James so that I have not
much to say to you – Miss Ro
berts sends her love to all of you
we go to see Mr Griffiths sometimes
his garden is kept very neat
Little Robert Nicholson is gown
a very fat boy Cousin Matt had
tea here on Monday he thinks
my Aunt Nicholson from the
Park will soon come to Manchstr
Farewell from yr Affectnte Cousin
Jonathan Hatfield Junr
[new page]
[change hand] Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
Travis Isle 5th May 1802
Dear Mary Ann
I wish you would
write to me sometimes I shall send this
letter by Mrs Gore who is so good as to say
she will carry it for you. Mr Bolton
our dancing Master is going to have
a Ball the 27th of this month Bessey
and I are to dance at it – most of our
trees are out in blossom – Miss
Roberts Cousins are coming to
live in Manchester at a house
[new page]
near Salford. I wish your Father
would give you leave to come here
this summer we should be very
glad to see you. My Father has
brought a new whiskey horse it is
not so large as Dun but it draws
very well – have you seen my
Cousin Holmes lately – I hope
she is very well we expect her here
this summer – we take a walk in
a morning before breakfast
I have been writing a letter
[new page]
to James so that I have not
much to say to you – Miss Ro
berts sends her love to all of you
we go to see Mr Griffiths sometimes
his garden is kept very neat
Little Robert Nicholson is gown
a very fat boy Cousin Matt had
tea here on Monday he thinks
my Aunt Nicholson from the
Park will soon come to Manchstr
Farewell from yr Affectnte Cousin
Jonathan Hatfield Junr
[new page]
[change hand] Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
Dear Mary Ann
I wish you would
write to me sometimes I shall send this
letter by Mrs Gore who is so good as to say
she will carry it for you. Mr Bolton
our dancing Master is going to have
a Ball the 27th of this month Bessey
and I are to dance at it – most of our
trees are out in blossom – Miss
Roberts Cousins are coming to
live in Manchester at a house
[new page]
near Salford. I wish your Father
would give you leave to come here
this summer we should be very
glad to see you. My Father has
brought a new whiskey horse it is
not so large as Dun but it draws
very well – have you seen my
Cousin Holmes lately – I hope
she is very well we expect her here
this summer – we take a walk in
a morning before breakfast
I have been writing a letter
[new page]
to James so that I have not
much to say to you – Miss Ro
berts sends her love to all of you
we go to see Mr Griffiths sometimes
his garden is kept very neat
Little Robert Nicholson is gown
a very fat boy Cousin Matt had
tea here on Monday he thinks
my Aunt Nicholson from the
Park will soon come to Manchstr
Farewell from yr Affectnte Cousin
Jonathan Hatfield Junr
[new page]
[change hand] Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
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Jonathan Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson 5 May 1802
They are going to have a ball and he will dance with his sister, the trees are in blossom in their garden, father has purchased a new whisky horse, they walk before breakfast.
Nicholson Family Papers
MSS 1041 1802 (73)
John Rylands Library
1802
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5th May 1802
Travis Isle
[Manchester, Lancashire, England]
Miss M A Nicholson, Gateacre
[Liverpool, Lancashire, England]
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