616 - Thomas Nicholson to Mary-Ann, Elizabeth, and James Nicholson, 10 June 1803
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Friday
My dear Mary Ann Elizabeth & James
I got well hither yesterday about 8 oClock in
the evening through constant rain from Wigan
with being much wet & find no inconvenience
this morning our friends here are all well it
has rained heavily for 24 hours now at 11 oClock.
My Bror Jonan & I shall proceed on our way
After dinner, you my Children your Brothers &
Sister, furnish me constant solicitude and
pleasure, and you will make my happy by
being very attentive and obedient to Miss Roberts
instruction & direction which I don’t doubt you
will as you are now sensible of the beauty
and advantage of right conduct – Miss Roberts is
well, & the family of Mr Rd Roberts also Mr John is
returned home {?by} Coach I did not see him, he had
left all well at Kidderminster – Messrs Davy & Roberts
& their family intend returning to England I hear
Tell Miss Hannah Roberts – The Chimney Sweeper
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promised me to be at Gateacre by six oClock yes=
=terday morning – Give my love to Miss Roberts
& let me hear from you to Houghton in one
letter & Miss Roberts will inclose it a letter to
me as I hope to hear from her
I am ever my dear Children
Your affectionate Father
Thos Nicholson
Your cousin Hannah desires her love
Friday
My dear Mary Ann Elizabeth & James
I got well hither yesterday about 8 oClock in
the evening through constant rain from Wigan
with being much wet & find no inconvenience
this morning our friends here are all well it
has rained heavily for 24 hours now at 11 oClock.
My Bror Jonan & I shall proceed on our way
After dinner, you my Children your Brothers &
Sister, furnish me constant solicitude and
pleasure, and you will make my happy by
being very attentive and obedient to Miss Roberts
instruction & direction which I don’t doubt you
will as you are now sensible of the beauty
and advantage of right conduct – Miss Roberts is
well, & the family of Mr Rd Roberts also Mr John is
returned home {?by} Coach I did not see him, he had
left all well at Kidderminster – Messrs Davy & Roberts
& their family intend returning to England I hear
Tell Miss Hannah Roberts – The Chimney Sweeper
[new page]
promised me to be at Gateacre by six oClock yes=
=terday morning – Give my love to Miss Roberts
& let me hear from you to Houghton in one
letter & Miss Roberts will inclose it a letter to
me as I hope to hear from her
I am ever my dear Children
Your affectionate Father
Thos Nicholson
Your cousin Hannah desires her love
Thomas Nicholson to Mary-Ann, Elizabeth, and James Nicholson, 10 June 1803
Telling them about his journey and the wet weather, telling them how happy they will make him if their are attentive and obedient to Miss Roberts and hoping that they understand the value of good conduct, providing some domestic details including the day the chimney sweeper has said he will come.
Nicholson Family Papers
MSS 1041 1803 (81)
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
1803
6
10
10 June 1803
Travis Isle
[Manchester, Lancashire, England]
[unknown, England]
primary author
- dining
- travel
safe
- happy
- love
- love (parental)
- disposition
- virtuous
weather
- fatherhood
- parenthood
primary addressee
youth
- disposition
- duty
- education
- personal blessings
- virtuous
primary addressee
youth
- disposition
- duty
- education
- personal blessings
- virtuous
primary addressee
youth
- disposition
- duty
- education
- personal blessings
- virtuous
To Cite this Letter
Thomas Nicholson to Mary-Ann, Elizabeth, and James Nicholson, 10 June 1803, 1061803: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Nicholson Family Papers, MSS 1041 1803 (81)
To Cite this Edition
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.