620 - Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 9 August 1803
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My Dear Mary Ann
I am ashamed for not hav=
=ing written to you before as I believe I am in your
debt one letter – I suppose you have heard of our Jour=
=ney to Blackpool we were there three weeks, all
but a day – we gathered a great number of shells on
the sands when we went there first there was very
little company but towards the latter end of our
stay they increased very fast – we bathed in the
Sea every other morning it was very pleasant
and I liked it much – We have three
bunches of Grapes in our Hot house two of them
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are nearly ripe, I wish your Father would
give you leave to come here that you may
partake with us – my Father, Brother Tom
and Mr J Turner are gone to Blakely Cha
pel today, the latter I believe, intends accom=
=panying Tom to Gateacre – Have you
read {?Kotzebue’s} exile into Siberia if you have
not I dare say Tom will lend it to you it is a
very entertaining book, - we shall not have
any Plumbs or Pears this year the blossom
having been frosted before the fruit was knit have
you much fruit in your garden – do you know
whether my Cousin Bessey Holmes intends
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coming to Manchester this Summer.
Jonathan goes to Mr Watts to learn to play on
the Violin, Mr Sudlon having taught him as
long as he could – have you been to Hale this
Summer to bathe – is Dorothy very well Mrs
Shepherd and my Cousin Millicent dined here
last Thursday they were to set off in the morning
for Gateacre – give my love to all my friends
there and accept the same yourself.
From your Affectionate Cousin
Elizabeth Hatfield
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Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
My Dear Mary Ann
I am ashamed for not hav=
=ing written to you before as I believe I am in your
debt one letter – I suppose you have heard of our Jour=
=ney to Blackpool we were there three weeks, all
but a day – we gathered a great number of shells on
the sands when we went there first there was very
little company but towards the latter end of our
stay they increased very fast – we bathed in the
Sea every other morning it was very pleasant
and I liked it much – We have three
bunches of Grapes in our Hot house two of them
[new page]
are nearly ripe, I wish your Father would
give you leave to come here that you may
partake with us – my Father, Brother Tom
and Mr J Turner are gone to Blakely Cha
pel today, the latter I believe, intends accom=
=panying Tom to Gateacre – Have you
read {?Kotzebue’s} exile into Siberia if you have
not I dare say Tom will lend it to you it is a
very entertaining book, - we shall not have
any Plumbs or Pears this year the blossom
having been frosted before the fruit was knit have
you much fruit in your garden – do you know
whether my Cousin Bessey Holmes intends
[new page]
coming to Manchester this Summer.
Jonathan goes to Mr Watts to learn to play on
the Violin, Mr Sudlon having taught him as
long as he could – have you been to Hale this
Summer to bathe – is Dorothy very well Mrs
Shepherd and my Cousin Millicent dined here
last Thursday they were to set off in the morning
for Gateacre – give my love to all my friends
there and accept the same yourself.
From your Affectionate Cousin
Elizabeth Hatfield
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Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 9 August 1803
Apologising for not writing sooner so that she is a letter in debt, providing details of their trip to Blackpool describing the shells on the beach and the bathing, they have three bunches of grapes in the hothouse, asking about her reading and recommending some books, commenting on the early frost and the impact it has had on their garden.
Nicholson Family Papers
MSS 1041 1803 (85)
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
1803
8
9
9th August 1803
Travis Isle
[Manchester, Lancashire, England]
Miss M A Nicholson, Gateacre
[Liverpool, Lancashire, England]
To Cite this Letter
Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 9 August 1803, 981803: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Nicholson Family Papers, MSS 1041 1803 (85)
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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.