Houghton 9^th Oct^br 1803
As I have Receiv’d Letters from my Dear
MaryAnn & Betsy, I shall include them
Both in this, in the first place I must Thank
My Dear Betsy for the very pretty work
Bag, the purse Mary Ann sent me hath been
much admir’d I don’t Dout but this will be,
I can’t help shewing them to my Friends,
when they Enquire after you, as they very
often Doo, your Dear Mother was very well
known here.
Your Uncle Hatfield surpri=
=z’d us Last night my sister was talking
of going to Bed, she continues much as
she hath been for some time, very Lame,
her appetite is Good it preserves her Life
but she Doth not Gain Strength, I was Glad
to hear by your Uncle that you was all
[new page]
Better, he saith his son Continues poorly,
Miss Canby tells your Cousin Hannah Hatfield
Dorothy is like me, from that I suppose
She is Like MaryAnn, as they always said
She was Like me, it is of Little Significa
=tion who they are Like if they are but
Good, Beauty will Fade with time but Good=
=ness Endures to the End of this Life, & prepares
us for Happiness in the world to come.
I have sent the stockings I mention’d there is
one pair of socks for my Dear Thomas we
had not wash’d since they was Done, when
you write you must Let me know if they
Large Enough, Maryann must be Grown
Very much, if the pattern that is come is
not too Large, we have Been very Much Disappoint=
=ed your Cousin did not come, the Days
are so short she did not Care to Engage,
the Winter is Coming on very fast,
[new page]
this white worsit will be Good work for me
this Dark weather, it is very pretty worsit
much finer than those stockings I have sent
I have found the other Little Red {?Bottom} for
Winding Thread upon, here is a necklace
that was your Aunts we Don’t wear such
things now, Give my Love to your
Father & all the Little ones accept
The same your selves from your
Affect^te Grandmother Ann Hatfield
My kind respects to Miss Roberts
[new page]
Maryann & Betsey
Nicholson

Houghton 9^th Oct^br 1803
As I have Receiv’d Letters from my Dear
MaryAnn & Betsy, I shall include them
Both in this, in the first place I must Thank
My Dear Betsy for the very pretty work
Bag, the purse Mary Ann sent me hath been
much admir’d I don’t Doubt but this will be,
I can’t help shewing them to my Friends,
when they Enquire after you, as they very
often Doo, your Dear Mother was very well
known here.
Your Uncle Hatfield surpri=
=z’d us Last night my sister was talking
of going to Bed, she continues much as
she hath been for some time, very Lame,
her appetite is Good it preserves her Life
but she Doth not Gain Strength, I was Glad
to hear by your Uncle that you was all
[new page]
Better, he saith his son Continues poorly,
Miss Canby tells your Cousin Hannah Hatfield
Dorothy is like me, from that I suppose
She is Like MaryAnn, as they always said
She was Like me, it is of Little Significa
=tion who they are Like if they are but
Good, Beauty will Fade with time but Good=
=ness Endures to the End of this Life, & prepares
us for Happiness in the world to come.
I have sent the stockings I mention’d there is
one pair of socks for my Dear Thomas we
had not wash’d since they was Done, when
you write you must Let me know if they
Large Enough, Maryann must be Grown
Very much, if the pattern that is come is
not too Large, we have Been very Much Disappoint=
=ed your Cousin did not come, the Days
are so short she did not Care to Engage,
the Winter is Coming on very fast,
[new page]
this white worsted will be Good work for me
this Dark weather, it is very pretty worsted
much finer than those stockings I have sent
I have found the other Little Red {?Bottom} for
Winding Thread upon, here is a necklace
that was your Aunts we Don’t wear such
things now, Give my Love to your
Father & all the Little ones accept
The same your selves from your
Affect^te Grandmother Ann Hatfield
My kind respects to Miss Roberts
[new page]
Maryann & Betsey
Nicholson