[Note: written in shaky hand]
Houghton April 6 1804
My Dear Maryann
It always gives me
Great pleasure to Receive a Letter from
you, or my Dear Betsy, the Reason I
wrote to your Father latly, was about
Business which I hope with another
Journey or Two, he will be able to
Finish, I am sorry to Take him so much
from his Business & Family, you know
my Dear I am Far advanced in years
& can’t Doo without Assistance.
You are very kind in wishing me
To Come, are you aware that an old
Person will Require waiting upon,
will my Dear Maryann & Betsey Doo
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it with pleasure, I have very long been
striving to prevent the peevishness that
often attends upon old people how far
I have succeeded you will be able to
Judge when I come amongst you,
you my Dears are Both young,
the sooner you begin to Govern your
passions, the more easy you {^will} find it
this Government of the temper which
I am speaking off, will prepare {^you} for Living
or Dying in Peace, I Long to see my Dear
Little Dorithy, I hope you will all be
a Comfort to your Father, Having Lost
a mother a Double Duty falls to his share
I hope you that are coming to years
of Discretion will make it your study
to oblige your Father
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Betty as well as I have Been very much
Disappointe’d we coud not have your Company
when the weather is Better, we may have
that pleasure, before I leave Houghton,
Perhaps your Uncle Hatfield will Bring
One of you with them, I have sent you
a Pocket Book that was your Aunts
a Couple of {?scopes}, one for Miss
Roberts the other for Betsy, Barley
Shuger is for the Younger Branches
Miss Baiten is at Darfield, Miss Sanderson
Always Enquires after you, your
Father will bring the stockings with
I think there is one pair will fit
Miss Roberts with my kind Respect
accept my Dear Maryann of my
Kindest Affections to your self your
Brothers & Sisters, Believe me to Be
Your Loving Grandmother Ann Hatfield
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Miss Nicholson
Gateacre
Near Liverpool

[Note: written in shaky hand]
Houghton April 6 1804
My Dear Maryann
It always gives me
Great pleasure to Receive a Letter from
you, or my Dear Betsy, the Reason I
wrote to your Father latly, was about
Business which I hope with another
Journey or Two, he will be able to
Finish, I am sorry to Take him so much
from his Business & Family, you know
my Dear I am Far advanced in years
& can’t Doo without Assistance.
You are very kind in wishing me
To Come, are you aware that an old
Person will Require waiting upon,
will my Dear Maryann & Betsey Doo
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it with pleasure, I have very long been
striving to prevent the peevishness that
often attends upon old people how far
I have succeeded you will be able to
Judge when I come amongst you,
you my Dears are Both young,
the sooner you begin to Govern your
passions, the more easy you {^will} find it
this Government of the temper which
I am speaking off, will prepare {^you} for Living
or Dying in Peace, I Long to see my Dear
Little Dorithy, I hope you will all be
a Comfort to your Father, Having Lost
a mother a Double Duty falls to his share
I hope you that are coming to years
of Discretion will make it your study
to oblige your Father
[new page]
Betty as well as I have Been very much
Disappointe’d we coud not have your Company
when the weather is Better, we may have
that pleasure, before I leave Houghton,
Perhaps your Uncle Hatfield will Bring
One of you with them, I have sent you
a Pocket Book that was your Aunts
a Couple of {?scopes}, one for Miss
Roberts the other for Betsy, Barley
Shuger is for the Younger Branches
Miss Baiten is at Darfield, Miss Sanderson
Always Enquires after you, your
Father will bring the stockings with
I think there is one pair will fit
Miss Roberts with my kind Respect
accept my Dear Maryann of my
Kindest Affections to your self your
Brothers & Sisters, Believe me to Be
Your Loving Grandmother Ann Hatfield
[new page]
Miss Nicholson
Gateacre
Near Liverpool