674 - Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 19 September 1804
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1804
Dear Cousin
Your Grandmothers
return to Gateacre, favours me
with an opportunity of writing
to you by her; to thank you for your last letter; which was
very acceptable to me, My Fa=
=ther is gone to Harrogate; we
have received a letter from him
since he went; and answered it
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by the return of Post
Mrs Shawcross of Gorton, dined here
yesterday she was very well after
her Journey to Liverpool.
My Aunt thinks you are very
poor Correspondents; to allow so many
opportunities (for sending letters to
Manchester) pass unnoticed.
There is a new Repository opened
in Manchester, I have made five
Bead Necklaces for it, three of
which are sold: But this is only
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work that I do out of school hours
so that I have not much time
for them. I am making
a set of Shirts for my Father
I am not frequently without
this kind of work. Tree
leaves are falling very fast; and
warn us of approaching Winter
but the fine Weather that still
continues will lengthen the sum=
=mer very considerably. I am
Yr Affectionate Cousin, E Hatfield
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Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
Near
Liverpool
1804
Dear Cousin
Your Grandmothers
return to Gateacre, favours me
with an opportunity of writing
to you by her; to thank you for your last letter; which was
very acceptable to me, My Fa=
=ther is gone to Harrogate; we
have received a letter from him
since he went; and answered it
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by the return of Post
Mrs Shawcross of Gorton, dined here
yesterday she was very well after
her Journey to Liverpool.
My Aunt thinks you are very
poor Correspondents; to allow so many
opportunities (for sending letters to
Manchester) pass unnoticed.
There is a new Repository opened
in Manchester, I have made five
Bead Necklaces for it, three of
which are sold: But this is only
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work that I do out of school hours
so that I have not much time
for them. I am making
a set of Shirts for my Father
I am not frequently without
this kind of work. Tree
leaves are falling very fast; and
warn us of approaching Winter
but the fine Weather that still
continues will lengthen the sum=
=mer very considerably. I am
Yr Affectionate Cousin, E Hatfield
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Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
Near
Liverpool
Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 19 September 1804
Thanking her for her letter, her father has gone to Harrogate, providing details of various visitors to the house, complaining that the Nicholson family are poor correspondents, she has made five bead necklaces and has sold three at the new Repository in Manchester, she is also making a set of shirts for her father, describing the tree leaves falling and the approach of winter
Nicholson Family Papers
MSS 1041 1804 (114)
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
1804
9
19
Sepr 19 1804
Travis Isle
[Manchester, Lancashire, England]
Miss M A Nicholson, Gateacre, near Liverpool
[Lancashire, England]
To Cite this Letter
Elizabeth Hatfield to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 19 September 1804, 1991804: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Nicholson Family Papers, MSS 1041 1804 (114)
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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.