Park Feb^y 25^th 1805
My dear Mary Ann
It afforded me no small de=
=gree of pleasure to hear from you, & to be assured
Of the good health of you, & all your dear brothers
& sisters, of whom I often think & shall at any time
(you or Betsey feel disposed) be glad to hear from
you; I was sorry to hear that Betsey had been
visited by her old winter companion the chilblain,
but hopes the late mile weather we have {^had} has
entirely removed them, & that she has been able to
enjoy it. I suppose my dear little Dorothy begins
to make attempts in the talking way, which will
make her every day more & more engaging, it will
give me pleasure to hear any little anecdotes of
her, when you write to me, the youngest little girl
of M^rs Philips’ often reminds me of Dorothy, altho’
she is not to me near so interesting a child as my
little favourite. Will you give my dear love to Hatfield
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& Thomas, & tell them I think they woud enjoy ram=
=bling about in the woods which surround M^r Ps house
& through which he has cut many pleasant walks,
the Robins have been so tame in them, as to feed
many times ofit of the childrens hands, which gave
the latter much pleasure, & I thought if Hatfield
& Thomas had been of the party, they would have
enjoyed it as much {^as} any of them. I have just
been reading Agrippina, & am not surprised you
shoud feel {^much} pleasure from the perusal of it, as I
think it is a very interesting work {^&} rendered very instruct=
=tive by the correct & good sentiments of the author
Introduced throughout the work. I think {^you} will
Be pleased with the inclosed little piece, written
By M^r Roscoe, perhaps you have see it ‘ere this
But I was so much pleased with it myself, that
I coud not resist the inclination I felt to send it
you, altho’ you {^are} nearer the author than myself yet
it is possible you may not have seen it. I hope your
grandmother continues to enjoy a good state of health
[new page]
& her usual good spirits, will you beg my respects to
her, & say I am sorry she has not got the wool she is
in want of, I wrote my father about it as soon as
came to Manch^r but the canals were so long frozen
that when my brother was here the week before last
they had not been able to send any goods for {^a} consider=
=able time, but I hope now the weather is become mild it
will arrive before long & I will take {^care} to send it by the
first opportunity, I wish I may be able to send it
by M^r R Philips who will convey this letter to Liverpool
I had the pleasure of seeing M^rs Holmes at
M^rs Hatfields before she went into Yorkshire, but was
sorry to see her so thin & delicate, she had a cold which has
perhaps affected her looks; I am obliged to you for send=
=ding my maps & saisons, but was sorry you troubled
Yourself to send the latter as I think they justly be=
=longed to the person who found them, & they {^would} have been
quite welcome to them, I was indeed surprised to hear
of the place where they were found, & cannot conceive
how we coud work over without perceiving them. Pray
remember me affectionately to your father, brothers & sisters
accept the same yrself from yr affecte friend H Roberts
[new page]
Please beg my kind respects of M^r & M^rs Shepperd, M<sup>rRawson, & Mrs Whitwekk when you see them

[change hand] Park Feby 25th 1805
H Roberts to M A N
Rec:d March 4th
Ans:d 13th April
Mr Thos Nicholson
No 19 Castle Ditch for
Miss Mary-Ann Nicholson
Gateacre near
Liverpool</sup>

Park Feb^y 25^th 1805
My dear Mary Ann
It afforded me no small de=
=gree of pleasure to hear from you, & to be assured
Of the good health of you, & all your dear brothers
& sisters, of whom I often think & shall at any time
(you or Betsey feel disposed) be glad to hear from
you; I was sorry to hear that Betsey had been
visited by her old winter companion the chilblain,
but hopes the late mile weather we have {^had} has
entirely removed them, & that she has been able to
enjoy it. I suppose my dear little Dorothy begins
to make attempts in the talking way, which will
make her every day more & more engaging, it will
give me pleasure to hear any little anecdotes of
her, when you write to me, the youngest little girl
of M^rs Philips’ often reminds me of Dorothy, altho’
she is not to me near so interesting a child as my
little favourite. Will you give my dear love to Hatfield
[new page]
& Thomas, & tell them I think they woud enjoy ram=
=bling about in the woods which surround M^r Ps house
& through which he has cut many pleasant walks,
the Robins have been so tame in them, as to feed
many times ofit of the childrens hands, which gave
the latter much pleasure, & I thought if Hatfield
& Thomas had been of the party, they would have
enjoyed it as much {^as} any of them. I have just
been reading Agrippina, & am not surprised you
shoud feel {^much} pleasure from the perusal of it, as I
think it is a very interesting work {^&} rendered very instruct=
=tive by the correct & good sentiments of the author
Introduced throughout the work. I think {^you} will
Be pleased with the inclosed little piece, written
By M^r Roscoe, perhaps you have see it ‘ere this
But I was so much pleased with it myself, that
I coud not resist the inclination I felt to send it
you, altho’ you {^are} nearer the author than myself yet
it is possible you may not have seen it. I hope your
grandmother continues to enjoy a good state of health
[new page]
& her usual good spirits, will you beg my respects to
her, & say I am sorry she has not got the wool she is
in want of, I wrote my father about it as soon as
came to Manch^r but the canals were so long frozen
that when my brother was here the week before last
they had not been able to send any goods for {^a} consider=
=able time, but I hope now the weather is become mild it
will arrive before long & I will take {^care} to send it by the
first opportunity, I wish I may be able to send it
by M^r R Philips who will convey this letter to Liverpool
I had the pleasure of seeing M^rs Holmes at
M^rs Hatfields before she went into Yorkshire, but was
sorry to see her so thin & delicate, she had a cold which has
perhaps affected her looks; I am obliged to you for send=
=ding my maps & saisons, but was sorry you troubled
Yourself to send the latter as I think they justly be=
=longed to the person who found them, & they {^would} have been
quite welcome to them, I was indeed surprised to hear
of the place where they were found, & cannot conceive
how we coud work over without perceiving them. Pray
remember me affectionately to your father, brothers & sisters
accept the same yrself from yr affecte friend H Roberts
[new page]
Please beg my kind respects of M^r & M^rs Shepperd, M<sup>rRawson, & Mrs Whitwekk when you see them

[change hand] Park Feby 25th 1805
H Roberts to M A N
Rec:d March 4th
Ans:d 13th April
Mr Thos Nicholson
No 19 Castle Ditch for
Miss Mary-Ann Nicholson
Gateacre near
Liverpool</sup>