Travis Isle 11 May 1806
Dear Mary Ann
I am afraid you will think me
negligent for not writing to you sooner
to thank you for your kind present, which
I received by Tom but I now take an
opportunity of writing to you by Miss
Jane Fletcher who returns to Liverpool
on Tuesday. We have just received a
letter from Bessey who is very well.
She mentions Robert and James Board=
=man having been at Chester I daresay
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she would be very glad to see them.
We have had very warm weather lately
one night there was a great deal of Thunder
and Lightning which cooled the air very
much. I suppose you have not been at
the Park since Robert Nicholson went
there, it is about a fortnight since he left
Manchester. We have a great show for
fruit this year especially for Apples and
Pears. I am {^afraid} R Boardman will be
disappointed of his dog Amphirite having
killed all her whelps but one, and that I
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fear we shall not be able to rear.
I suppose my Aunt Hatfield and Uncle
T. Nicholson will be coming to Man=
=chester soon. I shall be glad to hear
from you when they come.
I believe M^r Griffiths has had an accident
with his leg which confines him to the
house. I have no more news to commu=
=nicate at present. Adieu! From your
Affectionate Cousin
Jonathan Hatfield Jun^r
[change hand] Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
Near Liverpool
[change hand] Travis Isle 11^th May 1806
Jonathan Hatfield to M A N
Rec^d May 13^th

Travis Isle 11 May 1806
Dear Mary Ann
I am afraid you will think me
negligent for not writing to you sooner
to thank you for your kind present, which
I received by Tom but I now take an
opportunity of writing to you by Miss
Jane Fletcher who returns to Liverpool
on Tuesday. We have just received a
letter from Bessey who is very well.
She mentions Robert and James Board=
=man having been at Chester I daresay
[new page]
she would be very glad to see them.
We have had very warm weather lately
one night there was a great deal of Thunder
and Lightning which cooled the air very
much. I suppose you have not been at
the Park since Robert Nicholson went
there, it is about a fortnight since he left
Manchester. We have a great show for
fruit this year especially for Apples and
Pears. I am {^afraid} R Boardman will be
disappointed of his dog Amphirite having
killed all her whelps but one, and that I
[new page]
fear we shall not be able to rear.
I suppose my Aunt Hatfield and Uncle
T. Nicholson will be coming to Man=
=chester soon. I shall be glad to hear
from you when they come.
I believe M^r Griffiths has had an accident
with his leg which confines him to the
house. I have no more news to commu=
=nicate at present. Adieu! From your
Affectionate Cousin
Jonathan Hatfield Jun^r
[change hand] Miss M A Nicholson
Gateacre
Near Liverpool
[change hand] Travis Isle 11^th May 1806
Jonathan Hatfield to M A N
Rec^d May 13^th