Gateacre 23^rd Feb^y 1807
H Nicholson to M A N
[change hand]
My Dear Mary Ann
How do you like
Warrington. M^r Griffiths & M^r
Tho^s Turner came here on Thursday,
M^r Griffiths went today.
The calf is grown a very big calf.
The duck has laid a great many
eggs, my Father M^r G & M^r T
have had some of them to break=
=fast. M^r Griffiths’ leg is better.
The two other ducks do not lay
any eggs. Will you bring
some toffee home, when you come.
It is time to sow beans & Peas.
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The crocus & snowdrops are all
out.
The catkins are falling off the
nut trees. Bessey & I got some
catkins when we came down
Wootton lane one day.
It {^is} a very fine day to day.
M^r Weston is getting a wall build
going up Gateacre brow.
Father M^r G & M^r T went to
Liverpool on Saturday.
I have sown some scarlet beans.
I have put some Lupins under
Glasses, but they are not come up
yet - I shall sow some beans &
peas to day.
The Arrow root has done Tom Walpole
a deal of good.
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The Gooseberries & currans are coming
into leaf.
M^r Bibby will take the Oak
trees down before our garden wall
The Country will look very nice
when you come home.
The carnations are sprouting & the
pinks. The trees at the top of
the lane are cut down.
I have given my old garden to
James.
My Apple trees grown a little
bit bigger – John says I must
not transplant it till next year.
M^r G has had a crop of peas
& strawberries in his garden.
The Jessamine trees want cropping
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we cannot get any Oak on the 29^th
of May from the trees that are in
our Lane, because they will be down.

Miss Nicholson
Miss Mangnalls
Bussey Street
Warrington
I do not think the pear tree by
the garden door will ever bear any
pears. The Strawberry beds are
full of weeds – M^r Bibby won’t
take that little Ash tree up
Mr^r Lace will have improved his house
[vertical right margin] very much by [damaged] come home
Goodbye. I am your brother
Hatfield Nicholson Goodbye

Gateacre 23^rd Feb^y 1807
H Nicholson to M A N
[change hand]
My Dear Mary Ann
How do you like
Warrington. M^r Griffiths & M^r
Tho^s Turner came here on Thursday,
M^r Griffiths went today.
The calf is grown a very big calf.
The duck has laid a great many
eggs, my Father M^r G & M^r T
have had some of them to break=
=fast. M^r Griffiths’ leg is better.
The two other ducks do not lay
any eggs. Will you bring
some toffee home, when you come.
It is time to sow beans & Peas.
[new page]
The crocus & snowdrops are all
out.
The catkins are falling off the
nut trees. Bessey & I got some
catkins when we came down
Wootton lane one day.
It {^is} a very fine day to day.
M^r Weston is getting a wall build
going up Gateacre brow.
Father M^r G & M^r T went to
Liverpool on Saturday.
I have sown some scarlet beans.
I have put some Lupins under
Glasses, but they are not come up
yet - I shall sow some beans &
peas to day.
The Arrow root has done Tom Walpole
a deal of good.
[new page]
The Gooseberries & currans are coming
into leaf.
M^r Bibby will take the Oak
trees down before our garden wall
The Country will look very nice
when you come home.
The carnations are sprouting & the
pinks. The trees at the top of
the lane are cut down.
I have given my old garden to
James.
My Apple trees grown a little
bit bigger – John says I must
not transplant it till next year.
M^r G has had a crop of peas
& strawberries in his garden.
The Jessamine trees want cropping
[new page]
we cannot get any Oak on the 29^th
of May from the trees that are in
our Lane, because they will be down.

Miss Nicholson
Miss Mangnalls
Bussey Street
Warrington
I do not think the pear tree by
the garden door will ever bear any
pears. The Strawberry beds are
full of weeds – M^r Bibby won’t
take that little Ash tree up
Mr^r Lace will have improved his house
[vertical right margin] very much by [damaged] come home
Goodbye. I am your brother
Hatfield Nicholson Goodbye