Gateacre March [illeg]
1807
My dear Mary-Ann
I have not been to
Chapel today; I am staying at home
to take care of Dorothy, she has been
sick & unwell all day, therefore I thought
I would reply to your letter which I
Received with joy last night.
M^r & M^rs Meanley were in Lpool last
week, I thought they would perhaps
call on you, but I think if they had
you would have mentioned it –
I hope M^r & M^rs Holmes will see you,
As they pass through Warrington tomor=
[crosshatched]
I hope this letter will be more intelligible
than the last. Dorothy & I drank tea at
M^r Bibby’s on Thursday, James desires his
love to you & begs you will write to him
sometimes. My Father thought your last
letter was a Public one. M^rs Davies’s sister
does not come to live at Wootton, as she
interested. We have had some Westerly
weather lately; the first we have had
this Winter – M^r Whitwell has been
laid up 6 weeks with the rheumatism
or gout; All our Friends & neighbours hope
[new page]
married tomorrow, she & Miss B desired
me to remember them to you.
My Father has engaged another servant,
who will come in a week, [illeg] Ro=
=berts, & is sister in law to G^e Puke
M^r & M^rs Shepherd & M^rs J^os Ford go
to the Lancaster Assizes, which commence
the 11^th Instant – There were several
good Speeches made in the House of Commons
the 23^d Feb^y have you seen them? M^r
Roscoe was much applauded, but the
members would hardly hear Gen Gascoyne
My Grandmother has got from M^r
Shepherds Sir John Froysarts chronic=
Cles; a book translated from the French,
[new page]
by M^r Johnes of {?Hafod}, there are 4
very large volumes of it, which include
the history of the wars &c between the
reign of Edwards the 3^rd & Henry the
fourth, as far as we have gone, we like
it very well – I drank tea at M^r
Rawson’s last week, & played 12 games
of Chess with Her [illeg] she play as well
I have also looked in the book, & by what
I can learn there it follows the same
Rule, I am inclined to think I got
Both the games I played with M^r
g. My father called at M^rs Comber’s
when her cousin told us she had lost her
youngest girl, of water in the heart
[crosshatched]
and in Liverpool are well.
We all join in love to you, I hope
we shall hear from you again soon
I am ever your loving sister
Eliz^th Nicholson
[change hand]
My Dear Mary Ann
I now sit down to write to {^you} with
an empty pate but I will do my best to make [deleted] some
sort of a letter, hoping that you will treat me with one soon
My Father & I went to Lpool yesterday, we walked as the
horse was engaged in the field. We have got quit of one pest
since you went, & the house seems much more pleasant
as you will experience on that joyful day the 18^th June
Ann left us to day & as to be married tomorrow as Bessey tells
you above. I shall be glad to know why you wanted short bits of
pencil for I thought that if long ones had been sent you might
have made them shorter. My Uncle M Has subscribed to Miss
Brown’s Poems, for you & Bessey, as he told her when she was
There. There is another but a French account that they have
obtained another victory over the Russians but my Father
thinks & wishes they may all be drawn battles & hard fighting
because he thinks it will make them disposed to make peace.
I think it is time to close [deleted] because the paper is full &
my head is empty
So believe me your brother, Ja^s Nicholson
Farwell Sunday night past 8 o’clock
[new page]
We heard the Comet that was expected
to appear in February, had been seen
in Liverpool, but that those who saw
it, did not know in what part of the heavens

Miss Nicholson
Miss Mangnalls
Warrington

it was. Did you read the trial of Haleway
& Hagerly, for the murder of M^r Steele?
What French books do you use? I sup=
=pose you will be before me very soon
[change hand] Gateacre March 8
E Nicholson to M A N
Rec:^d 11 March 1807
Ans^d 4 April

Gateacre March [illeg]
1807
My dear Mary-Ann
I have not been to
Chapel today; I am staying at home
to take care of Dorothy, she has been
sick & unwell all day, therefore I thought
I would reply to your letter which I
Received with joy last night.
M^r & M^rs Meanley were in Lpool last
week, I thought they would perhaps
call on you, but I think if they had
you would have mentioned it –
I hope M^r & M^rs Holmes will see you,
As they pass through Warrington tomor=
[crosshatched]
I hope this letter will be more intelligible
than the last. Dorothy & I drank tea at
M^r Bibby’s on Thursday, James desires his
love to you & begs you will write to him
sometimes. My Father thought your last
letter was a Public one. M^rs Davies’s sister
does not come to live at Wootton, as she
interested. We have had some Westerly
weather lately; the first we have had
this Winter – M^r Whitwell has been
laid up 6 weeks with the rheumatism
or gout; All our Friends & neighbours hope
[new page]
married tomorrow, she & Miss B desired
me to remember them to you.
My Father has engaged another servant,
who will come in a week, [illeg] Ro=
=berts, & is sister in law to G^e Puke
M^r & M^rs Shepherd & M^rs J^os Ford go
to the Lancaster Assizes, which commence
the 11^th Instant – There were several
good Speeches made in the House of Commons
the 23^d Feb^y have you seen them? M^r
Roscoe was much applauded, but the
members would hardly hear Gen Gascoyne
My Grandmother has got from M^r
Shepherds Sir John Froysarts chronic=
Cles; a book translated from the French,
[new page]
by M^r Johnes of {?Hafod}, there are 4
very large volumes of it, which include
the history of the wars &c between the
reign of Edwards the 3^rd & Henry the
fourth, as far as we have gone, we like
it very well – I drank tea at M^r
Rawson’s last week, & played 12 games
of Chess with Her [illeg] she play as well
I have also looked in the book, & by what
I can learn there it follows the same
Rule, I am inclined to think I got
Both the games I played with M^r
g. My father called at M^rs Comber’s
when her cousin told us she had lost her
youngest girl, of water in the heart
[crosshatched]
and in Liverpool are well.
We all join in love to you, I hope
we shall hear from you again soon
I am ever your loving sister
Eliz^th Nicholson
[change hand]
My Dear Mary Ann
I now sit down to write to {^you} with
an empty pate but I will do my best to make [deleted] some
sort of a letter, hoping that you will treat me with one soon
My Father & I went to Lpool yesterday, we walked as the
horse was engaged in the field. We have got quit of one pest
since you went, & the house seems much more pleasant
as you will experience on that joyful day the 18^th June
Ann left us to day & as to be married tomorrow as Bessey tells
you above. I shall be glad to know why you wanted short bits of
pencil for I thought that if long ones had been sent you might
have made them shorter. My Uncle M Has subscribed to Miss
Brown’s Poems, for you & Bessey, as he told her when she was
There. There is another but a French account that they have
obtained another victory over the Russians but my Father
thinks & wishes they may all be drawn battles & hard fighting
because he thinks it will make them disposed to make peace.
I think it is time to close [deleted] because the paper is full &
my head is empty
So believe me your brother, Ja^s Nicholson
Farwell Sunday night past 8 o’clock
[new page]
We heard the Comet that was expected
to appear in February, had been seen
in Liverpool, but that those who saw
it, did not know in what part of the heavens

Miss Nicholson
Miss Mangnalls
Warrington

it was. Did you read the trial of Haleway
& Hagerly, for the murder of M^r Steele?
What French books do you use? I sup=
=pose you will be before me very soon
[change hand] Gateacre March 8
E Nicholson to M A N
Rec:^d 11 March 1807
Ans^d 4 April