Gateacre March
10 1807
My Dear Mary Ann
As my Fathers going
to send you the books you sent for,
I thought you would expect some
letters with them. I have not
much Gateacre news to tell you.
M^r & M^rs Shepherd leave home
To morrow, & Ja^s is as usual delight=
=ed to observe the vicinity of the
Holidays – M^rs Brownbill
has got a little daughter
The thieves of Liverpool have not
[crosshatched]
21 March
We hear there is going to be a change
in the ministry & the low party are going
out of office, but I hope it is not authen=
=tic. We heard too that Parliament is to be
dissolved. We all wish you many & happy
returns of this day, it is a very wet one
M^r & M^rs P came here last Sunday, they were
treated with punch, the toast was;
“May the single be married & the Married be
Happy”
[new page]
commenced their operation if with
as much vigilance and success as
formerly; one man has been tak=
=en with 14 picklocks about him,
but he knows his business too well
to let the cat out of the bag as the
saying is – M^r Yates^s evening lec=
=tures are far more crouded than they
were formerly – I hear Miss Proc{^ter}
has 500 subscribers to her book, I think
it is a great number M^r Johnes’
house at Hufod is burnt down, per=
=haps you may have heard of it.
We do not forget your birth day,
You have 89 days to stay at School;
[new page]
perhaps that is not news –
I have finished the History of
America – Remember Dorothy’s
birth day next Sunday week
you would be sorry to hear of my
Uncle Hatfields illness; My cousin
H_____ mentioned the death of M^rs
Thurnely in the letter to my father
perhaps you may have heard, if
you correspond – My Grandmo=
=ther’s Lottery ticket is drawn a_____
She has finished spinning & twist=
=ing her flax, & has begun to knit
It Goodbye I am your very affection=
=ate Sister EN
[new page]
My Father, Thomas Hatfield & Dorothy
Send their love & my Grandmother
James sends his by my letter as he had not
Miss Nicholson
Miss Mangnalls
Warrington
room in his.
This is Saturday, Ja^s has just begun
his holiday
[change hand] Gateacre 20^th [damaged] March
E Nicholson to M A N
Rec:^d 6 March 1807
Ans:^d April 4^th

Gateacre March
10 1807
My Dear Mary Ann
As my Fathers going
to send you the books you sent for,
I thought you would expect some
letters with them. I have not
much Gateacre news to tell you.
M^r & M^rs Shepherd leave home
To morrow, & Ja^s is as usual delight=
=ed to observe the vicinity of the
Holidays – M^rs Brownbill
has got a little daughter
The thieves of Liverpool have not
[crosshatched]
21 March
We hear there is going to be a change
in the ministry & the low party are going
out of office, but I hope it is not authen=
=tic. We heard too that Parliament is to be
dissolved. We all wish you many & happy
returns of this day, it is a very wet one
M^r & M^rs P came here last Sunday, they were
treated with punch, the toast was;
“May the single be married & the Married be
Happy”
[new page]
commenced their operation if with
as much vigilance and success as
formerly; one man has been tak=
=en with 14 picklocks about him,
but he knows his business too well
to let the cat out of the bag as the
saying is – M^r Yates^s evening lec=
=tures are far more crouded than they
were formerly – I hear Miss Proc{^ter}
has 500 subscribers to her book, I think
it is a great number M^r Johnes’
house at Hufod is burnt down, per=
=haps you may have heard of it.
We do not forget your birth day,
You have 89 days to stay at School;
[new page]
perhaps that is not news –
I have finished the History of
America – Remember Dorothy’s
birth day next Sunday week
you would be sorry to hear of my
Uncle Hatfields illness; My cousin
H_____ mentioned the death of M^rs
Thurnely in the letter to my father
perhaps you may have heard, if
you correspond – My Grandmo=
=ther’s Lottery ticket is drawn a_____
She has finished spinning & twist=
=ing her flax, & has begun to knit
It Goodbye I am your very affection=
=ate Sister EN
[new page]
My Father, Thomas Hatfield & Dorothy
Send their love & my Grandmother
James sends his by my letter as he had not
Miss Nicholson
Miss Mangnalls
Warrington
room in his.
This is Saturday, Ja^s has just begun
his holiday
[change hand] Gateacre 20^th [damaged] March
E Nicholson to M A N
Rec:^d 6 March 1807
Ans:^d April 4^th