Gateacre 31 Mar^h 1807
My dear Daughter
Your letter informing of Miss
Mangnall being much indisposed with a
sore throat gave me concern & I hope to
receive a better account when I call at the
Post Office, it is a complaint that is sometimes
infectious when [illeg] should this be the
case, which I hope is not, it woud be extremely
unfortunate & painful to Miss Mangnall
who has no assistant or adult friend with
her as well as to her pupils. If she thought
it requisite to lessen her cares, by dispers=
=ing such of her pupils as coud visit home
with convenience & could not be useful to her
you may take a seat in some early Coach
to the Blue Bell & walk home, & jif you
judge it proper you will make the proposal
that if Miss M wished it, & thought it woud
hasten her thorough recovery, she woud not I
[cross hatched]
We are all well & Uncle present my love to you
I will desire your sister to tell you her intention
about writing to E Hatfield Your Uncle is better but
perhaps M^rs Holmes might call of you on her return
& inform you particularly which I have not heard
she was expected home about this time.
Respects & best wishes await Miss Mangnall
From your Grandmother & your Affe Father & Friend
T Nicholson
What are you doing in Arithmetic you do not
mention – and do {^you} advance much under M^r Yates
I sent you & [illeg] 6^th Coach the 21^st Instant
4 Books you sent for & James sent 3 Lead Pencils did
[new page]
hope hesitate to say so I received a letter from
Miss Bowcock to whom I had enunciated
what assistance I wanted in my house, what
she might say, what she woud undertake, if
I found occasion to apply for her services, but
Told her that I had seen a Lady whose ser=
=vices it was probably I shoud engage, and
Whom I have engaged to be here in a few days
Her name is Foster, a young Lady of I shoud think
28 or 30 years of age, well recommended, I enumera=
=ted all the qualifications I wished to have,
not expecting any person would undertake {^possessed} all
but I could not tell which to exclude, as it
might be one any Lady might be best able
to offer, - you say you have begun to draw
flowers, do you prefer flowers to Landscape, or
do you try both & animals Horses &c, all ac=
=quirements in the arts, it is pleasant & useful to
possess; but the art of speaking reading & writing
well, are I think most to be preferred for they
are called for daily, almost hourly, through
[new page]
life, & furnish great pleasure to the attentive
at all times, when directed by judgement &
{???anity} I say not this to lessen your attention
to other acquisitions, but to urge you never
to abate your attention to the acquisition of
language, & its proper expression orally &
by writing, particularly that of our native tongue
I suppose you read in a French Plutarch the life
of {?Nana Pompiliers} – we had pleasure hearing
you were quite well – the weather here is cold
very cold & it is now snowing, & will prevent my
going to Liverpool this day – a Dissolution of the
Parliament ‘tis thought will be proclaimed towards
the month of July, but I hope the King will be
better advised, I shoud think Mr Roscoe woud
decline being a Candidate for Liverpool or any
place during such times, when the people seem
to submit to every {^thing} arbitrarily or illiberal, at least
do not support just & liberal sentiments
The Royal Assent is given to the Abolition of Slavery
I shoud not be surprized at the Law being repealed
next session if the present ministers are supported
you know they are new ministers.
[crosshatched]
Did you receive the Books & Pencils in a parcel
directed for you at Miss Mangnalls It should have
been sent you from the Eagle & Child
M^r & M^rs Holmes & your Uncle Jonathan pass
through Warrington this day Wednesday & will
no doubt call of you & I pleased myself with the
prospect of hearing of you if not from you this
evening as I intend staying at Richmond to have my
Brother Hatfields company – James Boardman is
Here & we are just setting off for Liverpool
I shoud wish to see the {?Verses} you write
& pray [illeg] them.
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Miss M Nicholson
Miss Mangnalls
Warrington
[change hand] Gateacre 31^st March 1807
T Nicholson to M A N
Rec:^d 2^nd April
Ans:^d April

Gateacre 31 Mar^h 1807
My dear Daughter
Your letter informing of Miss
Mangnall being much indisposed with a
sore throat gave me concern & I hope to
receive a better account when I call at the
Post Office, it is a complaint that is sometimes
infectious when [illeg] should this be the
case, which I hope is not, it woud be extremely
unfortunate & painful to Miss Mangnall
who has no assistant or adult friend with
her as well as to her pupils. If she thought
it requisite to lessen her cares, by dispers=
=ing such of her pupils as coud visit home
with convenience & could not be useful to her
you may take a seat in some early Coach
to the Blue Bell & walk home, & jif you
judge it proper you will make the proposal
that if Miss M wished it, & thought it woud
hasten her thorough recovery, she woud not I
[cross hatched]
We are all well & Uncle present my love to you
I will desire your sister to tell you her intention
about writing to E Hatfield Your Uncle is better but
perhaps M^rs Holmes might call of you on her return
& inform you particularly which I have not heard
she was expected home about this time.
Respects & best wishes await Miss Mangnall
From your Grandmother & your Affe Father & Friend
T Nicholson
What are you doing in Arithmetic you do not
mention – and do {^you} advance much under M^r Yates
I sent you & [illeg] 6^th Coach the 21^st Instant
4 Books you sent for & James sent 3 Lead Pencils did
[new page]
hope hesitate to say so I received a letter from
Miss Bowcock to whom I had enunciated
what assistance I wanted in my house, what
she might say, what she woud undertake, if
I found occasion to apply for her services, but
Told her that I had seen a Lady whose ser=
=vices it was probably I shoud engage, and
Whom I have engaged to be here in a few days
Her name is Foster, a young Lady of I shoud think
28 or 30 years of age, well recommended, I enumera=
=ted all the qualifications I wished to have,
not expecting any person would undertake {^possessed} all
but I could not tell which to exclude, as it
might be one any Lady might be best able
to offer, - you say you have begun to draw
flowers, do you prefer flowers to Landscape, or
do you try both & animals Horses &c, all ac=
=quirements in the arts, it is pleasant & useful to
possess; but the art of speaking reading & writing
well, are I think most to be preferred for they
are called for daily, almost hourly, through
[new page]
life, & furnish great pleasure to the attentive
at all times, when directed by judgement &
{???anity} I say not this to lessen your attention
to other acquisitions, but to urge you never
to abate your attention to the acquisition of
language, & its proper expression orally &
by writing, particularly that of our native tongue
I suppose you read in a French Plutarch the life
of {?Nana Pompiliers} – we had pleasure hearing
you were quite well – the weather here is cold
very cold & it is now snowing, & will prevent my
going to Liverpool this day – a Dissolution of the
Parliament ‘tis thought will be proclaimed towards
the month of July, but I hope the King will be
better advised, I shoud think Mr Roscoe woud
decline being a Candidate for Liverpool or any
place during such times, when the people seem
to submit to every {^thing} arbitrarily or illiberal, at least
do not support just & liberal sentiments
The Royal Assent is given to the Abolition of Slavery
I shoud not be surprized at the Law being repealed
next session if the present ministers are supported
you know they are new ministers.
[crosshatched]
Did you receive the Books & Pencils in a parcel
directed for you at Miss Mangnalls It should have
been sent you from the Eagle & Child
M^r & M^rs Holmes & your Uncle Jonathan pass
through Warrington this day Wednesday & will
no doubt call of you & I pleased myself with the
prospect of hearing of you if not from you this
evening as I intend staying at Richmond to have my
Brother Hatfields company – James Boardman is
Here & we are just setting off for Liverpool
I shoud wish to see the {?Verses} you write
& pray [illeg] them.
[new page]
Miss M Nicholson
Miss Mangnalls
Warrington
[change hand] Gateacre 31^st March 1807
T Nicholson to M A N
Rec:^d 2^nd April
Ans:^d April