754 - Elizabeth Nicholson to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 30 May 1807

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Gateacre Saturday Night
30 May 1807
My dear Sister
When will
you write me another letter this
will be the 3rd you have recd from
me since you wrote me one;
I thought you do not answer
all my letters through ceremony
you should through Gratitude
You need not send the shirts be=
=fore you come. My Father I am
sorry to tell you is not better than
he was when I wrote you last
Sunday, he has not had any advice
yet, but I think he will have
if he is not better soon – The
little Wainwrights have been
visiting here to-day, they are nice
little boys, we had a little
Lottery
[crosshatched]
Love from all here your
Affecte Sister E Nicholson
[new page]
Thos fell out of a Tree some
days since, & hurt his leg it is
getting better now, Mrs Shepherd
gave us something to dress it with
which he likes very well as it
does not smart Miss Mili=
=cent Nicholson has been stay=
=ing at Mr S’s some days, & left
to-day, we saw a good deal of her
whilst she was here, & she was
near sleeping here one night,
& some thought that I was disappoint=
=ed & out of temper because she
did not – I am very glad to
find so short a time has to elapse
before you come home. Jas
breaks up the same day you do.
A Fletcher is to go to Miss L’S
[new page]
School – Miss Foster will be
obliged to you to buy some [illeg]
patterns for work here with
you, if you can get any, she
desires her respects
My Father has had a letter
Today froma Genl in Lord
Miltons interest, soliciting
him to go to York to vote for
Ld M – supposing him to be
free of that shire because of the
Little Estate in the Great
Houghton – If Jas was 21 he
would go to give Ld M a {?Plumper}
Wilberforce & Lascelles Coalesce
Wilberforce was on Thursday
8965
Lascelles 7989
Milton 7706
My father is a good
deal better to my {?eyes}
[new page]
Miss Nicholson
Miss Mangnalls
Warrington
[change hand] Gateacre May 30th 1807
E Nicholson to M N
Recd 2 June
Ansd 18th June
Gateacre Saturday Night
30 May 1807
My dear Sister
When will
you write me another letter this
will be the 3rd you have recd from
me since you wrote me one;
I thought you do not answer
all my letters through ceremony
you should through Gratitude
You need not send the shirts be=
=fore you come. My Father I am
sorry to tell you is not better than
he was when I wrote you last
Sunday, he has not had any advice
yet, but I think he will have
if he is not better soon – The
little Wainwrights have been
visiting here to-day, they are nice
little boys, we had a little
Lottery
[crosshatched]
Love from all here your
Affecte Sister E Nicholson
[new page]
Thos fell out of a Tree some
days since, & hurt his leg it is
getting better now, Mrs Shepherd
gave us something to dress it with
which he likes very well as it
does not smart Miss Mili=
=cent Nicholson has been stay=
=ing at Mr S’s some days, & left
to-day, we saw a good deal of her
whilst she was here, & she was
near sleeping here one night,
& some thought that I was disappoint=
=ed & out of temper because she
did not – I am very glad to
find so short a time has to elapse
before you come home. Jas
breaks up the same day you do.
A Fletcher is to go to Miss L’S
[new page]
School – Miss Foster will be
obliged to you to buy some [illeg]
patterns for work here with
you, if you can get any, she
desires her respects
My Father has had a letter
Today froma Genl in Lord
Miltons interest, soliciting
him to go to York to vote for
Ld M – supposing him to be
free of that shire because of the
Little Estate in the Great
Houghton – If Jas was 21 he
would go to give Ld M a {?Plumper}
Wilberforce & Lascelles Coalesce
Wilberforce was on Thursday
8965
Lascelles 7989
Milton 7706
My father is a good
deal better to my {?eyes}
[new page]
Miss Nicholson
Miss Mangnalls
Warrington
[change hand] Gateacre May 30th 1807
E Nicholson to M N
Recd 2 June
Ansd 18th June
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Elizabeth Nicholson to Mary-Ann Nicholson, 30 May 1807

Reprimanding her for not writing enough, she should be grateful for receiving so many letters, telling her not to send the shirts she has been making, she can bring them with her, Thomas fell out of a tree and hurt his leg, the Wainwright's children are nice, they have been visited by Millicent Nicholson who didn't stay the night

Nicholson Family Papers

MSS 1041 1807 (178)

John Rylands Library

1807

5

30

30 May 1807

Saturday night

Gateacre

[Liverpool, Lancashire, England]

Miss Nicholson, Miss Mangnall's Warrington

[Lancashire, England]

  • enquiry
  • reporting

  • conflictual
  • humorous
  • positive

throughout (inconsistent)

41-60%

People
Person: Elizabeth Nicholson
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primary author

eyes

  • recreation
  • visiting
  • writing

separation

childhood

  • affection
  • love
  • resentment

disposition

Person: Thomas Nicholson
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my Father

other

illness

  • ill-health
  • recovery
  • unwell
  • well

care provided by family/kin/household

  • body - improving
  • body - unchanged
  • health - improving
  • health - unchanged

Person: Thomas Nicholson (junior)
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other

leg

accident

injured

childhood

  • active
  • recovery

  • care provided by family/kin/household
  • recipe

body - improving