Gateacre
Tuesday 21 April 1807
My dear Mary Ann your letters home are always
very acceptable, but the one to James received
yesterday, was particularly so to me, for I
conclude your cold is not severe as it did not
hinder you paying visits, & that Miss Mangnall
& the young ladies who had sore throats are all
well again, about which, as we had no letter
for a long period I was anxious to hear, I shall
yet wish to know, positively & not by inference,
when you next write. I think myself obliged
to the Ladies who are so kind to invite you;
to M^rs Beuts, & M^r & M^rs Mills present my respects
when you have a proper opportunity, the other
Ladies who have shewn you civilities I don’t
know, & must leave the acknowledgement until
change affords opportunity – you will be glad
to hear all are well at home, that the last
account we had from your Uncle Hatfield was
he was better but enfeebled by a second attach, my
Brother & I found Betsey very well; we have not
Heard who got the bracelet. Your Grandmother
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keeps wonderfully well by keeping close in doors
this cold weather, Hatfield Thomas & Dorothy are
better, and cough but little, I apprehended the
hooping cough woud have followed but now I
judge they will escape it – you will wish to
hear something of Miss Foster she appears amiable
& {^of} gentle dispositions, tall in person without bustle
or too much activity reads {^understands} French well I believe, &
reads English better than most Ladies – Elizabeth
wrote on Sunday to you which you woud get yester=
=day, of course you woud hear of all occurrences
here, which you {^may} well conjecture as they vary but
little. Your sister woud tell you she had been at
M^r Walkers lecture on astronomy, & much pleased
by the exemplification of the solar system, from
seeing his {?Eidourduion} or transparent Orrery, &
hearing his explanation in the Theatre, I accompanied
her & was gratified also. Sometime I hope you
will have an opportunity of attending his Lecture.
Miss White a young Lady Dress maker is here,
introduced by the Rev^d M Davies, from Derby, making
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mending &c – she is chatty & lively – your letters give
me great pleasure you seem chearful & happy
& I conclude are diligent & receiving great benefit
I have always remarked great changes have happened
in the neighbourhood where I have been absent a short
period only, as you do, M^r Geo Walker is gone in
haste to London where it is not probably he can meet
his Father living, who had gone to publish 2 Vols of {?Ser???cy}
& Greys some weeks ago, his Widow Son & friends will
regret the loss of such a friend – my Aunt Nicholson
is better M^r & M^rs Shepherd, our Neighbours & all our
friends in Liverpool are well – M^rs Rawson feels the
severity of the weather we have, Rain, we have much
wished is just now beginning to fall copiously, 11 o’Clock
Wednesday 22^d Ap^l that we shall have warm weather, &
vegetation now very late, will advance, the Wall Trees
were full of bloom, & we hope yet to have much fruit
‘tis so cold I can scarecely write & must leave the
Counting house for warmth – The {^3} pencils were packed
In the hollow of the books front, & tied I thought safely,
‘tis difficult to guard against rogues – Accept our
love & best wishes present my respects of Miss Mangnall
& believe me ever my dear daughter your aff^e Father & friend
Tho^s Nicholson
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Miss Nicholson
Miss Mangnall
Warrington
[change hand] Gateacre April 21^st 1807
T Nicholson to M A N
Rec^d April
Ans^d April 30^th

Gateacre
Tuesday 21 April 1807
My dear Mary Ann your letters home are always
very acceptable, but the one to James received
yesterday, was particularly so to me, for I
conclude your cold is not severe as it did not
hinder you paying visits, & that Miss Mangnall
& the young ladies who had sore throats are all
well again, about which, as we had no letter
for a long period I was anxious to hear, I shall
yet wish to know, positively & not by inference,
when you next write. I think myself obliged
to the Ladies who are so kind to invite you;
to M^rs Beuts, & M^r & M^rs Mills present my respects
when you have a proper opportunity, the other
Ladies who have shewn you civilities I don’t
know, & must leave the acknowledgement until
change affords opportunity – you will be glad
to hear all are well at home, that the last
account we had from your Uncle Hatfield was
he was better but enfeebled by a second attach, my
Brother & I found Betsey very well; we have not
Heard who got the bracelet. Your Grandmother
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keeps wonderfully well by keeping close in doors
this cold weather, Hatfield Thomas & Dorothy are
better, and cough but little, I apprehended the
hooping cough woud have followed but now I
judge they will escape it – you will wish to
hear something of Miss Foster she appears amiable
& {^of} gentle dispositions, tall in person without bustle
or too much activity reads {^understands} French well I believe, &
reads English better than most Ladies – Elizabeth
wrote on Sunday to you which you woud get yester=
=day, of course you woud hear of all occurrences
here, which you {^may} well conjecture as they vary but
little. Your sister woud tell you she had been at
M^r Walkers lecture on astronomy, & much pleased
by the exemplification of the solar system, from
seeing his {?Eidourduion} or transparent Orrery, &
hearing his explanation in the Theatre, I accompanied
her & was gratified also. Sometime I hope you
will have an opportunity of attending his Lecture.
Miss White a young Lady Dress maker is here,
introduced by the Rev^d M Davies, from Derby, making
[new page]
mending &c – she is chatty & lively – your letters give
me great pleasure you seem chearful & happy
& I conclude are diligent & receiving great benefit
I have always remarked great changes have happened
in the neighbourhood where I have been absent a short
period only, as you do, M^r Geo Walker is gone in
haste to London where it is not probably he can meet
his Father living, who had gone to publish 2 Vols of {?Ser???cy}
& Greys some weeks ago, his Widow Son & friends will
regret the loss of such a friend – my Aunt Nicholson
is better M^r & M^rs Shepherd, our Neighbours & all our
friends in Liverpool are well – M^rs Rawson feels the
severity of the weather we have, Rain, we have much
wished is just now beginning to fall copiously, 11 o’Clock
Wednesday 22^d Ap^l that we shall have warm weather, &
vegetation now very late, will advance, the Wall Trees
were full of bloom, & we hope yet to have much fruit
‘tis so cold I can scarecely write & must leave the
Counting house for warmth – The {^3} pencils were packed
In the hollow of the books front, & tied I thought safely,
‘tis difficult to guard against rogues – Accept our
love & best wishes present my respects of Miss Mangnall
& believe me ever my dear daughter your aff^e Father & friend
Tho^s Nicholson
[new page]
Miss Nicholson
Miss Mangnall
Warrington
[change hand] Gateacre April 21^st 1807
T Nicholson to M A N
Rec^d April
Ans^d April 30^th