Jan^y 5^th 1788 Ormskirk
Dear M^rs Elliott/
Though my long silence will make
you allmost despair of ever haveing another line
from me still I never give up my Old Friends because
I have been guilty of a long neglect of their goodness
in keeping up a Correspondence with one that can
afford so little variety & is so long in answering your
favour – I am grown very idle in the writeing way
& write very few letters that I admit is a poor excuse
will say no more but hope you will forgive what
is past & in future hope to improve – as we shall
ever have great pleasure in hearing of your
Health & Happiness M^r Elliotts M^rs Hares & of all
our kind Yorkshire Friends – does M^r Elliott enjoy
good Health & spirits & take his usual exercise still
I dare say if you be in tolerable Health you move
about as quick as ever – is Miss Wright still with you
she will be a great Comfort to have with you at
all times our best Comp^ts to her pray – how is Doctor
Wrights Health now – do you see M^rs Hare often is M^r
Hare at home now is her Health good pray fancy
the Captain is the same man he ever was, & then
you can have little Comfort of him, did his Father
leave him anything – Kitty Hare I hope will be a
Comfort to you both when she grows up & will be
Surely sensible of all your kindness too her – her
Mother ought & I hope will find every Comfort she
As long wanted a Husband in a daughter
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M^rs Hare will wonder what is become of Cos Brownsw{^ord}
but her Eyes have never been in a state to write Read
or work since last march when she got that fall & {?bruised}
her Head & Eye upon a wood seat one Eye as Inflamed
& discharged ever since upon takeing the least cold
sometimes both Eyes my sister mentioned this hurt
some time agoe she went to Liverpool in October
or beginning of Nov^br to stay at Cos Formbys from there
she went to M^rs Backhouse at Wavertree & does not
return home till march of April she is much better
since she went & I hope will return so far it is a long
time not to be able to amuse herself with anything
& part of the time her Health was very indifferent
she kept herself very hot so it made her very nervous
she as taken another house in the street M^r Hill
lived in the situation is a good one for her & near
many of her most intimate acquaintance she
is not fond of being much alone & people cannot
always have company when they live by themselves
Cos Formby as a Boy & Girl both very fine Children
I never saw the girl though it is six months Old
I don’t often go to Liverpool M^r Formby looks Ill
but he is not strong & over exercises often M^rs
Taylor Cos Richards Wife as just lost her Mother
he takes no care of himself but lives freely I fear
his Brother James that is with us is very attentive
to Business & sober he is a very respectable young
Man gives his Friends great Comfort & since
M^r Parker Died he as a deal of Business all the
best in this place – my Aunt Taylor & Cos Mary
still lives in Liverpool near Aunt Dolly Formby
they are all in pritty good Health at preset
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M^r R Taylor is a Brewer in Liverpool & it wou’d
do well if he made the best of it & attended properly
Uncle & Aunt tatham are well & very happy & Comfort_able
We have Rachel & Peter still & Dolly a little girl you
remember that lived near us at Barton she is now
fifteen & Rachel is not able to do all our work
She as had a much better Winter this till the last
most of the last she was Confined of the Rheumatism
My Sister as been much better this Winter till
She as been of some years & looks much better
Cos Mount is grown fat lives in this town with
one Woman Servant very Comfortable – does
M^rs Hare come often to Sheffeild fancy her
Daughter will not come home to stay yet
how does M^r Lexey Wright &
his Family & M^r Sam Elliott is
he married again I think his
Wife died & left him several Children
how does M^rs Wright M^rs Whites mother I think she
is alive still M^rs White as a large Family is M^rs
Hind the old Lady alive still & any of M^r Pegs Family
M^r Sam Staniforth is still a Batchelor & will
continue one now how does M^r Young go on
the young man as had those fits – My Sister
joins me in Respects to M^r Elliott your self & M^rs
Hare be so kind to present our best Comp^ts to all
your Relations – Miss Mount waits upon you &
M^rs Hare Cos Janes Respects to you M^rs Hare & M^r
Elliott – accept our good wishes for Health Happiness
& many happy years Am Dear M^rs Elliotts sincere
& Affectionate Friend E Hesketh
When you can forgive
my long silence shall be
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Glad to be favor’d with a few lines to say how you
all do
M^r Elliott
Norfolk Street
Sheffeild
Yorkshire
Single

Jan^y 5^th 1788 Ormskirk
Dear M^rs Elliott/
Though my long silence will make
you almost despair of ever having another line
from me still I never give up my Old Friends because
I have been guilty of a long neglect of their goodness
in keeping up a Correspondence with one that can
afford so little variety & is so long in answering your
favour – I am grown very idle in the writing way
& write very few letters, that I admit is a poor excuse
will say no more but hope you will forgive what
is past & in future hope to improve – as we shall
ever have great pleasure in hearing of your
Health & Happiness M^r Elliotts M^rs Hares & of all
our kind Yorkshire Friends – does M^r Elliott enjoy
good Health & spirits & take his usual exercise still?
I dare say if you be in tolerable Health you move
about as quick as ever – is Miss Wright still with you?
she will be a great Comfort to have with you at
all times, our best Comp^ts to her. Pray – how is Doctor
Wrights Health now? Do you see M^rs Hare often? Is M^r
Hare at home now, is her Health good? Pray fancy
the Captain is the same man he ever was, & then
you can have little Comfort of him, did his Father
leave him anything? Kitty Hare I hope will be a
Comfort to you both when she grows up & will be
Surely sensible of all your kindness too her – her
Mother ought & I hope will find every Comfort she
As long wanted a Husband in a daughter
[new page]
M^rs Hare will wonder what is become of Cousin Brownsw{^ord}
but her Eyes have never been in a state to write Read
or work since last march when she got that fall & {?bruised}
her Head & Eye upon a wood seat one Eye as Inflamed
& discharged ever since upon taking the least cold
sometimes both Eyes my sister mentioned this hurt
some time ago she went to Liverpool in October
or beginning of Nov^br to stay at Cousin Formbys from there
she went to M^rs Backhouse at Wavertree & does not
return home till march of April she is much better
since she went & I hope will return so far it is a long
time not to be able to amuse herself with anything
& part of the time her Health was very indifferent
she kept herself very hot so it made her very nervous
she as taken another house in the street M^r Hill
lived in the situation is a good one for her & near
many of her most intimate acquaintance she
is not fond of being much alone & people cannot
always have company when they live by themselves
Cousin Formby as a Boy & Girl both very fine Children,
I never saw the girl though it is six months Old
I don’t often go to Liverpool M^r Formby looks Ill
but he is not strong & over exercises often M^rs
Taylor Cousin Richards Wife as just lost her Mother
he takes no care of himself but lives freely I fear
his Brother James that is with us is very attentive
to Business & sober he is a very respectable young
Man gives his Friends great Comfort & since
M^r Parker Died he as a deal of Business all the
best in this place – my Aunt Taylor & Cousin Mary
still lives in Liverpool near Aunt Dolly Formby
they are all in pretty good Health at present
[new page]
M^r R Taylor is a Brewer in Liverpool & it would
do well if he made the best of it & attended properly
Uncle & Aunt Statham are well & very happy & Comfort_able
We have Rachel & Peter still & Dolly a little girl you
remember that lived near us at Barton she is now
fifteen & Rachel is not able to do all our work
She as had a much better Winter this till the last
most of the last she was Confined of the Rheumatism
My Sister as been much better this Winter till
She as been of some years & looks much better
Cousin Mount is grown fat lives in this town with
one Woman Servant very Comfortable – does
M^rs Hare come often to Sheffield fancy her
Daughter will not come home to stay yet
how does M^r Lexey Wright &
his Family & M^r Sam Elliott is
he married again I think his
Wife died & left him several Children
how does M^rs Wright M^rs Whites mother I think she
is alive still M^rs White as a large Family is M^rs
Hind the old Lady alive still & any of M^r Pegs Family
M^r Sam Staniforth is still a Batchelor & will
continue one now how does M^r Young go on
the young man as had those fits – My Sister
joins me in Respects to M^r Elliott your self & M^rs
Hare be so kind to present our best Comp^ts to all
your Relations – Miss Mount waits upon you &
M^rs Hare Cousin Janes Respects to you M^rs Hare & M^r
Elliott – accept our good wishes for Health Happiness
& many happy years Am Dear M^rs Elliotts sincere
& Affectionate Friend E Hesketh
When you can forgive
my long silence shall be
[new page]
Glad to be favor’d with a few lines to say how you
all do
M^r Elliott
Norfolk Street
Sheffield
Yorkshire
Single