Ormskirk March ^th ₁₈


Your letter was indeed sincerely welcome your long silence
gave rise to unpleasant conjectures such as the loss of your correspondence
and with it your affection which believe me wou’d be deplor’d in a
heartfelt manner for though {^owing} the precarious state of {^my Mothers} health Joyn’d to the infir
-mities necessarily attendant on age I shall never see Cowley yet I please
myself in thinking I have there a friend whose goodness of heart cannot
be surpss’d and I hope Kitty will live to give satisfaction to all her
relatives but to her Mother and Grandmama she will I doubt not ever
be particularly attentive_ my Cousin Heskeths are at home & contributing
all in their power towards restoring Miss Birley who has been an invalid
most of the winter she is a patient of Dr Brandreths he tells me her
nervous system is quite unhing’d and it is difficult to say whether they
can be restor’d or not she is a valuable woman and I flatter myself she
will be restor’d to the wishes of her friends but disorders of that nature
are long in ditermining_ _ my Aunt Taylors was once in a very relax’d state
now she enjoys very good health her son James is a very sober good young
he purposes {?fining} next winter in Ormskirk and it’s most likely his Mother
& sisters will come along with him at present he is in London_ though I
value all my relations as is their undoubted claim from me yet in choice
I wish my aunt Taylor will remain in Liverpool was I to determine for her
as it is possible so many of one family may not be quite amicable as
each might expect too much from one another & ’tis not possible to behave
to all alike_ M^rs R Taylor is very large William is a fine boy I wish this
may be a lad as there was no provision made for girls by the Late M^r T
& it is very possible there will be no vast savings in this M^r Ts family
my Uncle & Aunt Statham seem as happy as one wou’d wish when
I see them so comfortable I cant help wishing there may be a husband
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equally worthy laid up in store for me though I acknowledge I am not so
deserving_ this was begun in mark [?March] ‘tis now may, was it not to convince you that
I really had wrote I wou'd have burnt it and began a fresh but if you estimate
things as I do you wou’d rather receive a letter that was began 2 months ‘ere
’twas finish’d than one begun of a late date as it wou’d prove I was rememberd
and that unavoidable circumstances only prevented me receiving it
since the other side was wrote my Mother has had a severe attack of her old
billious complaint and myself an intermitting disorder both have at present
shook of their indisposition but this uncommon weather makes me very appre-
hensive of a return of my Mothers for cold damp easterly winds are greatly
against rheumatic disorders_ Miss Birley is gone home Nelly Hesketh is with her
she is at present in a very weak state and as there is no prospect of her recovery
I flatter myself she will ‘ere long be releas’d she is an amiable woman ever studi-
ous to promote the felicity of others even at the forfeiture of her own present happi-
ness and I doubt not she will be rewarded in the regions of bliss_ pray do you
ever hear from M^r Hare and does he make any remittances shou’d he ever return
& shake of his vices he may once more become an affectionate husband_ pray
where is M^r Sam Elliott and what is your Uncle Lexy doing I never am inform’d
what your relatives are engag’d with and whilst my regard continues for you
I shall ever be glad to hear they are well_ you remember M^r R Chapel and how
unlikely he was to be lucky in a wife, but that is his Lott, for she is an extraor-
dinary one his Father doats upon her and she has just presented ‘em with
one of the prettiest little girls I ever beheld_ we have lost a very agreeable Irish
family out of the town ‘tis not pleasant to part with intimate acquaintance
our Vicar is a most worthy man he is no Orator but lives as all Clerical
people ought_ I often wish that R Formby may expecting his Oratorial powers
act in a similar man for he never speak’s ill of anybody but endeavours to
preserve peace and harmony, one of M^rs Heathcotes little girls has a complaint
in it’s eyes that renders the light so troublesome to it the cold cant be pre-
-vail’d on to look up I apprehend it to be a scorbutic habit of body if so
’twill be obstinate to remove_ M^r H is one of the kindest of husbands but
being a stepmother is not the most enviable of situations_ M^rs Farzakerley
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of Farzakerley has never prevail’d of herself to one visit since the death of
her husband her son and she lives together but ‘tis I think wrong that she
shou’d give up going to see her friends for she is so well qualified for society
possessing both good sense and spirits_ my Aunt Ellison is astonishing for
though she has met with such numerous disappointments yet she exerts herself
and is in general chearfull. my Aunt Dolly enjoys tolerable health but has never
yet been at my Uncle Stathams_ I am interrupted therefore I will conclude
lest something shou’d occur to prevent me finishing of another month
accept the united regards of your friends in Aughton & Church Stre[et - seal]

& believe me Dear M^rs Hare
yr Sincere Friend
JBrownsword

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M^rs Hare at M^r Elliotts
Norfolk Street
Sheffield
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Ormskirk March ^th ₁₈


Your letter was indeed sincerely welcome your long silence
gave rise to unpleasant conjectures such as the loss of your correspondence
and with it your affection which believe me wou’d be deplor’d in a
heartfelt manner for though {^owing} the precarious state of {^my Mothers} health Joyn’d to the infir
-mities necessarily attendant on age I shall never see Cowley yet I please
myself in thinking I have there a friend whose goodness of heart cannot
be surpssed and I hope Kitty will live to give satisfaction to all her
relatives but to her Mother and Grandmama she will I doubt not ever
be particularly attentive. my Cousin Heskeths are at home & contributing
all in their power towards restoring Miss Birley who has been an invalid
most of the winter she is a patient of Dr Brandreths he tells me her
nervous system is quite unhinged and it is difficult to say whether they
can be restored or not she is a valuable woman and I flatter myself she
will be restored to the wishes of her friends but disorders of that nature
are long in determining. my Aunt Taylors was once in a very relax’d state
now she enjoys very good health her son James is a very sober good young
he purposes {?fining} next winter in Ormskirk and it’s most likely his Mother
& sisters will come along with him at present he is in London_ though I
value all my relations as is their undoubted claim from me yet in choice
I wish my aunt Taylor will remain in Liverpool was I to determine for her
as it is possible so many of one family may not be quite amicable as
each might expect too much from one another & it is not possible to behave
to all alike_ M^rs R Taylor is very large William is a fine boy I wish this
may be a lad as there was no provision made for girls by the Late M^r T
& it is very possible there will be no vast savings in this M^r Ts family
my Uncle & Aunt Statham seem as happy as one would wish when
I see them so comfortable I can’t help wishing there may be a husband
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equally worthy laid up in store for me though I acknowledge I am not so
deserving_ this was begun in mark [?March] ‘tis now May, was it not to convince you that
I really had wrote I would have burnt it and began a fresh but if you estimate
things as I do you would rather receive a letter that was began 2 months before it was finished than one begun of a late date as it would prove I was remembered
and that unavoidable circumstances only prevented me receiving it
since the other side was wrote my Mother has had a severe attack of her old
billious complaint and myself an intermitting disorder both have at present
shook of their indisposition but this uncommon weather makes me very appre-
hensive of a return of my Mothers for cold damp easterly winds are greatly
against rheumatic disorders_ Miss Birley is gone home Nelly Hesketh is with her
she is at present in a very weak state and as there is no prospect of her recovery
I flatter myself she will ‘ere long be released she is an amiable woman ever studi-
ous to promote the felicity of others even at the forfeiture of her own present happi-
ness and I doubt not she will be rewarded in the regions of bliss_ pray do you
ever hear from M^r Hare and does he make any remittances? should he ever return
& shake off his vices he may once more become an affectionate husband_ pray
where is M^r Sam Elliott and what is your Uncle Lexy doing I never am informed
what your relatives are engaged with and whilst my regard continues for you
I shall ever be glad to hear they are well_ you remember M^r R Chapel and how
unlikely he was to be lucky in a wife, but that is his Lott, for she is an extraor-
dinary one his Father doats upon her and she has just presented them with
one of the prettiest little girls I ever beheld_ we have lost a very agreeable Irish
family out of the town it is not pleasant to part with intimate acquaintance
our Vicar is a most worthy man he is no Orator but lives as all Clerical
people ought_ I often wish that R Formby may expecting his Oratorial powers
act in a similar man for he never speak’s ill of anybody but endeavours to
preserve peace and harmony, one of M^rs Heathcotes little girls has a complaint
in it’s eyes that renders the light so troublesome to it the cold cant be pre-
-vail’d on to look up I apprehend it to be a scorbutic habit of body if so
It will be obstinate to remove_ M^r H is one of the kindest of husbands but
being a stepmother is not the most enviable of situations_ M^rs Farzakerley
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of Farzakerley has never prevailed of herself to one visit since the death of
her husband her son and she lives together but it is I think wrong that she
should give up going to see her friends for she is so well qualified for society
possessing both good sense and spirits_ my Aunt Ellison is astonishing for
though she has met with such numerous disappointments yet she exerts herself
and is in general chearful. my Aunt Dolly enjoys tolerable health but has never
yet been at my Uncle Stathams_ I am interrupted therefore I will conclude
lest something shou’d occur to prevent me finishing of another month
accept the united regards of your friends in Aughton & Church Stre[et - seal]

& believe me Dear M^rs Hare
yr Sincere Friend
JBrownsword

[new page]
M^rs Hare at M^r Elliotts
Norfolk Street
Sheffield
[ANNOTATION: numbers and symbols]