Barton July ye 21 1768
Dear Madam
I am very much ashamd when I think of
the date of your last kind favour, am sure you will excuse me
when you hear the true reason, after I received yours, intended
writeing directly, but we had company {^her}, & have had most of this
spring & summer, & haveing a new maid, a very young won, {?had}
made us very buisy, & Aunt Brownsword has been with us three
months, & poor woman she never has been well a fortnight at
worst, & has still those frightfull returns in her Bowels, she
has been with my Aunts at Liverpool three weeks, to be near
the Doctor, when the complaint first begins, & was in hopes some
thing or other might be found out to prevent these returns, but
she finds no benefit yet, from being there, poor Jenny, it is
very shocking for her, tho the complaint is not so bad, when it
returns now, has it was at the first, yet she has them more
frequent, & that must weaken a constitution greatly, we are
under continual fears for her, but must submit & be content
& wait with patienc, & still hope she may be spared longer,
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this week fully intend’d writeing, & the last, but we have been
at Formby, staying with Uncle & Aunt Formby, the have
just took Cos to school about twenty miles from them, it is
a great loss, has he was very good company for them now
that Family often inquires after you, & all our other Friends
& beg their Comp^ts, sister & self intends going to Liverpool
to bath directly, it is orderd for sister, she was along time
poorly, after the fever she had this spring, is now thank God
pritty well, but hope it will make her have a good Winter,
the last letter we had from our Dear Friend at Woolwich,
gave us acount of her better health, which was no small pleasu{^re}
& that she intend’d being at Sheffield soon, sincerely wish
This may find her with you, hope her own air woud ehlp to
Establish her health, & what pleasure woud it give our
Dear M^rs Elliot, to have her Child with her, we spend
many a thought for you, & often talk about the anxiety
you have, wilst M^rs Hare is at to great a distance, but if
any person can be tolerable easy so good a person has you
will, has is so sencible of it being right so to do, wish
Barton was a little nearer, & then think was it but a days
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ride, you woud often see some of us, hope M^r John Wrights
son is better, our Comp^{ts to them, & to Mrs Wrights Family the
Widow, & to little good Miss Nancy, how dose the good Family
at the Park do, our best Respects to them, we was greatly
disapointd at being preventd the pleasure of seeing you
all, that flatter’d us with the happiness of your companies
this year, hope I need not say you woud be receiv’d in
Lancashire with great pleasure, but must hope the next year
will be more favo{^u}rable to us, & let us all meet in health,
how dose good Mr Elliott, hope his health is still good [damaged]
[damaged] is but indifferent, our Compts to Mrs & Miss
[damaged] acquaintance, what is Mrs Wheat & Mrdoing, to let Mr Turner be married so long before them,
pray how dose Mrs Young like her new house this wet summer,
is Miss Dixon married yet, she never came to Liverpool
has I hard on, is Miss Bingly & her nephew both the same
yet, have you hard anything of Mr & Mrs Humphrees that
went aborad when we was with you, my paper is near
a conclusion, so much conclude, hope you will burn this for
it is wrote in a great hurry, is Mr Wright unmarried, & dose
Mr & Mrs Molesworth {^live} with him, have the no child, our love to you
Mr Elliott, Mr & Mrs Hare, if with you, but shall write to her
{?wonst} more to Woolwich, don’t know were the is
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Am with every good Wish/
Dear Mrs Elliotts
Sincere Friend & Humbl Servt
Ellin Hesketh
Mrs Elliott
Norfolk Street Sheffield
Yorkshire}

Barton July ye 21 1768
Dear Madam
I am very much ashamed when I think of
the date of your last kind favour, am sure you will excuse me
when you hear the true reason, after I received yours, intended
writing directly, but we had company {^her}, & have had most of this
spring & summer, & having a new maid, a very young won, {?had}
made us very busy, & Aunt Brownsword has been with us three
months, & poor woman she never has been well a fortnight at
worst, & has still those frightful returns in her Bowels, she
has been with my Aunts at Liverpool three weeks, to be near
the Doctor, when the complaint first begins, & was in hopes some
thing or other might be found out to prevent these returns, but
she finds no benefit yet, from being there, poor Jenny, it is
very shocking for her, though the complaint is not so bad, when it
returns now, has it was at the first, yet she has them more
frequent, & that must weaken a constitution greatly, we are
under continual fears for her, but must submit & be content
& wait with patience, & still hope she may be spared longer,
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this week fully intended writing, & the last, but we have been
at Formby, staying with Uncle & Aunt Formby, the have
just took Cousin to school about twenty miles from them, it is
a great loss, has he was very good company for them now
that Family often inquires after you, & all our other Friends
& beg their Comp^ts, sister & self intends going to Liverpool
to bath directly, it is ordered for sister, she was along time
poorly, after the fever she had this spring, is now thank God
pretty well, but hope it will make her have a good Winter,
the last letter we had from our Dear Friend at Woolwich,
gave us account of her better health, which was no small pleasu{^re}
& that she intended being at Sheffield soon, sincerely wish
This may find her with you, hope her own air would help to
Establish her health, & what pleasure would it give our
Dear M^rs Elliot, to have her Child with her, we spend
many a thought for you, & often talk about the anxiety
you have, whilst M^rs Hare is at to great a distance, but if
any person can be tolerable easy so good a person has you
will, has is so sensible of it being right so to do, wish
Barton was a little nearer, & then think was it but a days
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ride, you would often see some of us, hope M^r John Wrights
son is better, our Comp^ts to them, & to M^rs Wrights Family the
Widow, & to little good Miss Nancy, how dose the good Family
at the Park do, our best Respects to them, we was greatly
disappointed at being prevented the pleasure of seeing you
all, that flattered us with the happiness of your companies
this year, hope I need not say you would be received in
Lancashire with great pleasure, but must hope the next year
will be more favo{^u}rable to us, & let us all meet in health,
how dose good M^r Elliott, hope his health is still good [damaged]
[damaged] is but indifferent, our Comp^ts to M^rs & Miss
[damaged] acquaintance, what is M^rs Wheat & M^{rdoing, to let Mr Turner be married so long before them,
pray how dose Mrs Young like her new house this wet summer,
is Miss Dixon married yet, she never came to Liverpool
has I hard on, is Miss Bingly & her nephew both the same
yet, have you hard anything of Mr & Mrs Humphries that
went abroad when we was with you, my paper is near
a conclusion, so much conclude, hope you will burn this for
it is wrote in a great hurry, is Mr Wright unmarried, & dose
Mr & Mrs Molesworth {^live} with him, have the no child, our love to you
Mr Elliott, Mr & Mrs Hare, if with you, but shall write to her
{?wonst} more to Woolwich, don’t know were the is
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Am with every good Wish/
Dear Mrs Elliotts
Sincere Friend & Humbl Servt
Ellin Hesketh
Mrs Elliott
Norfolk Street Sheffield
Yorkshire}