Chesterfield Wednesday Afternoon
I am very glad to hear my D^r M^rs Hare got safe
to Cowley and think you very polite indeed for expressing any Obligation due to
me for spending so dull a week and hope youl now accept my Thanks for the
favor of your good Company – Molly informs me you left a single Muslin hander=
=chief here, we have made diligent search for it without success, but hope when the
Clouths are washd next week we shall find it, if you have not packt it up with
Your own Cloaths – I am much Obliged to you for the Tea and the appearance
Of it bespeaks it so good that if I am not too troublesome shoud be glad to receive
one pound of it, at 11,6, which I will thankfully repay you for – I am very {?sensible}
for your favor, done me in your kind order of the patterns of silks – I was sorry
you left me yesterday as I had the unexpected pleasure of three of my Neighbours Company
that drank tea, and spent the evening, and as we were very cheerful and chatty it
would have a little made up for the dullness you had suffered – I hope you will
have a good journey to your Friends on Sunday, and pass your time with great
cheerfulness – My Arm was just dressd when I begun this scrawl and was
obliged to be touchd again with the {?precipstate} which makes it smart much, and I
hope will apologize for all imperfections in this hasty scrawl. I am dear Mad^m
your Obliged Friend
Chris^a Shuttleworth
Shoud you receive messuage from James
before you see him I shoud be obliged to you to inform him
I desire his Servant may bring my Tankard with him when he
returns here – I hope youl receive an Agreeable acc^t soon of Capⁿ Hares Heath I assure
you it will give me pleasure to hear it
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M^rs Hare

Chesterfield Wednesday Afternoon
I am very glad to hear my D^r M^rs Hare got safe
to Cowley and think you very polite indeed for expressing any Obligation due to
me for spending so dull a week and hope you’ll now accept my Thanks for the
favour of your good Company – Molly informs me you left a single Muslin hander=
=chief here, we have made diligent search for it without success, but hope when the
Clothes are washed next week we shall find it, if you have not packed it up with
Your own Clothes – I am much Obliged to you for the Tea and the appearance
Of it bespeaks it so good that if I am not too troublesome should be glad to receive
one pound of it, at 11,6, which I will thankfully repay you for – I am very {?sensible}
for your favour, done me in your kind order of the patterns of silks – I was sorry
you left me yesterday as I had the unexpected pleasure of three of my Neighbours Company
that drank tea, and spent the evening, and as we were very cheerful and chatty it
would have a little made up for the dullness you had suffered – I hope you will
have a good journey to your Friends on Sunday, and pass your time with great
cheerfulness – My Arm was just dressed when I begun this scrawl and was
obliged to be touched again with the {?precipstate} which makes it smart much, and I
hope will apologize for all imperfections in this hasty scrawl. I am dear Mad^m
your Obliged Friend
Chris^a Shuttleworth
Should you receive messuage from James
before you see him I should be obliged to you to inform him
I desire his Servant may bring my Tankard with him when he
returns here – I hope you’ll receive an Agreeable account soon of Capⁿ Hares Heath I assure
you it will give me pleasure to hear it
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M^rs Hare