881 - Elizabeth Hare and Ann Hare, 16 March 1772
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Dr Sister
You may lay aside your kind fears on account of any particular connection which
you or the rest of my Friends may think there is subsisting betwixt Cousin S and myself
for I did on Tuesday the 10 inst: give him the Dismission which you recommend to me
as a proper One; and we parted good Friends, but I can tell you he will in a short time
pay his Address to a very pritty young Lady, who I have heard say will be a ten
thousand pound Fortune; he himself in formed me of this his intention and I dare say
that he has by this time acquainted his Friends with my determination – what I
have told you is very much the truth; and I wont pay myself so bad a compliment as to
suppose you do not believe me;
I have not walk’d to Sheffield since I dined with you, our Assembley is next
Thursday, but I do not expect to see you there; as your Situation requires great
care, I hope you will excuse me cautioning you on that head, I received a
London Letter yesterday, which says my Sister Williams is very poorly.
Brother Jack is in Town, but purposes leaving it soon; last Friday we dined
at Ravensfield and found Mr and Mrs Oborns pretty well, the latter has had
the Rheumatism, my love to Brother from your affectionate Sister
Eliza Hare
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Dr Sister
You may lay aside your kind fears on account of any particular connection which
you or the rest of my Friends may think there is subsisting betwixt Cousin S and myself
for I did on Tuesday the 10 inst: give him the Dismission which you recommend to me
as a proper One; and we parted good Friends, but I can tell you he will in a short time
pay his Address to a very pretty young Lady, who I have heard say will be a ten
thousand pound Fortune; he himself in formed me of this his intention and I dare say
that he has by this time acquainted his Friends with my determination – what I
have told you is very much the truth; and I won’t pay myself so bad a compliment as to
suppose you do not believe me;
I have not walked to Sheffield since I dined with you, our Assembly is next
Thursday, but I do not expect to see you there; as your Situation requires great
care, I hope you will excuse me cautioning you on that head, I received a
London Letter yesterday, which says my Sister Williams is very poorly.
Brother Jack is in Town, but purposes leaving it soon; last Friday we dined
at Ravensfield and found Mr and Mrs Oborns pretty well, the latter has had
the Rheumatism, my love to Brother from your affectionate Sister
Eliza Hare
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Elizabeth Hare and Ann Hare, 16 March 1772
Reassuring Ann that there is no connection between her and Cousin S, she has given him his dismission, he will soon pay his addresses to another young lady of a good fortune, she has not walked to Sheffield since they dined together, but she is planning to attend the Assembly next week, providing a brief update on various family members
Hare and Elliott Families of Sheffield
LD1576/5 [22]
Sheffield Archives
1772
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16
March 16 1772
New Hall
[England]
[Cowley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England]
Dr Sister
primary addressee
youth
ill-health
- apprehension
- worried
duty
primary author
- dining
- recreation
- visiting
- walking
separation
- affection
- love
- worried
- courting
- friendship
To Cite this Letter
Elizabeth Hare and Ann Hare, 16 March 1772, 1631772: Sheffield Archives, Hare and Elliott Families of Sheffield, LD1576/5 [22]
To Cite this Edition
Material Identities, Social Bodies: Embodiment in British Letters c.1680-1820. Compiled by: Karen Harvey, Helen Esfandiary, Sarah Fox, Emily Vine, University of Birmingham. Project funded by the Leverhulme Trust (2021-2025, Ref. RPG-2020-163), https://socialbodies.bham.ac.uk.