921 - Elizabeth Hare to Ann Hare, undated
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On Monday Morning last, Mrs Swallow
sent a Letter and a pair of Stockings
to you, which I thought perhaps
might have been left at the Post Office
but am told they were taken to your
House, and this much is every
Syllable I have heard concerning
their being dilivered – Mr Swallows
Errand Runner is so much cheaper than
mine, that I shall be glad when
he is at liberty to employ him,
or, [deleted] to take the oportunity
of sending by him when he is going
to Sheffield for his Master.
What I have all along paid Thomas
Ball was of my own head, for he
Never made any fix’d demand,
But you know one cant tell how
to breack a long established custom
and I shall still employ him some
times – It will give me much
pleasure to hear that you and Kitty
are well, pray my dear sister write
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to your affectionate Elizabeth not {?Rivars/Rivens}
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Mrs Hare
Norfolk Street
On Monday Morning last, Mrs Swallow
sent a Letter and a pair of Stockings
to you, which I thought perhaps
might have been left at the Post Office
but am told they were taken to your
House, and this much is every
Syllable I have heard concerning
their being delivered – Mr Swallows
Errand Runner is so much cheaper than
mine, that I shall be glad when
he is at liberty to employ him,
or, [deleted] to take the opportunity
of sending by him when he is going
to Sheffield for his Master.
What I have all along paid Thomas
Ball was of my own head, for he
Never made any fixed demand,
But you know one cant tell how
to break a long established custom
and I shall still employ him some
times – It will give me much
pleasure to hear that you and Kitty
are well, pray my dear sister write
[new page]
to your affectionate Elizabeth not {?Rivars/Rivens}
[new page]
Mrs Hare
Norfolk Street
Elizabeth Hare to Ann Hare, undated
She has sent a letter and a pair of stockings but has not heard whether they have been received, the post office says that they were delivered to her house, Mr Swallow's errand runner is significantly cheaper than hers and she spends some time discussing the social difficulties of paying her own errand runner less.
Hare and Elliott Families of Sheffield
LD1576/4 [4]
Sheffield Archives
177
True
[England]
Mrs Hare, Norfolk Street
[Sheffield, Yorkshire, England]
primary author
head
- consumption
- gifting
- affection
- love
- disposition
- duty
To Cite this Letter
Elizabeth Hare to Ann Hare, undated: Sheffield Archives, Hare and Elliott Families of Sheffield, LD1576/4 [4]
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.