930 - M[ary?] Burton to Ann Hare, c1789-98

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My Dear Mrs Hare

I most sincerely sympathise with
you & poor Miss Hare in her indisposition I know
by experience what a tearing thing it is I most
earnestly wish her better pray give my best Love
to her & tell her so & likewise how sorry I am that
I coud not get some biscuits that were newer
but I do assure you they are the best in town at
present I thank you my Dear friend for your
kind solicitude for Mr Burton I have the
pleasure to inform you he is much better
the complaint in his head has left him entirely & tho
he is still very lame we have great cause to
be thankful I cannot express to you how much
I feel myself obliged by your great kind
ness to us all be assured I shall ever retain
the most grateful remembrance of it we
want Kitty at home very much but I have
nothing to say about [deleted {?that}] her coming home
particularly while Miss H is so poorly but
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surely she will be well in a day or two & I hope
she will think of her promise to spend some
time with me & do my Dear Mrs Hare pray
do you come with her you do not know how
much pleasure you woud give me the Boys
desire Love to you & Miss H they will I am
Persuaded never forget your goodness to them
you cannot imagine with what rapture
they talk of Cowley & its residents they talk
of writing to day but so much time is taken
up with School & exercises that they have
not had time I could not get the Novel Kitty
mentioned but hope you will like the one
sent tis by the same author as juvenile
indiscretions God Bless you my Dear Mrs
Hare believe me with the warmest wishes
for Miss H’s recovery ever yours
M Burton
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[vertical centre] Mrs Hare
Cowley
My Dear Mrs Hare

I most sincerely sympathise with
you & poor Miss Hare in her indisposition I know
by experience what a tearing thing it is I most
earnestly wish her better pray give my best Love
to her & tell her so & likewise how sorry I am that
I could not get some biscuits that were newer
but I do assure you they are the best in town at
present I thank you my Dear friend for your
kind solicitude for Mr Burton I have the
pleasure to inform you he is much better
the complaint in his head has left him entirely & though
he is still very lame we have great cause to
be thankful I cannot express to you how much
I feel myself obliged by your great kind
ness to us all be assured I shall ever retain
the most grateful remembrance of it we
want Kitty at home very much but I have
nothing to say about [deleted {?that}] her coming home
particularly while Miss H is so poorly but
[new page]
surely she will be well in a day or two & I hope
she will think of her promise to spend some
time with me & do my Dear Mrs Hare pray
do you come with her you do not know how
much pleasure you would give me. the Boys
desire Love to you & Miss H they will I am
Persuaded never forget your goodness to them
you cannot imagine with what rapture
they talk of Cowley & its residents they talk
of writing to day but so much time is taken
up with School & exercises that they have
not had time I could not get the Novel Kitty
mentioned but hope you will like the one
sent tis by the same author as juvenile
indiscretions God Bless you my Dear Mrs
Hare believe me with the warmest wishes
for Miss H’s recovery ever yours
M Burton
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[vertical centre] Mrs Hare
Cowley
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M[ary?] Burton to Ann Hare, c1789-98

M Burton commiserates with 'Mrs Hare' on her daughter Kitty's ('Miss H's) ill-health. She sends biscuits and a novel, though apologizes that the biscuits are not 'newer' and that the novel is not the one Kitty had mentioned. Burton reports on her husband or father (Mr Burton), whose head complaint has gone but whose lameness continues.

Hare and Elliott Families of Sheffield

LD1576/11/2

Sheffield Archives

1789

True

[England]

Cowley [Derbyshire, England]

People
Person: Ann Hare
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primary addressee

visiting

affection

virtuous

  • motherhood
  • parenthood

Person: Catherine Hare
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Miss H

other

whole-body

  • eating
  • reading

youth

unwell

pain

  • at home
  • school

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M[ary?] Burton to Ann Hare, c1789-98, 1789: Sheffield Archives, Hare and Elliott Families of Sheffield, LD1576/11/2

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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.

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