978 - Dorothy Wright to Catherine Elliott, 6 July 1743
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Sheffield Park July 6th
Dear Daughter
I Recvd yours and Glad
To hear you are Well as We are all at present
thanks to god Lickwise those things and Like
My Cap mighty Well and Give you thanks for your
Truble you haue sent no Charge of the Hancarchef
But if you Dont, it shant, be forget Ive Been verey
Uneasy since i had yours about your sister & you, and
sorry thair sud, Be aney shieness Betwixt you i could
not help Crieng for I have allways Been a Indulgent
Mother to you all sud, be glad you Wood Be one
To another Ive Reperamainded her in her Letter
so Wood have you not to Be verey Uneasy about it
But to Live Lovingly and Part so & forget and forgive
and Exparence Will make all those things Naterall
to you in Time, for God {^knows} How soone We may be Deprivd
of Eather seeing or hearing from one another, Dolley
is a verey fine Girle and goes to Scoole verey
Willingley and Larnes her Booke fast at first tho
Was a Little sulkey & Tho {?Cawton} Snubd her for it and
Now She Talkes and Rattles to him and says Dont
I mend
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from your Ever Effectionat Mother. D. Wright
Sheffield Park July 6th
Dear Daughter
I Received yours and Glad
To hear you are Well as We are all at present
thanks to god Likewise those things and Like
My Cap mighty Well and Give you thanks for your
Trouble you have sent no Charge of the Handkerchief
But if you Dont, it shant, be forget I’ve Been very
Uneasy since i had yours about your sister & you, and
sorry their should, Be any shyness Betwixt you i could
not help Crying for I have always Been a Indulgent
Mother to you all should, be glad you Would Be one
To another I’ve Reprimanded her in her Letter
so Would have you not to Be very Uneasy about it
But to Live Lovingly and Part so & forget and forgive
and Experience Will make all those things Natural
to you in Time, for God {^knows} How soon We may be Deprived
of Either seeing or hearing from one another, Dolly
is a very fine Girl and goes to School very
Willingly and Learns her Book fast at first tho
Was a Little sulky & Tho {?Cawton} Snubd her for it and
Now She Talks and Rattles to him and says Dont
I mend
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from your Ever Affectionate Mother. D. Wright
Dorothy Wright to Catherine Elliott, 6 July 1743
She is glad to hear that they are well, and thanks Catherine for the trouble she went to, asking how much the handkerchief cost, she is sad to hear that Catherine and her sister are not getting on, it has made her cry, she has reprimanded Catherine's sister and hopes that they will now be easy with each other, Dolly is doing well at school and learns her books fast
Hare and Elliott Families of Sheffield
HD1576/1 [2]
Sheffield Archives
1743
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6
1743 July 6th
Sheffield Park
[Yorkshire, England]
[?Sheffield, Yorkshire, England?]
To Cite this Letter
Dorothy Wright to Catherine Elliott, 6 July 1743, 671743: Sheffield Archives, Hare and Elliott Families of Sheffield, HD1576/1 [2]
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.