1743
Sheffield Park July 6^th
Dear Daughter
I Recv^d 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 Hancarche^f
But if you Don^t, it shan^t, be forget Ive Been verey
Uneasy since i had yours about your sister & you, and
sorry thair su^d, Be aney shieness Betwixt you i could
not help Crieng for I have allways Been a Indulgen^t
Mother to you all su^d, 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 forgiv^e
and Exparence Will make all those things Naterall
to you in Time, for God {^knows} How soone We may be Depriv^d
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} Snub^d her for it and
Now She Talkes and Rattles to him and says Don^t
I mend
 
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from your Ever Effectionat Mother. D. Wright

1743
Sheffield Park July 6^th
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 Don^t, it shan^t, 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 Indulgen^t
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 forgiv^e
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} Snub^d her for it and
Now She Talks and Rattles to him and says Don^t
I mend
 
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from your Ever Affectionate Mother. D. Wright