People featured: 2
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [14]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas is concerned to have heard that Nancy is ill and hopes to see her soon He hopes she improves and recommends that she eat ripe fruit. This letter seems to be an inclusion with a previous one.

People featured: 2
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [7]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas writes a short letter to his young sister Nancy, which he includes with a copy-book for her writing practice. He has not seen her for a some time, but promises he will soon, and he passes on his hopes for her good health from himself, sister and brother. It is possible this letter was sent with another one, dating from the same day and sent to Thomas' brother.

People featured: 4
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [56]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas has delayed writing to his sister because his father came home, having had a wet and dangerous journey. He urges his sister to send the nurse home as soon as possible (though deletes this line from the draft letter).

People featured: 3
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [75]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas is unable to come and visit his sister. Their father had hoped that the good weather would have encouraged her and her family to come to them. Aunt [Lady] Nairn’s youngest daughter is dangerously ill.

People featured: 3
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [1]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas is pleased to hear Sister Stanley and the family are well. He had hoped to visit the Park with their father tomorrow, but Father was too busy with work. Their father sends instructions that they are not to prepare for his visit and he will not be treated as a stranger.

People featured: 1
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [122]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas has been unable to write as he has not enough time. He also has a pain in his side which means he cannot travel. The letter is sent with another to his other sister on the same day.

People featured: 2
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [13]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas has heard from his sister's husband that she suffered with an 'indisposition' for 3 weeks, but he is too busy to come and visit and is concerned to receive details from her. He is sorry to hear that Sister Hampton has reported to Sister Stanley that she has had enough advice from Thomas, but wishes it would take effect.

People featured: 2
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [59]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas is worried at the news that his sister has been suffering head pain. He has wanted to visit but is prevented by daily occurences.

People featured: 2
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [120]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: His sister Stanley has experienced an incident in a coach. Thomas hopes she is recovered and that she stays longer in London.

People featured: 3
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [39]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas’ sister is in late pregnancy and her reports that their sister Hampton is preparing to come and visit; their other sister Nancy will send a letter with Hampton. Their father has been dealing with their Uncle Hampton’s affairs though has not said when he will be coming home.

People featured: 1
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [90]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas’ father has come home after some time away. The travelling and the hot weather have made him fatigued and out of order. Thomas has no time to write more.

People featured: 2
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [141]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas has received a letter from their father whose ailment is improving. Thomas suggests his father is somewhat undecided or confused about his plans to travel home and then to London, but Thomas suspects will mean he has to call their sister Nancy sooner than he had planned (presumably to care for their father).

People featured: 2
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [30]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas had been expecting his Sister Stanley to visit and disappointed that she has written to delay. He hopes she understands why he is not able to visit her and hopes she will come soon.

People featured: 2
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [29]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas is glad to hear his sister and family are well; he wishes he could visit them soon but he is unable and hopes she would come as soon as she can. Their father is concerned about Thomas’ godfather’s unkindness and has not yet been reconciled to Sister Hampton.

People featured: 3
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [74]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas wants his sister to give the bearer of the letter an oral report of their health. Their father wants to keep Nancy at home with him and Thomas reports feeling shame at not helping his father more in his business.

People featured: 4
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [99]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas has been too busy with work to visit. Their sister Hampton’s husband, Mr Allen, is worse with a cough and a physician has said it is consumption. Mrs Allen senior is expected to die soon. Thomas hopes Hampton will be able to cope.

People featured: 3
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [133]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas did accompany their Sister Allen to Coleshill, though he was not sure she would make the journey. He has received a letter from their father reporting aching eyes and pain in the hips.

People featured: 3
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [125]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas pain in his side had not qute left on his return home from visiting his sister Stanley, but he hopes he will be recovered soon. Their brother Franc was unwell yesterday but is now better. He hopes the weather will be good enough for his sister to travel to see him soon.

People featured: 2
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [31]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas is concerned to hear that his Sister has difficulties with her eye and asks her to let her know how she is as soon as she can. He hopes he will see her soon.

People featured: 5
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [50]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas’ sister Hampton has returned from visiting sister Stanley and he is concerned by Hampton’s report that Sister Stanley is unwell following childbirth. His knee is improving but that and business is keeping him from visiting her. Their father has left some medicine for their younger sister, Nancy.

People featured: 4
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [57]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas hopes his new nephew (Franc) is well enough for his sister to leave him to visit her brother. The nurse has returned and sends her service and thanks to Sister Stanley.

People featured: 2
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [41]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas congratulates his sister on her recent safe delivery and good health. Though he knows it may be ‘tedious’ to her, he also reports on the financial matters concerning her husband and father, and expresses some frustration at his father’s refusal to let him resolve the matter.

People featured: 3
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [119]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas asks his sister Stanley to purchase materials while she is in London, so that Hampton may make a second mourning outfit. He has parted with his brother-in-law ‘very well’ and on good terms. Their father is better.

People featured: 4
Collection: Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
Item Number: D231 M/B/8 [52]
Repository: Derbyshire Record Office
Summary: Thomas is still prevented from visiting sister Stanley by work but hopes to come soon. He is worried about his sister as he has not heard from her for a long time and tells himself she is well. Hampton is too busy to write because their maid has gone to see her poorly mother and Hampton will not take on another servant.

People featured: 1
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1807 (155)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Describing the gardens and his work sowing peas and beans, speculating on whether they will have any strawberries this year, providing details of potential plans to visit later in the year

People featured: 3
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1807 (180)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Sending her a note for 20 shillings, giving an unflattering account of Mrs Siddons and her performance abilities, providing Betsy Hatfield's travel plans, and a brief update on the people at home

People featured: 3
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1807 (173)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: A short note, two cows have calved, Dorothy has been ill, describing the garden in detail, telling her about the lessons he has been taking with Hatfield, and his older brothers have been learning to fish.

People featured: 3
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1802 (74)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Providing an update on their journey to Warrington, they are worried that they have caused distress to their children, hoping that his letter will ease their hearts.

People featured: 4
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1801 (68)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Fretting about the timing of the post, as they are worried that their letter won't have reached the children yet, and they will be worried, Hatfield is still a little indisposed, telling them how pleased he is at hearing about their good conduct and providing advice to them on their behaviour, they will be late home as there is a large event at Manchester and their mother is worried about the crowds and noise.

People featured: 5
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1799 (48)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Expressing repeatedly how much he is missing them, and asking them to behave well so that he and their mother receive good reports of them from their carer, providing some advice for a good life, thanking them for sending gifts of pincushions and handkerchiefs, providing details of when they will return home, suggesting that they ask Miss Roberts to show them all the towns that they have visited on the map, listing them all, giving lots of details of the weather.

People featured: 6
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1807 (161)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Referring back to his previous letter and the poem he enclosed, the difficulties he has had in finding a new servant, Uncle Hatfield has been ill again and providing details of the visitors he has had, advising her on diligence in her studies, providing updates on the health of the family and her siblings and on Ann's marriage to an American Sailor.

People featured: 2
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1807 (150)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Apologising profusely for failing to give her the key to her trunk before she left, and worrying that her friends will think him thoughtless, hoping that she is happy at school and giving her some advice around her behaviour while at school, providing details of his recent journey

People featured: 4
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1807 (148)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Providing detailed information about the postal service of her last letter, providing details of the family members that he has been able to meet with, he is glad she has been to a conjuring show though he worries that the trick with the goldfinch required cruelty during training, providing updates on the health of the family, particularly Betsy who has a cold, he is looking forward to receiving her safe at home

People featured: 7
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: ENG 1041 f40
Summary: Father to daughter. The children have been staying with relatives while their parents make the house ready, and the parents were very glad to hear that the children are all well. They now would like the children to return to them, and the father will go and collect them next Friday if the weather is good. The father and mother are both well, and they’ve heard that other relatives are also well. They ask Betty not to wash any more of their clothes, but to bring them home with them.

People featured: 2
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1807 (149)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: A short note expressing his disappointment that he hasn't had a letter from her today, her Uncle is travelling to Manchester due to the sudden illness of his brother

People featured: 3
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1803 (83)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Providing an update on the health of her Grandmother and of Aunt Abbatt, providing extensive information about the post and how it provoked anxiety in him when he didn't hear from her, the horse is galled by an ill-fitting harness which is slowing them down.

People featured: 10
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1807 (169)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: He is grateful that her cold is improving, and that her tutor and schoolfriends are recovering from their sore throats, providing updates on various family members including her grandmother, Hatfield and Dorothy, telling her about the new tutor he has employed at home Miss Foster, providing details of his visit to Mr Walker's astronomy lecture with Betsy, Mr Walker has gone to London to try and see his father before he dies, there is so much fruit in the garden yet his hands are so cold he can hardly write

People featured: 4
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1807 (158)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Explaining how he came to chose Miss Mangnall's school and the thought that he put into it, how he hopes her education will have a positive impact upon the rest of her life, and providing extensive advice on applying herself to her studies, he also provides a scale of excellence on what he considers to be the perfect disposition, providing updates on the health of friends and acquaintances, and enclosing a poem written by Betsy lamenting the felling of trees on the edges of their property

People featured: 1
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 807 (171)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: A short note enclosed with food and providing a short update on the political situation in Liverpool

People featured: 2
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1806 146
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Providing details of his recent journey to Prescot where he had to walk part of the way before he could find a porter, he wishes he could have heard from them about the dance they went to recently, suggesting that they watch the behaviour of others at social events to identify behaviour that should be avoided, her brothers are being very noisy while he tries to write, but they have just been sent to bed, telling her where to find the key for the lock on her pelise

People featured: 3
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1807 (166)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Worrying that her school tutor has a sore throat that may be contagious, providing instructions on how to return home should her tutor be unable to provide care and tuition, detailing the difficulties that they have had trying to replace servants with someone of comparable skill and experience, providing advice on the virtues that he wishes her to cultivate for the improvement of her prospects, describing the weather at home, commenting on the abolition of the slavery bill, and detailing the instructions on a parcel that has been sent to her containing pencils and books

People featured: 1
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1804 (110)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Providing a detailed account of his journey to Chester and his lodging house, complaining about business being slow, but it is his duty to provide for them until they can care for themselves, worrying about their health and the state of the hay, written over several days providing updates on the weather and on business

People featured: 2
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1804 (97)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Providing details of his journeys and the difficulties he has experienced due to the snowy conditions, providing updates on the health of family members he has visited, his difficulties finding someone to value the land, expressing his love for his children and sending the love of various friends and acquaintances

People featured: 3
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1807 (179)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Telling her of the rheumatism he has experienced in his back which has prevented him from writing, giving her travel advice for the journey home from school should he be prevented from accompanying her, discussing some of the books that she has been reading and giving his opinions, apologising that the parcel did not arrive in time for her performance at school, some discussion of the local political situatino

People featured: 3
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1807 (175)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Mrs Holmes has leant him a bad pen and paper so that he can write, providing details of Tom Hatfield's visit to Rotherham, he has sent her a parcel containing various food and clothing items that she requested, discussing the political news from Liverpool and the poor behaviour of Tarleton's men.

People featured: 4
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1803 (81)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Telling them about his journey and the wet weather, telling them how happy they will make him if their are attentive and obedient to Miss Roberts and hoping that they understand the value of good conduct, providing some domestic details including the day the chimney sweeper has said he will come.

People featured: 6
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: ENG 1041 f28
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Responds to news that son Samuel is much better, reports that Sister Hatfield is not improving and implies she is near death. She is growing increasingly weaker and has a painful cough – she is taking laudanum and being nursed by family and a servant. Discussion is religious in tone – suggests ‘nothing can be done for her now by human power’. Thomas foreshadows the grief that will come upon Sister Hatfield’s death. Reports that his wife and the children are well, and expresses concerns about how the close relatives of Sister Hatfield will bear the loss – expresses hopes that they will cope with this grief in a Christian manner.

People featured: 2
Collection: Herbert Family Papers
Item Number: HE376
Repository: Huntington Library
Summary: Informing the [female] recipient that Edmund Herbert has been attacked by yellow jaundice and has been under the care of two physicians, she is still welcome to come and visit him as he would be pleased to see her, final sentence reminds her that Mr Herbert remains your most truly affectionate to the last day of his lift. A note in pencil at the end of the letter tells us that Edmund Herbert died the following month

People featured: 3
Collection: Bateman Family Papers
Item Number: OSB MSS 32 Box 2, Folder 41 (1)
Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Summary: Written on the occasion of Rebekah's death, consoling Thomas on the loss of his wife, meditating on the likelihood that Rebekah has gone to heaven, reflecting on his own life in comparison with hers, exploring his beliefs on death and his relationship with God.

People featured: 2
Collection: Herbert Family Papers
Item Number: HE119
Repository: Huntington Library
Summary: Thanking them for the large pot of honey that George Lovell said had been sent by them, mamma has been very ill with colic and fever, she has been confined to her room, discussing repairs to the window glass in the old house, some small matters of business including a mistake in the number of shillings owed to them

People featured: 1
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1806 (138)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Many fragments of letters, making this appear like a draft of many letters, the second page includes practice signatures and doodles, the author has moved to the regions of smoke, and questions whether Travis Isle can still be considered rural, she is struggling to open her eyes due to the smoke and Mary-Ann must forgive her

People featured: 1
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1806 (140)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: Apologising for the shabby appearance of the letter given the price of paper, the author has not written to Aunt B as they feel some restraint at writing to someone so much older and wiser than they are, asking for a long letter crossed two or three times, assuring them that she will be able to read it, the final pages are fragmentary because they are scribbled on wrapping of the letter

People featured: 2
Collection: Nicholson Family Papers
Item Number: MSS 1041 1806 (145)
Repository: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Summary: A short note confirming that he was safely home, and that his mother is a little indisposed but the rest of the family is well, discussing the recent election in Liverpool

People featured: 1
Collection: Bateman Family Papers
Item Number: OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 3 (2)
Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Summary: Expressing his shock at the contents of her letter, but he is thankful that she is using the language of Christ, meditating on the nature of faith and Christ's works.

People featured: 4
Collection: Bateman Family Papers
Item Number: OSB MSS 32 Box.1 Fol.3 [1]
Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Summary: Containing information about a serving girl and her suitability for a place with Rebekah, the sudden illness of a visitor at Armitage's house and their search for Mrs Bradbury in Chester.

People featured: 1
Collection: Bateman Family Papers
Item Number: OSB MSS 32 Box 1, Folder 3 [2]
Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Summary: Answering her queries on the sending of a parcel, and advising her at length on her faith and her future should she remain a strong proponent of her faith.

People featured: 3
Collection: Bateman Family Papers
Item Number: OSB MSS 32 Box 2, Folder 20 [3]
Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Summary: Asking him to purchase a number of books for him including the Nonconformists Memorial, providing updates on the health of Grandpapa and Grandmama, and telling him about a recent purchase of an atlas containing beautifullly engraved and coloured maps.

People featured: 2
Collection: Bateman Family Papers
Item Number: OSB MSS 32 Box 2, Folder 20 [4]
Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Summary: Acknowledging receipt of the books, offering a coat in part payment, suggesting that Thomas come to Manchester where William could dress him for a reduced price.

People featured: 2
Collection: Bateman Family Papers
Item Number: OSB MSS 32 Box 2, Folder 20 [1]
Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Summary: Sending him the first volumes of Rollins Ancient History to read, and providing him with advice about keeping his gun clean and not annoying the neighbours

People featured: 5
Collection: Bateman Family Papers
Item Number: OSB MSS 32 Box 2, Folder 20 [2]
Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Summary: Requesting details of Miss Smithson's route to Manchester after visiting their grandmother, grandmother is unwell and they fear she might be dying, asking him to send some soft figs for their grandmother to eat, complaining that their sister still hasn't answered his letter, providing travel plans to Buxton.