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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)Shaw/82
TitleLetter from Elizabeth Shaw to her mother, E. Wilkinson at Colne
Extent1 item
Date14 June 1828
DescriptionLetter written from Wolverhampton. At Colne. The children are at home, her husband is away. Sarah has had a miscarriage. Thomas will move house when his wife is confined. She is sorry to see their superintendent preacher leave. The baby is having fits again; leeching seems to help him. Elizabeth is hoping to visit her mother soon. She hopes her father is recovering, and that people are visiting him. John is in Liverpool; the bad weather is affecting him in his job; the crops are suffering from the heavy rain too. The children are all healthy and making good progress. Elizabeth's sister is still single; it seems she will remain so.
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