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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)Shaw/90
TitleLetter from E. Wilkinson to Elizabeth Shaw at Wolverhampton
Extent1 item
Date21 January 1824
DescriptionLetter written from Colne.She weighs up the disadvantages of Ratcliff's shop which Elizabeth has seen available. Mrs Wilkinson's children are back at school. A young girl next door has died of typhus. Parkinson now ignores Sarah completely; the scandal of her situation is most worrying. Mr Richard's will has caused friction in the Southfield family. It is feared that Mr Wilkinson will never recover his reason; he drinks too much also. Lucy is very ill, but Mrs Williamson is not well enough to go and tend to the shop; she also dare not leave Sarah alone.
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