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Letter to Mary from her mother, Mary Wiggins (née Everett).

n.d. [c. 1870]

From: 1870 To: 1870

Written at Draughton Lodge [Draughton, Northamptonshire], Wednesday evening. …I am pleased to say I have arrived safely at my dear old home. Have had a bad journey from Desboro [Desborough, Northamptonshire]; it was so very slippy, was afraid the old horse would have been down every minute. I would have had him rough shod at Rowell [Rothwell] but the blacksmith was not at home so we ventured on. The aspect of the country is quite different here to what it is with you, the fields being covered with snow. Between 1 and 2 inches thick, it seem[ed] to begin just before we got to Kettering and as we got on it seem[ed] to have fallen thicker; this made the travelling[?] so bad it froze in the shade and thawed in the sun. I found Jethro quite well and high busy with his brewing and my household all right. Mrs. Wiggins and the two Miss Berriges[?] and William were here to tea on Monday. Jethro had a fire in the Parlour for them; it would do the room good as there has not been one since I have been away. I hope you have had no return of the palpitation; the best preventative is to keep as quiet as possible. I hope you will write on Saturday if you do not on Friday. I shall like to hear how your meeting goes off tomorrow. Mr. Glass came up here with Jethro to dine on Sunday. I must not say more. Jethro joins in kind love to Hugh and your own dear self and a kiss to darling Willie from Your loving Mamma…. I shall often be thinking about you.

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Glass,
Sanders, Mary,
Wiggins,
Wiggins, Jethro John,
Wiggins, Mary

Desborough, Draughton [Northamptonshire], family correspondence