This letter is part of a series of courtship correspondence between Jonathan Abbatt and Mary Dilworth (later Abbatt). The Abbatt family was a Quaker family who lived in the towns and villages of Preston, Ribchester, and Garstang in Lancashire, England. The letters chronicle the courtship, discussions of faith, local events, shared sentiments, etc. Mary sometimes addressed as Polly in the letters. Please note that the months on the letters’ dates were added as numerical values rather than the month's name (e.g. 2 Mo = February). Jonathan's happy that Mary appreciates his remarks about making a comfortable future home. His brother's friend Thomas Mulliner(?) knows that he is courting Mary, but when he asked Jonathan's brother about it, he said he didn't know anything. Lucy Jackson and her husband(?) also spoke to Jonathan about Mary. Addressed to Mary via Willaim Cameron, Chester Street, Birkenhead.

In Collection:

• Abbatt Family Collection

Creator

• https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1718560/

Contributor

• Abbatt, Mary, 1828-1901

Subject

• Courtship
• Man-woman relationships
• Quakers
• Man-woman relationships--Religious aspects
• Families
• Faith
• Quakers--Family relationships
• Interpersonal relations
• Marriage

Language

• eng

Date created

• July 14, 1853

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 5 pages

Geographic coverage

• England--Birkenhead

Coordinates

• 53.39337, -3.01479

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in black ink. Stamp on envelope.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Abbatt Family Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• envelopes
• letters (correspondence)
• correspondence
• personal correspondence

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2011-039, File: 1.2

Fonds title

• Abbatt family fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC463

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/abbatt-family-fonds

Date digitized

• October 26, 2020

Technical note

• Metadata by MT.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/j4qj-2p45

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