Letter from Jonathan Abbatt to Mary Dilworth (later Abbatt), September 30, 1853

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 continues piling on affections to Mary, and wonders if she thinks about their future together. The visit with Jonathan's sister went well but encouraged Mary to tease her about being homesick, as she was only away for a fortnight.

In Collection:

• Abbatt Family Collection

Creator

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

Contributor

• Abbatt, Mary, 1828-1901

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• September 30, 1853

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 5 pages

Geographic coverage

• England--Garstang

Coordinates

• 53.90081, -2.77417

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in black ink. Stamp cut out from envelope.

Physical repository

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

Collection

• Abbatt Family Collection

Provider

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

Genre

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

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/10.58066/8fy1-ej33

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