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Jewsbury, Maria Jane (1800-1833). - Letter, from Manchester, to Dora Wordsworth (1804-1847), at The Revd. Dr. Wordsworth's, Buxted, near Uckfield, Sussex, dated 3 February 1831. WLMS A / Jewsbury, Maria Jane / 31.
Manchester My dearest Dora, I received your most friendly letter last week whilst staying with where Masters are expensive & far off I conceive she would be valuable to any one wishing little girls to have the benefit of what Masters teach - of & what she has had been finished in, by the best London Masters - I feel deeply indebted to you - obliged to Mrs Gee for thinking of us - I must further beg of your friendship to let me know if in your travels you hear of any family of the kind I mean wanting a young Governess of the kind I describe - for many places she is too pretty - & young - I must have her in a sober minded family - & if they would be very kind to her - & if under their roof & influence & example she would be silently maturing, & deriving moral benefit, salary should not be the great object - but my beloved Dora - I am not free to tell you all the [page break (3)]anxieties that oppress me now - My own plans are all in confusion - I will write you from Staffordshire where I go with Frank on Saturday (nice mild travelling weather) - Be assured, in, through all - I love you - love & honour, & am grateful to your family. Poor dear Mrs Hemans - ah she has more in her than you allow - & is much chastened in mind since I saw her last - she spoke most gratefully of your family, & has really not written through modesty - She thought you had a plague of letters - & I think (my own suspicion) fancied you lady folk did not like her - a fact I kept a profound secret. She will write you directly. I think wretchedly of her health, though externally better, the complaint at her heart seems to be silently gaining ground. I do love, & feel for her - Mrs Charles Lawrence talked to me worshipfully about yr. way back. What a sweet woman she is. I saw old Mr Roscoe - he is in tolerable health, & in bright spirits.
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Mrs Lloyd has got a Governess. I hope in my next to be able to say I am in better health. Thank God you are so well. Miss Wordsworth The Revd. Dr. Wordsworth's Buxted nr Uckfield Sussex.
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