Family letter from Mary Sophia Coates... (1826)

NRA-L-000014 / 1826

Family letter from Mary Sophia Coates to Thos Lane Esq / Solicitor, 1826-04-19

Mary Sophia Coates asks solicitor Thomas Lane for news of her children and says she will visit his office, insisting that she is willing to follow them to France or live near them in England.

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NRA-L-000014

NRA-L-000014 image 1 showing the address panel, postal marks and exterior annotations for Mary Sophia Coates's letter to Thomas Lane, solicitor, in London. — **Image 1**Address panel, postal marks and exterior annotations.

NRA-L-000014 image 2 showing the first page of Mary Sophia Coates's letter from Newport, dated 19 April 1826, concerning her children. — **Image 2**Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000014 image 3 showing the second page, closing, signature and postscript of Mary Sophia Coates's letter from Newport, dated 19 April 1826. — **Image 3**Letter text - Page 2 and postscript.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000014
Date: 1826-04-19
Original date: April 19th 1826 / Newport
Type: Family letter
Language: English / en
Sender: Mary Sophia Coates
Recipient: Thomas Lane, solicitor
Places: Newport, Isle of Wight?, England, United Kingdom / London, England, United Kingdom
Extent: 3 web-resolution images; address side and two pages of letter text
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000014.

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Address Panel

Original transcript

Thos Lane Esqr
38 Great James Street
Bedford Row
London
Solicitor

Address Panel

Readable English text

Thos Lane Esqr
38 Great James Street
Bedford Row
London
Solicitor

Letter Text - Page 1

Original transcript

April 19th 1826
Newport.
Sir !
This is the second post paid letter which
I have taken the liberty to address to you during this
last quarter - hoping according to your promise
that you would be pleased to favor me with an
account of the health, welfare, and residence
of my very unfortunate children -
I now beg leave to acquaint you, that on
Monday Morning next (if my daughter is
recovered from her slight indisposition) I shall
make these enquiries in person at your
office, and request you will do me the justice
to see me ,
Have the goodness to explain to Doctor
Coates, that without my children I cannot
live - therefore should they be in France ; we (myself
and child) will follow them - or if in England
state where we may live near them and we will
do so without molesting Dr Coates or teaching
Disobedience to the children -

Letter Text - Page 1

Readable English text

April 19th 1826
Newport.
Sir !
This is the second post paid letter which
I have taken the liberty to address to you during this
last quarter - hoping according to your promise
that you would be pleased to favor me with an
account of the health, welfare, and residence
of my very unfortunate children -
I now beg leave to acquaint you, that on
Monday Morning next (if my daughter is
recovered from her slight indisposition) I shall
make these enquiries in person at your
office, and request you will do me the justice
to see me ,
Have the goodness to explain to Doctor
Coates, that without my children I cannot
live - therefore should they be in France ; we (myself
and child) will follow them - or if in England
state where we may live near them and we will
do so without molesting Dr Coates or teaching
Disobedience to the children -

Letter Text - Page 2

Original transcript

I believe I can now guess how powerful
my opposers are & how futile, the efforts of any
real friends, (even if I have such,) to assist me!
You, too, Sir, have most unfaithfully broken
your voluntary promise to me! —
If Dr Coates is in "trouble, sorrow, need,
sickness, or any other adversity" - I am ready &
willing to perform my duty to him and my children
for which purpose I shall seek them! —
I am too anxious for my children's safety
in this just now, to [frame?] any other apology to
you, as their God father, for the present
occupation of your "time" —
I am Sir
Your Obt Servt
Mary Sophia Coates -
I have (as you will perceive) taken some
trouble to write as "clearly" as I can. that you
may not again be offended —

Letter Text - Page 2

Readable English text

I believe I can now guess how powerful
my opposers are & how futile, the efforts of any
real friends, (even if I have such,) to assist me!
You, too, Sir, have most unfaithfully broken
your voluntary promise to me! —
If Dr Coates is in "trouble, sorrow, need,
sickness, or any other adversity" - I am ready &
willing to perform my duty to him and my children
for which purpose I shall seek them! —
I am too anxious for my children's safety
in this just now, to [frame?] any other apology to
you, as their God father, for the present
occupation of your "time" —
I am Sir
Your Obt Servt
Mary Sophia Coates -
I have (as you will perceive) taken some
trouble to write as "clearly" as I can. that you
may not again be offended —

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