Mary Doddridge (cousin), Northampton, to Mrs. Mercy Doddridge, at the Rev. Thomas’s, Henley, Arden, Warwickshire, 2 October 1766.  

Glad her letter and parcel arrived safe. Some discussion of the materials she had put into the parcel, cleaning, and of bills paid to several people who are named in the letter, apparently all in Northampton. When Mercy is away, Mary appears to watch over the house, so it seems she lives with the Doddridges. It may be that Mercy and her two unmarried daughters have not yet moved to Tewkesbury.

Text: Crew MS 50, fol. 5, Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge.