Marianna Attwater Head, Bradford, to Jane Attwater, Bodenham, c. late March-early April 1773.

I hope my dear Sister Jenny will not be surprized at the last of her things – as I think had I permited her to carry what she had directed at Bradford to be washed at Bratton would not be acting consistant with what I ought to do  so pardon this fraud as I know your profound cerimony would have made words had I asked this favor.  I must depend on yr wonted good nature to forgive my thrift.

Text: Timothy Whelan, gen. ed., Nonconformist Women Writers, 1720-1840 (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2011), vol. 8, p. 139 (annotated version); Attwater Papers, acc. 76, I.A.2.  This brief autograph note was placed between the pages of Jane Attwater’s diary between 28 March and 9 April 1773.