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| − | I was born <date>July 2<sup><u>nd</u></sup> 1820</date> at <placename>Mapperley</placename> --<br />
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| − | a small village in <placename>Derbyshire</placename> <gap></gap> My dear<br />
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| − | Mother being a decided child of God<br />
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| − | endeavoured to bring her children up<br />
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| − | in the nurture and admonition of the<br />
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| − | Lord; and I do not <del>rember</del> remember the<br />
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| − | time when my thoughts were not <del>het to</del> wont to<br />
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| − | dwell upon serious things; but alas they<br />
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| − | were too much of a reasoning <add><u>sceptical</u></add> nature. <gap></gap><br />
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| − | Very little took place during my childhood<br />
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| − | that is worth<del>y of</del> recording. I had the privilege<br />
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| − | of attending a small School, that was kept<br />
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| − | by the daughters of a most worthy and<br />
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| − | excellent <sic>Independant</sic> Minister, whose<br />
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| − | loving and affectionate manner will ever<br />
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| − | be sweet to my memory. <gap></gap> I attended their<br />
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| − | School untill I was in my 14<sup><u>th</u></sup> Year <gap></gap><br />
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| − | when my dear Mother placed me in the<br />
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| − | <abbr>S</abbr><sup><abbr>rs</abbr> </sup><add>Sisters</add> House at <placename>Ockbrook</placename>. <gap></gap>where, after a<br />
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| − | few weeks I became exceedingly happy<br />
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| − | and comfortable <gap></gap> the life of a <add><abbr>S<sup>rs</sup></abbr></add> <add>Sisters </add>House<br />
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| − | <del>House</del> being well adapted to my natural</span></span></span>
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