came to take us out a walking. He sent us Jellys preserves and fruit and everything he could think of for our comfort as soon as we could walk about which was about 11 days we had several invitations the first to Dr Bartons one of the first surgeons in Manchester, Mrs B. a very, Lady, woman and one of the most respectable about that Country, was very glad to see us and treated us very kindly wishing us to renew our visits as often as we could. We took tea with my half cousin Mr Aspinall, dined and tea’d next day with Mr and Mrs Hargreaves they made me promise on my return to Manchester that we should stop at their house. We stayed at Manchester from the 18th of July till the 6th of august being 19 days. We took the Coach for Blackburn on the 6th where we arrived about 3 o’clock in the Afternoon. Mr John Hope accompany us. It is impossible to describe the sensation I felt when coming to the top of Dorwen Street my native home and amongst my Relatives and on entering my once Grandmothers House where I had been brought up, and to find it nearly the same as when I left nearly 29 years ago all the same furniture most of them standing in the same place as when I left but not one person I knew or knew me, but was fully requited by my Cousin Miss Alice Hope who was in expectation of our coming, her and Miss Ward (an old acquaintance of all the family) met us at the Door with all the affection and love of a sister