The Goodliffe Family of Nottingham

The Story of My Life - The original, handwritten version of the Memoirs of Arnold Goodliffe

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society and companionships he then formed. His two chief companions, his sister Mary, and Miss Atkin polished him up some what. Owing to our father’s feeble health, he early in life had to discharge important duties in business, as buyer and seller of stock and other farm operations. In August 1823 my brother William wrote for one of us to spend a fortnight at Nottingham. He wished Daniel to come, but as he was the eldest and had then, most experience so it was decided that I should come to Nottingham. He had begun to save and make a little by bargains, and when it was decided for me to remain in Nottingham we divided up and each had a nice little sum. Daniel was then in his 19th year, a cheerful hard working young fellow with a pretty strong notion of putting the best face on things; giving early indications of the habits of smartness and order, which

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